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FRESNO COG MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT-- FEDERAL April 2012 **NEW: H.R.4281-Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 On Friday, March 30, 2012, President Obama signed into law, H.R. 4281, legislation extending the current federal surface transportation authorization, SAFETEA-LU, for an additional 90 days. Absent Congressional action on a longer-term reauthorization, the programs will now expire on June 30, 2012. The extension to SAFETEA-LU will keep federal highway and transit aid flowing. The government's authority to spend money on transportation programs and levy federal fuel taxes was set to expire on Saturday March 30, 2012. The move sets up congressional action later this year on a long-term overhaul of transportation programs. The last long-term law expired in 2009 -- this is the ninth extension since then. It is estimated that as many as 1.8 million construction-related jobs were at risk without the extension. The government would also have lost about $110 million a day in uncollected gas and diesel taxes. H.R. 7 – American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 (Mica) To authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in the House on Jan. 31, 2012. Last Action: Feb 15, 2012: Rule H. Res. 547 passed House. Note: Two pieces of H.R. 7 may be voted on separately: Titles XIV and XVII as H.R. 3408 Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act, and Title XVI as H.R. 3813 Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012. H.R. 760- San Joaquin Valley USDA Rural Definition Inclusion Act (Nunes) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate certain parts of the San Joaquin Valley as rural area for purposes of programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Includes the counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. Currently in House Committee. Introduced Feb. 17, 2011and Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 761- San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011 (Nunes, McCarthy, Denham) Allow federal funding provided to the State of California as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the purpose of developing the high-speed rail service be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 99. Bill includes other proposals. Bill is now in House Sub-Committee. Introduced on Feb. 17, 2011 and Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on Feb 18, 2011. Apr 18, 2011: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. H.R. 1582 – Commonsense Ozone Regulations Act (McCarthy, Denham, Issa, Nunes) Gives the San Joaquin Valley and the Los Angeles area a five-year pass from stricter limits on ground-level ozone – the main ingredient in smog. Would eliminate a $29 million fine by eliminating EPA’s one hour ozone standard, which was put in place in 1979 and vacated when a tougher eight-hour standard was issued. Apr 25, 2011: House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. H.R. 1585 – Funds in Lieu of Participating in Federal Program (Lankford) Introduced March 15, 2011. This bill would allow States to elect to receive contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of participating in the Federal aid highway program or certain public transportation programs. As of April 18, 2011, it is in the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure: Referred to Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. H.R. 1604 – Alleviate Extra Regulatory Burdens and Reduce Costs (Denham, Cardoza, Herger, McCarthy, Nunes) Would streamline processes for federally funded construction projects in the Central Valley. Streamlining would eliminate the duplication of efforts in satisfying environmental review processes, allowing the federal requirements of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) to be satisfied with the completion of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Last action: Currently in House Judiciary: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law on July 11, 2011. H.R. 1837- San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act (Nunes) To address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes such as amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to redefine "anadromous fish" and directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the contractor, to renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract that provides for the delivery of water from the Central Valley Project (CVP) for a period of 40 years and renew such contracts for successive 40-year periods. Requires a contract entered into or renewed pursuant to this provision to include a provision that requires the Secretary to charge only for water actually delivered. Amongst other provisions, the act imposes more restrictive requirements or regulations on activities authorized with respect to San Joaquin River restoration and establishes within the Treasury a San Joaquin River Fishery Restoration Fund. Introduced May 11, ITEM IV C

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FRESNO COG MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT-- FEDERAL April 2012

**NEW: H.R.4281-Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 On Friday, March 30, 2012, President Obama signed into law, H.R. 4281, legislation extending the current federal surface transportation authorization, SAFETEA-LU, for an additional 90 days. Absent Congressional action on a longer-term reauthorization, the programs will now expire on June 30, 2012. The extension to SAFETEA-LU will keep federal highway and transit aid flowing. The government's authority to spend money on transportation programs and levy federal fuel taxes was set to expire on Saturday March 30, 2012. The move sets up congressional action later this year on a long-term overhaul of transportation programs. The last long-term law expired in 2009 -- this is the ninth extension since then. It is estimated that as many as 1.8 million construction-related jobs were at risk without the extension. The government would also have lost about $110 million a day in uncollected gas and diesel taxes. H.R. 7 – American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 (Mica) To authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in the House on Jan. 31, 2012. Last Action: Feb 15, 2012: Rule H. Res. 547 passed House. Note: Two pieces of H.R. 7 may be voted on separately: Titles XIV and XVII as H.R. 3408 Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act, and Title XVI as H.R. 3813 Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012. H.R. 760- San Joaquin Valley USDA Rural Definition Inclusion Act (Nunes) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate certain parts of the San Joaquin Valley as rural area for purposes of programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Includes the counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. Currently in House Committee. Introduced Feb. 17, 2011and Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 761- San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011 (Nunes, McCarthy, Denham) Allow federal funding provided to the State of California as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the purpose of developing the high-speed rail service be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 99. Bill includes other proposals. Bill is now in House Sub-Committee. Introduced on Feb. 17, 2011 and Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on Feb 18, 2011. Apr 18, 2011: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. H.R. 1582 – Commonsense Ozone Regulations Act (McCarthy, Denham, Issa, Nunes) Gives the San Joaquin Valley and the Los Angeles area a five-year pass from stricter limits on ground-level ozone – the main ingredient in smog. Would eliminate a $29 million fine by eliminating EPA’s one hour ozone standard, which was put in place in 1979 and vacated when a tougher eight-hour standard was issued. Apr 25, 2011: House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. H.R. 1585 – Funds in Lieu of Participating in Federal Program (Lankford) Introduced March 15, 2011. This bill would allow States to elect to receive contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of participating in the Federal aid highway program or certain public transportation programs. As of April 18, 2011, it is in the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure: Referred to Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. H.R. 1604 – Alleviate Extra Regulatory Burdens and Reduce Costs (Denham, Cardoza, Herger, McCarthy, Nunes) Would streamline processes for federally funded construction projects in the Central Valley. Streamlining would eliminate the duplication of efforts in satisfying environmental review processes, allowing the federal requirements of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) to be satisfied with the completion of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Last action: Currently in House Judiciary: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law on July 11, 2011. H.R. 1837- San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act (Nunes) To address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes such as amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to redefine "anadromous fish" and directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the contractor, to renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract that provides for the delivery of water from the Central Valley Project (CVP) for a period of 40 years and renew such contracts for successive 40-year periods. Requires a contract entered into or renewed pursuant to this provision to include a provision that requires the Secretary to charge only for water actually delivered. Amongst other provisions, the act imposes more restrictive requirements or regulations on activities authorized with respect to San Joaquin River restoration and establishes within the Treasury a San Joaquin River Fishery Restoration Fund. Introduced May 11,

