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SB-1169 Toll road projects: study.(2021-2022)



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Amended  IN  Assembly  June 29, 2022
Amended  IN  Assembly  June 20, 2022
Amended  IN  Senate  April 18, 2022
Amended  IN  Senate  March 15, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1169

Introduced by Senator Hueso

February 17, 2022

An act to add Section 143.2 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1169, as amended, Hueso. Toll road projects: study.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation.
This bill would require the commission to conduct a study on state toll road projects, including, at a minimum, State Route 125 and State Route 73, the state’s toll roads regarding their impacts on toll users and nearby communities, as specified. The bill would require the study to be conducted in consultation with the authorized regional transportation agency and impacted local agencies. The bill would require the study to be submitted to the Senate Transportation Committee and the Assembly Transportation Committee on or before January 1, 2024. 2025.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 143.2 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

143.2.
 (a) The California Transportation Commission shall conduct a study on state the state’s toll road projects, including, at a minimum, State Route 125 and State Route 73, roads regarding their impacts on toll users and nearby communities.
(b) The study shall be conducted in consultation with the authorized regional transportation agency and impacted local agencies and evaluate, at minimum, all of the following:
(1) The total public cost and timeframe to complete toll roads for public use compared to similar state delivered highways.
(2) The effect effects of tolls imposed on cars to the use of toll roads, the effects of tolls on the use of nontoll road networks and the impact on diverting traffic to underserved communities while leaving excess trip capacity on the toll roads. networks, and any changes in traffic patterns as a result of the toll roads, including changes on local streets and roads.
(3) The potential that tolls impose an undue burden on a particular community to fund regional serving facilities. a particular community disproportionately bears the burden of funding regional transportation infrastructure with toll revenues.
(4) The potential that tolls are a barrier to positive and negative impacts of toll roads on economic opportunities for businesses and underserved communities.
(5) The positive and negative effects of toll roads on regional and international transportation of goods and services.
(c) On or before January 1, 2024, 2025, the commission shall submit a report to the Senate Transportation Committee and the Assembly Transportation Committee that includes the results of the study.
(d) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (c) is inoperative on January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) As used in this section, “toll road” means a publicly owned road open to public use for purposes of vehicular travel which use requires the payment of a fee. Toll road does not include any road which use does not exclusively require payment of a fee. Toll road does not include a high-occupancy toll lane.