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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 14550.

14550. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Between 1970 and 1990, California’s population grew by 50 percent, while the total number of miles driven in the state increased by 100 percent.
(b) Conservative estimates have the state adding an additional 6 million new residents by the end of the next decade.
(c) Revenues available for investment in California’s transportation system have not kept pace with that increasing state population, or with the increased demand on the state’s transportation infrastructure.
(d) California is now home to five of the nation’s 10 most congested urban areas.
(e) Between 1987 and 1995, the number of California drivers who sit idle in traffic congestion has grown by 70 percent, and California drivers now sit idle in traffic congestion more than 300,000 hours per day.
(f) It is estimated that traffic congestion in California now costs the state’s businesses more than two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) per day in lost time and resources.
(g) The United States Congress recently authorized states under the federal National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to issue “GARVEE bonds,” which are tax-exempt anticipation notes backed by annual federal appropriations for federal aid transportation projects.
(h) Utilizing grant anticipation notes to finance federal transportation projects can greatly accelerate projects and can result in significant cost savings to the state, since those transportation projects can be completed at present-day costs.
(i) Funding transportation projects with grant anticipation notes can also deliver projects to the public significantly sooner than traditional funding mechanisms.
(j) Therefore, it is in the best interest of the State of California to develop these new and innovative methods for funding and accelerating critical transportation infrastructure projects.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14552.

14552. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14552.2.

14552.2. (a) “Eligible project” means the federally funded portion of any highway or other transportation project that has been designated for accelerated construction by the commission, and increases the capacity, reduces the travel time, or provides long-life rehabilitation of the key bridges and roadways of a corridor or gateway for interregional travel and movement of goods.
(b) An eligible project that meets the conditions of subdivision (a) may include, but is not limited to, any of the following projects:
(1) Toll bridge seismic retrofit projects.
(2) Projects approved for funding under the Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 (Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 14556)).
(3) Projects programmed under the current adopted State Transportation Improvement Program or the current State Highway Operation and Protection Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 793, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14552.4.

14552.4. “Federal transportation funds” means any funds apportioned to the state by the United States Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, funds paid pursuant to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178).
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14552.6.

14552.6. A “note” is a federal highway grant anticipation note issued by the Treasurer under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.

14553. (a) The commission may from time to time select and designate eligible projects to be funded from the proceeds of notes, if financing of the project from the proceeds of notes has been approved by the Federal Highway Administration and the regional transportation planning agency, and the project has completed environmental clearance and project design.
(b) When the department anticipates the issuance of new notes and, in conjunction with the commission, makes a written request in that regard, but not more than once annually, the commission, in conjunction with the Treasurer’s office, shall prepare an analysis of the bonding capacity of federal transportation funds deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 208, Sec. 5. (AB 2906) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.2.

14553.2. The commission, in cooperation with the department and regional transportation planning agencies, shall establish guidelines for eligibility for funding allocations under this chapter. The guidelines shall be nondiscriminatory and shall be designed to allow as many counties as possible to establish eligibility for funding allocations under this chapter, regardless of the population or geographic location of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.4.

14553.4. The Treasurer may not authorize the issuance of notes if the annual repayment obligations of all outstanding notes in any fiscal year would exceed 15 percent of the total amount of federal transportation funds deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund for any consecutive 12-month period within the preceding 24 months.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 793, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.6.

14553.6. Funds allocated to a State Transportation Improvement Program project under this chapter, including cost overruns and financing costs, shall be counted against the interregional improvement program share in the case of a project in the interregional improvement program and the county share for the county in which the project is located in the case of a project in a regional improvement program.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 438, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.7.

14553.7. In order to provide security for repayment of the notes, the commission shall adopt a resolution dedicating and pledging any future receipts of federal transportation funds received by the state to the payment of principal of, and interest and premium on the notes, for as long as any notes remain outstanding. That action shall constitute a pledge or receipt of those moneys as collateral within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 5450. The pledge shall be governed under Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 5450) of Division 6 of Title 1 of the Government Code. The commission shall be deemed a “public body” for purposes of Section 5451, as defined in Section 5450.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.8.

14553.8. Before notes are issued under this chapter, the commission, in cooperation with the department and the Department of Finance, shall consider and determine the appropriateness of the mechanism authorized by this chapter in comparison to other funding mechanisms, including, but not limited to, pay-as-you-go, federal advance construction, federal incremental advance construction, or other funding methods authorized under federal law to achieve maximum efficiency from the state’s federal allocation of transportation funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 438, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.9.

