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AB-2237 Transportation planning: regional transportation improvement plan: sustainable communities strategies: alternative planning strategy: state transportation funding.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 65082 of the Government Code is amended to read:

65082.
 (a) For purposes of this section, “regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission” means a regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission required to adopt and submit a regional transportation improvement program to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 14527.
(a) (b)  (1)   A five-year regional transportation improvement program shall be prepared, adopted, and submitted  Each regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission shall prepare, adopt, and submit a five-year regional transportation improvement program  to the California Transportation Commission on or before December 15 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, updated every two years, pursuant to Sections 65080 and 65080.5 and the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 14530.1, to include regional transportation improvement projects and programs proposed  it proposes  to be funded, in whole or in part, in the state transportation improvement program. program and that are consistent with its most recently prepared sustainable communities strategy, or, if required by subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080, alternative planning strategy, and the state and federal air quality standards set by the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.). 
(2) Major projects shall include current costs updated as of November 1 of the year of submittal and escalated to the appropriate year, and be listed by relative priority, taking into account need, delivery milestone dates, and the availability of funding.
(b) (c)  Except for those counties that do not prepare a congestion management program pursuant to Section 65088.3, congestion management programs adopted pursuant to Section 65089 shall be incorporated into the regional transportation improvement program submitted to the commission by December 15 of each odd-numbered year.
(c) (d)  Local projects not included in a congestion management program shall not be included in the regional transportation improvement program. Projects and programs adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) (b)  shall be consistent with the capital improvement program adopted pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 65089, and the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 14530.1.
(d) (e)  Other projects may be included in the regional transportation improvement program if listed separately.
(e) (f)  Unless a county not containing urbanized areas of over 50,000 population notifies the Department of Transportation by July 1 that it intends to prepare a regional transportation improvement program for that county, the department shall, in consultation with the affected local agencies, prepare the program for all counties for which it prepares a regional transportation plan.
(f) (g)  The requirements for incorporating a congestion management program into a regional transportation improvement program specified in this section do not apply in those counties that do not prepare a congestion management program in accordance with Section 65088.3.
(g) (h)  The regional transportation improvement program may include a reserve of county shares for providing funds in order to match federal funds.

SEC. 2.

 Section 65082.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

65082.5.
 (a) For purposes of this section, “regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission” has the same meaning as defined in Section 65082.
(b) (1) Funds collected from any local transportation tax measure passed on or after January 1, 2023, shall not be spent until the transportation projects or programs to be funded by the tax measure are included in the most recently adopted sustainable communities strategy, or, if required by subparagraph (K) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080, the alternative planning strategy, of the applicable regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission.
(2) If a local tax measure is passed before January 1, 2023, but the entirety of the collection and expenditure of funds for the projects related to that tax measure is scheduled to occur on or after January 1, 2023, then those funds collected from that tax measure shall not be spent until the transportation projects or programs to be funded by the tax measure are included in the most recently adopted sustainable communities strategy, or, if required by subparagraph (K) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080, the alternative planning strategy, of the applicable regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission.

SEC. 3.

 Section 168 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

168.
 (a) The state shall not use state funds from any source for any project that increases single-occupancy vehicle capacity, unless all of the following occur:
(1) The project is included in an adopted sustainable communities strategy described in Section 65080 of the Government Code, or, if required by subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, alternative planning strategy.
(2) The project provides sufficient enforceable mitigation to ensure that including the project in the sustainable communities strategy or, if applicable, alternative planning strategy will not increase emissions of greenhouse gases.
(3) The metropolitan planning organization that developed the sustainable communities strategy or, if applicable, the alternative planning strategy, makes findings that the project helps advance other regional goals, including, but not limited to, safety, freight travel, maintenance, or equity.
(b) Nothing in this section shall alter or change the requirements of Senate Bill 1 of the 2017–18 Regular Session.
SEC. 4.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.