Agency legislative analyst Gus Khouri and staff will provide updates on state and federal legislation and seek Committee input on recommended positions on draft legislation. Attachment 1 is the state legislative report.
The updated state bill list (Attachment 2) includes several new bills that align with the Agency's adopted legislative program (Web Attachment 1). Changes to the list since the Board adoption on March 24 are indicated via strike-out and underline.
The following bills are now recommended for a new support position:
- Assembly Bill (AB) 34 (Murasutchi): Communications: Broadband for All Act of 2022, which was amended from a spot bill to place $10 billion in general obligation bonds for broadband infrastructure on the November 2022 ballot.
- AB 41 (Wood): Broadband Infrastructure, which was amended to specify the priority areas for broadband conduits in Caltrans projects to include Castroville, Chualar, Gonzales, Greenfield, King City and Soledad.
- AB 1260 (Chen): California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions: transportation-related projects, which would exempt from state environmental review the infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission trains.
- Senate Bill (SB) 735 (Rubio): Vehicles: speed safety cameras, which would authorize the use of traffic speed safety cameras to enforce speed limits in school zones.
Pursuant to the TAMC Board action on March 24, staff submitted the US 101 South of Salinas and the State Route 68 Salinas-Monterey projects for consideration for Community Project Funding.