14553.9. (a) Upon taking the actions authorized under this article, the commission may request the Treasurer to issue notes to provide funds for the eligible projects.
(b) On or before April 1 of each year, the commission shall prepare and submit an annual report regarding the preceding calendar year to the Governor and the Legislature. Each report shall compile and detail the total amount of outstanding debt issued pursuant to this chapter and the projects funded by that outstanding debt.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 208, Sec. 6. (AB 2906) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Projects › Section 14553.10.

14553.10. On or before October 1 of each year, the commission shall report to the Governor, the Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst, and the Chairs of the transportation committees in the Assembly and Senate on the amount of notes that the commission intends to issue for the subsequent fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective August 11, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14554.

14554. (a) In order to provide for the financing of selected projects, the Treasurer may issue tax-exempt or taxable notes under this article. Proceeds of the sale of those notes shall be deposited in the Transportation Financing Subaccount, which is hereby created as a special trust fund in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. The funds in the subaccount shall be available for use as directed by the commission and administered by the department and to pay costs associated with the issuance or further security of the notes or for capitalized interest of up to 12 months.
(b) Any issue of notes may be secured and made more attractive to capital markets through financial instruments, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Credit enhancements, including, but not limited to, letters of credit, bond insurance, and surety bonds provided by private sector financial institutions.
(2) Insurance and guarantees provided by any other agency of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14554.2.

14554.2. The Treasurer shall issue notes from time to time pursuant to a resolution from the commission. Those pledges shall be governed under Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 5450) of Division 6 of Title 1 of the Government Code. The resolution may contain any of the following provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the notes to be authorized:
(a) Provisions pledging receipt of future federal transportation funds to secure the payment of the notes or of any particular issue of notes, subject to those agreements with noteholders as may then exist, and pledging moneys held in funds and accounts pursuant to the note issue, or the earnings thereon. The Treasurer may authorize classes of notes having different priority in the receipt of available federal transportation funds.
(b) Provisions for the investment of proceeds of the notes or of the moneys received by the Treasurer for repayment of the notes.
(c) Provisions setting aside reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation and disposition thereof.
(d) Limitations on the issuance of additional notes, the terms upon which additional notes may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding notes.
(e) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with noteholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of notes and the holders thereof that are required to give consent thereto, and the manner in which the consent may be given.
(f) Definitions of acts or omissions to act that constitute a default in the duties of the state to holders of the notes, and provisions on the rights and remedies of the holders in the event of a default.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14554.4.

14554.4. Any notes issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement, indenture, or resolution by and between the commission and a trustee. The trustee may be the Treasurer or a bank or trust company chartered under the laws of this state or of the United States and designated by the Treasurer. The Treasurer may act under the note resolution as the fiscal agent for the notes.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14554.6.

14554.6. The notes shall be authorized by resolution or resolutions of the Treasurer, shall be in the form, shall bear the date or dates, and shall mature at the time or times, as the resolution or resolutions may provide, except that no note may mature more than 30 years from the date of its issue. The fixed or variable notes shall bear interest at the rate or rates, be in the denominations, be in the form, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment at the place or places within or without the state, be subject to the terms of redemption and contain the terms and conditions, that the resolution or resolutions may provide. The notes shall be sold at public or private sale by the Treasurer at, above, or below the par value, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration that the Treasurer shall determine.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14554.8.

14554.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the amounts deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund from federal transportation funds, and pledged by the commission under this chapter, are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Treasurer for the purposes of, and in accordance with, this chapter.
(b) Funds that are subject to Section 1 or 2 of Article XIX of the California Constitution may be used as the state or local principal match for any project that is eligible for federal matching funds and is funded pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 793, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14555.

14555. Upon request of the commission, the Treasurer may issue refunding notes to refund any outstanding notes, and to pay costs associated with that refunding.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14555.2.

14555.2. Whenever the Treasurer deems that it will increase the salability or the price of the notes to obtain, prior to or after sale, a legal opinion, other than that of the Attorney General, as to the validity or tax-exempt nature of the notes, the Treasurer may obtain that legal opinion. Payment for those legal services shall be made from the proceeds of the sale of the notes.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14555.4.

14555.4. The Treasurer may employ financial, engineering, or transportation consultants or advisers, underwriters, and accountants as may be necessary in his or her judgment in connection with the issuance and sale of any notes of the Treasurer. Payment for these services may be made out of the proceeds of the sale of the notes.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14555.6.

14555.6. Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code and Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of, and Article 5 (commencing with Section 10355) of, Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code do not apply to agreements entered into by the Treasurer pursuant to the sale of notes authorized under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14555.8.

