March 9, 2017 Bills Subject Status Client - Position AB 1 is Assemblyman Frazier’s renewed effort to ASSEMBLY TRANS CalACT - Support ( D) address the funding shortfall facing our Transportation transportation infrastructure. This bill funding. generate about $6.6 billion in revenue for the maintenance and rehabilitation of state highways and local streets and roads, as well as provide targeted investments in public transit and good movement corridors. AB 17 would create the Student Transit Pass ASSEMBLY TRANS CalACT - Watch ( D) Program to be administered by the Caltrans. The Transit Pass bill would require the Controller to allocate Program: free or moneys made available for the program, upon reduced-fare appropriation by the Legislature, to each transit transit passes. operator pursuant to the STA formula. The funds must be used to support transit pass programs that provide free or reduced-fare transit passes to specified pupils and students. AB 28 would re-enact provisions that sunset on SENATE APPR CalACT - Watch ( D) December 31st 2016 that delegate the Department of responsibility to Caltrans for complete NEPA Transportation: review of transportation projects. As approved environmental by the Senate Transportation & Housing review process: Committee to bill was amended to add a sunset federal pilot date of January 1, 2020. program. AB 301 is currently a spot bill that contains ASSEMBLY PRINT CalACT Support & – ( D) nonsubstantive changes. However, the author Seek Amendments Driver’s license: intends to AB 301 to address the backlog in examination the availability of appointments for a commercial requirements: driver’s license skills test. The anticipated certificate of amendments would authorize licensed truck driving skill. driving schools, independent testing centers, unions, cities, and other entities approved by the DMV to become third party testers. AB 673 is sponsored by the Amalgamated Transit ASSEMBLY PRINT CalACT - Watch ( D) Union (ATU), and it would establish significantly Public transit higher vehicle standards aimed at increasing operators: vehicle driver protections. safety requirements. First, AB 673 would require a transit operator, before placing a new vehicle into service, to take
March 9, 2017 Bills Subject Status Client - Position ( D) Transportation funding. AB 1 is Assemblyman Frazier’s renewed effort to address the funding shortfall facing our transportation infrastructure. This bill generate about $6.6 billion in revenue for the maintenance and rehabilitation of state highways and local streets and roads, as well as provide targeted investments in public transit and good movement corridors. ASSEMBLY TRANS CalACT - Support ( D) Transit Pass Program: free or reduced-fare transit passes. AB 17 would create the Student Transit Pass Program to be administered by the Caltrans. The bill would require the Controller to allocate moneys made available for the program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each transit operator pursuant to the STA formula. The funds must be used to support transit pass programs that provide free or reduced-fare transit passes to specified pupils and students. ASSEMBLY TRANS CalACT - Watch ( D) Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program. AB 28 would re-enact provisions that sunset on December 31st 2016 that delegate the responsibility to Caltrans for complete NEPA review of transportation projects. As approved by the Senate Transportation & Housing Committee to bill was amended to add a sunset date of January 1, 2020. SENATE APPR CalACT - Watch ( D) Driver’s license: examination requirements: certificate of driving skill. AB 301 is currently a spot bill that contains nonsubstantive changes. However, the author intends to AB 301 to address the backlog in the availability of appointments for a commercial driver’s license skills test. The anticipated amendments would authorize licensed truck driving schools, independent testing centers, unions, cities, and other entities approved by the DMV to become third party testers. ASSEMBLY PRINT CalACT – Support & Seek Amendments ( D) Public transit operators: vehicle safety requirements. AB 673 is sponsored by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), and it would establish significantly higher vehicle standards aimed at increasing driver protections. First, AB 673 would require a transit operator, before placing a new vehicle into service, to take ASSEMBLY PRINT CalACT - Watch
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