14555.8. Notes issued under this chapter are a legal investment for any state special or trust fund notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the investments that may be made by the special or trust fund. The notes shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons authorized to invest in notes or in other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes may be used as security for public deposits. The notes are also securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of notes or other obligations of the state is authorized by law, including deposits to secured public funds.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4 - Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Notes › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Notes › Section 14555.9.

14555.9. Notes issued under the provisions of this chapter may not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, but shall be payable solely from the funds and revenues pledged therefor. All the notes shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that the State of California shall not be obligated to pay the principal, or the interest on the notes, except from the revenues received by the Treasurer as shall be provided by the documents governing the revenue note issuance, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California or of any of its political subdivisions is pledged to the payment of the principal or interest on the notes. The issuance of notes under this part shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any of its political subdivisions to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever or to make any appropriation for their payment.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 862, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4.5 - The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14556.

14556. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4.5 - The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14556.1.

14556.1. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise:
(a) “Commission” is the California Transportation Commission.
(b) “Department” is the Department of Transportation.
(c) “Fund” or “TCRF” is the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund created under this chapter.
(d) “Program” is the Traffic Congestion Relief Program established under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 113, Sec. 3. Effective July 30, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4.5 - The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14556.3.

14556.3. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the State of California to immediately take steps to relieve congestion on the state’s transportation systems and finds and declares the following:
(a) California’s population has grown by more than 50 percent over the past 20 years while highway capacity has increased only 7 percent.
(b) Between 1987 and 1995, the number of California drivers who sit idle in traffic congestion has grown 70 percent, and California drivers now sit idle in traffic congestion more than 300,000 hours per day.
(c) It is estimated that traffic congestion in California now costs the state’s businesses more than two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) per day in lost time and resources.
(d) Local streets and roads in California suffer from an estimated ten billion two hundred million dollars ($10,200,000,000) backlog of deferred maintenance. The magnitude of this backlog is estimated to increase by four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) each year.
(e) The Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation Fund, which provides funds for transit operations and intercity rail service in California, is estimated to have a four-year deficit of fifty-three million dollars ($53,000,000), increasing to a six-year deficit of one hundred fifty-eight million dollars ($158,000,000).
(f) The state’s population is expected to exceed 45,000,000 persons by the year 2020, imposing additional demand on the transportation system.
(g) Significant benefits will be obtained by completing major improvements earlier, accelerating development of new improvements, and improving the connectivity of the various transportation modes within the state’s transportation system.
(h) Therefore, it is appropriate to create a Traffic Congestion Relief Fund to finance congestion relief improvements, to dedicate the sales tax on gasoline to transportation purposes, and to create a Transportation Investment Fund to finance improvements to neighborhood streets and roads, to provide funding for transit operations and intercity rail, and to supplement the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4.5 - The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 › ARTICLE 2 - Traffic Congestion Relief Fund › Section 14556.5.

14556.5. (a) The Traffic Congestion Relief Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall include deposits of funds provided in the annual Budget Act, provided from the Transportation Investment Fund established under Section 7104 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or provided under any other statute. Notwithstanding Section 13340, the money in the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, as follows:
(1) For allocation by the department, as directed by the commission pursuant to Section 14556.20, to the department and other regional and local transportation entities for the projects listed in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40).
(2) For allocation by the commission to the funding exchange program authorized by Section 182.8 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon order of the Department of Finance, all or some of the state agencies collecting revenue for, or spending from, the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund shall adjust budgeting, accounting, and reporting systems and documents so that unliquidated encumbrances, payables, and other accruals are not reflected in the fund balance in the Governor’s Budget fund condition display or the fund balance in the financial statements submitted to the Controller for the Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual Report.
(2) For the purposes of the Governor’s Budget, the balance of cash advanced from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund to the Transportation Revolving Account, as jointly determined by the Department of Finance and the state agencies referenced in paragraph (1), shall be deemed as resources and cash available to the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for budgeting purposes.
(3) This method shall be effective with the 2013–14 Governor’s Budget development process and may be applied to the 2011–12 data.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 35, Sec. 2. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4.5 - The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 › ARTICLE 2 - Traffic Congestion Relief Fund › Section 14556.6.

14556.6. The purpose of this article is to relieve traffic congestion, provide additional funding for local street and road deferred maintenance, and provide additional transportation capacity in high growth areas of the state. The Traffic Congestion Relief Fund is intended to contribute five billion three hundred thirteen million nine hundred thousand dollars ($5,313,900,000), above the traditional transportation funding provided by the state, towards the funding of projects listed in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40) and the deferred maintenance program authorized in Section 2182 of the Streets and Highways Code. This funding commitment is intended to be combined with other state, local, federal, and private funds to complete and operate the transportation improvements identified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40). Funds needed to meet the contribution commitment described in this section are intended to be provided as follows:
(a) The sum of one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) from the General Fund, as appropriated by Section 20 of Chapter 91 of the Statutes of 2000, to the fund.
(b) The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) from the transfer of the sales and use tax on motor vehicle fuel during the 2000–01 fiscal year, as required under Section 7102 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as amended by Section 10 of Chapter 91 of the Statutes of 2000.
(c) The sum of six hundred seventy-eight million dollars ($678,000,000) is intended to be provided in each of four successive fiscal years, commencing with the 2003–04 fiscal year, plus the sum of six hundred one million nine hundred thousand dollars ($601,900,000) in the 2007–08 fiscal year, from the Transportation Investment Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 113, Sec. 4. Effective July 30, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.3 - CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION › CHAPTER 4.5 - The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 › ARTICLE 3 - Fund Allocation and Expenditure › Section 14556.10.

14556.10. (a) The lead applicant agency specified for each project in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40) shall be responsible for preparing and submitting a project application to the commission in accordance with guidelines adopted by the commission.
(b) The lead applicant agency may, but is not required, to be the agency responsible for carrying out the work to complete the project.
(c) A lead applicant agency may submit separate applications for separate projects identified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40).
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.11. Not later than 90 days from the effective date of the act that added this section, the commission, in consultation with the department and representatives from regional agencies and local agencies, and after a public hearing, shall establish guidelines to implement this chapter. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, criteria for project applications, estimation costs, assessment of capability to complete the project, allocation of funds to project phases, timely expenditure of funds, management of changes to cost, scope, and schedules, assessment of progress in implementing projects, and audit requirements.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.12. (a) Designated lead applicant agencies shall submit applications to the commission within two years of the effective date of the act that added this section. If a completed application is not received within this period for a project listed in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40), or an alternate project has not been submitted by the appropriate lead agency pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission shall notify the Governor and the Legislature and shall seek statutory identification and approval of another project or projects to use the funds.
(b) (1) A designated lead applicant agency may submit an application for an alternate or substitute for a project specified in Section 14556.40, for other than an intercity rail project, if the specified project is delayed by environmental or other factors external to the control of the lead applicant agency that are not likely to be removed within a reasonable time, if sufficient matching funds are not available to secure the designated state grant funds, if the specified project is not included in or consistent with the respective regional transportation plan, or if completion of the specified project would jeopardize the completion of other projects previously programmed in the State Transportation Improvement Program.
(2) An application for an alternative project shall be approved by the commission if the application is submitted by the identified lead applicant agency within the two-year period specified in subdivision (a), the alternative project is designated to relieve congestion consistent with this act, the alternate project is within the jurisdiction of the lead applicant agency, and all other project approval requirements are met.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.13. (a) The project applications shall define the project purpose, intended scope, proposed cost, intended funding sources, and schedule for project completion. Each application shall also specify the paragraph number of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 that authorizes the project, and identify the agency responsible for carrying out the work, to which the commission will allocate funds.
(b) Except as authorized under subdivision (c), the project application shall specify the scope of work, the cost, and the schedule for the following separate phases of work, as appropriate:
(1) Studies, environmental review, and permits.
(2) Preparation of project plans and specifications.
(3) Right-of-way acquisition.
(4) Construction or procurement.
(c) Some projects may be permitted to include scope of work on less than all of the phases specified in subdivisions (b).
(d) In accordance with guidelines established by the commission, each application shall include a plan describing all capital funds required for the project, the sources and the timing for those funds, and how those funds will be used. An application may seek funding for a single phase of a project.
(e) Applications for projects involving regional improvement program funds shall be cosigned by the regional transportation planning agency responsible for the regional transportation improvement program. Applications for projects involving interregional improvement program funds or where the state is the owner-operator shall be cosigned by the department.
(f) The plan shall identify the sources and timing of all funds required to undertake and complete any phase of a project for which the applicant seeks an allocation of funds from the commission. The plan should also describe intended sources and timing of funds to complete any subsequent phases of the project, through construction.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.14. The commission shall ascertain from the appropriate regional transportation planning agency that a project is included in, or is consistent with, the appropriate regional transportation plan before approving a project application involving right-of-way or construction phases. A project that involves only studies or project development phases is not required to be included in a regional transportation plan, unless federal funds will also be used to fund the project.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.16. (a) The commission, with the assistance of the department, shall begin review of a project application within 30 days of receipt of the application.
(b) The commission shall either approve or deny a project application within 90 days of the receipt of the application, unless the commission requests additional information from the applicant, in which case the 90-day time to approve or deny the application shall begin on the date that the commission receives the additional information requested.
(c) The commission shall state specific reasons for denying an application. The commission shall allow the applicant to amend and resubmit an application that has been denied. The commission shall then have 90 days from receipt of the amended application to reconsider the denial.
(d) The commission shall not deny an application that meets the requirements of this chapter, including the guidelines adopted by the commission for this chapter and any other applicable statutes and regulations. The commission shall not unreasonably delay approval of an application that substantially conforms to these requirements if the applicant agrees to allow modifications to the application to meet the commission’s conditions for approval.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.18. (a) Commission approval of a project application establishes the time schedule, by fiscal year, for implementation of the phases of a project. Project approval shall be deemed rescinded if the lead applicant agency or the agency responsible for carrying out the project does not seek an allocation from the commission and start the first phase of work during the fiscal year scheduled.
(b) If the first phase is not completed as scheduled, so that work on subsequent phases is delayed, the agency responsible for carrying out the project shall report the reasons for failure to complete the project to the commission. The commission may then reconsider the project application, ask for modification of the schedule and any other requirements of the application, and may, at its discretion, extend the time of reconsideration until environmental studies, review, and approval of final environmental documents has been completed.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.20. (a) The commission shall direct the department to allocate funds to the department, regional transportation planning agencies, local transportation commissions, congestion management agencies, transportation authorities, cities, counties, a city and county, joint powers authorities, ports, and transit districts for projects specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40).
(b) Funds allocated as directed by the commission shall be expended only for studies or the phases of project work specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40).
(c) Allocations shall be made to specified phases of a project and may include more than one phase in a given allocation. The commission shall, at the time the first allocation is made to a project, indicate how it intends to spread the total funding authorized for the project among the phases, but that indication shall not be binding for future phases if the commission finds that a different level of funding for a later phase would help ensure quicker delivery of the project for construction.
(d) Consistent with Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40), these funds may be used to satisfy any federal, state, or local matching fund requirement for the project to be funded.
(e) The allocation shall specify the percentage rate of reimbursement for expenditures for each phase of the project, considering the funding shares from various sources that comprise the full funding of each phase. The commission may specify different rates of reimbursement for different phases, and shall determine the spread of funding specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40) across all the phases of work, as appropriate for the project.
(f) The commission may approve minor changes to project scope, cost, or schedule, so long as those modifications fall within the project purpose specified in the project application.
(g) The commission may consider applications under this section upon adoption of implementing guidelines.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.25. (a) The department shall execute a cooperative agreement with the lead applicant agency or the agency responsible for carrying out the work for reimbursement of approved project expenditures, using funds allocated by the commission for that purpose and project phase. To reduce time and financial burden on lead applicant agencies, the department shall use electronic reimbursement procedures to the extent prudent and practical.
(b) The cooperative agreement shall specify how additional costs are to be covered, if necessary, and how savings are to be used or distributed, if available, among all the various funding sources being used for the project.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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14556.26. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a regional or local agency receiving an allocation from this program shall certify, by resolution of its governing board, before final execution of the cooperative agreement, that it will sustain its level of expenditures for transportation purposes at a level that is consistent with the average of its annual expenditures during the 1997–98, 1998–99, and 1999–2000 fiscal years, including funds reserved for transportation purposes, during the fiscal years that the allocation provided under this chapter is available for use. The certification is subject to audit by the state.
(b) A transportation entity that imposes a retail transactions and use tax in accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for transportation purposes, and receives an allocation under this program, shall certify, by resolution of its governing board, before final execution of the cooperative agreement, that during the fiscal years that the allocation provided under this chapter is available for use, the transportation entity will expend the allocated funds for the originally programmed purpose, and that the entity will not use for other than transportation capital purposes any capital funds that were programmed, planned, or approved for transportation capital purposes on or before the effective date of the cooperative agreement. The certification is subject to audit by the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 512, Sec. 1. Effective October 4, 2001.)
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14556.28. (a) For applicants other than the department, funds allocated shall generally be administered as a reimbursement program. At the request of an applicant, the commission shall authorize an advance payment for project development work necessary for a project specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40). At the request of an applicant, the commission may authorize an advance payment for demonstrated need, or for a project right-of-way, construction, or procurement phase.
(b) Project costs incurred prior to commission approval of a project application may not be reimbursed. Project costs incurred prior to commission allocation of funds, but after commission approval of a project application, may be reimbursed retroactively after allocation.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6. Effective July 7, 2000.)