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2011. Status: This bill passed in the House on Feb 29, 2012. Next: The bill goes on to be voted on in the Senate. Explanation: Keep in mind that debate may be taking place on a companion bill in the Senate, rather than on this particular bill. H.R. 2389 - Environmental Review Cooperation Act (Miller, co-sponsored by: Denham, Issa, Cardoza, Bilbray, Thompson, Rohrabacher, Calvert, and McCarthy. Introduced on Jun 24, 2011: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The bill would create a new pilot demonstration program whereby States and local governments could carry out the responsibilities of the Secretary of Transportation with respect to highway projects through implementation of State environmental laws instead of Federal laws. Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on June 27, 2011 H.R. 3837: Bridge to Jobs Act (Hahn) To provide funds to each State to cover all the costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient. This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced Jan 27, 2012: Jan 30, 2012: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. H.R. 3854: Transit Related Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (Peters) To amend title 23, United States Code, to help leverage private investment for transit oriented development near transit stations. This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced Jan 31, 2012: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3864 – American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Financing Act of 2012 (Camp) Would extend through fiscal year 2018 the existing taxes that are dedicated to the Highway Trust Fund, and would extend through fiscal year 2016 the authority to expend amounts credited to that fund. Most recently, the Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-30), extended the highway taxes and spending authority through March 31, 2012. In addition, H.R. 3864 would transfer amounts from the general fund into the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund (which would be subsequently renamed the Alternative Transportation Account), and revenues previously credited to the Mass Transit Account would be transferred to the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund. Pursuant to rules in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act for constructing the baseline, certain expiring provisions of law—such as those that govern excise taxes credited to the Highway Trust Fund—are assumed to continue beyond their scheduled expiration date for budget projection purposes. Introduced February 1, 2012. Feb 3, 2012: House Ways and Means: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 17. This bill was considered in committee which has recommended it be considered by the House as a whole. S. 198 – Redistribution of Unspent Earmarks Act of 2011 (Casey) Returns and redistribute funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund through an earmark for fiscal year 2008 or preceding fiscal year that remain unobligated as of the date of enactment to the State in which earmarked funds were directed to be used. Jan 26, 2011: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. S. 199- Use it or Lose it Act of 2011 (Casey) Would set a timeframe for all future Highway Trust Fund earmarks to be obligated within 3 years. If not obligated within the time frame, funds would be returned to the State with jurisdiction over the original earmark. Jan 26, 2011: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. S. 1621 - Livable Communities Act of 2011 (Menendez) The Livable Communities Act would formally authorize the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities and its Regional Planning and Community Challenge grant programs to restore funding for its programs to 2010 levels. According to the author, these programs support community efforts to establish and implement a locally-defined vision for future growth and redevelopment through comprehensive planning and capital improvement programs. The bill directs the HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities coordinate interconnected housing issues, transportation, and environmental efforts in cooperation DOT and EPA. In addition, it would create a loan program for infrastructure improvements in preparation for transit oriented development. The bill also proposes alignment of policies, programs and regulations to improve the way federal agencies with jurisdictional overlap work together. Along with coordination, the bill directs agencies to streamline requirements, reduce redundancy, and eliminate red tape to become more efficient in both their internal operations and their engagement with communities in the field. The bill would authorize these activities at $880 million over five years, which is roughly equivalent to FY10 funding levels. The $880 million is mostly for Regional Planning Grants ($600 million) with $180 million for Challenge Grants and $100 million for TOD loans. Fifteen percent of funds are destined for rural area. Introduced, Sep 22, 2011: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. S. 1813: Map-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Boxer). Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) equal to current federal highway spending levels plus inflation for FY2012 and FY2013 for: (1) certain new and existing core federal-aid highway programs,

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and (2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrative expenses. Introduced on November 7, 2012. Status: Passed in the Senate on March 14, 2012 and goes to the House next for consideration. S. 2053: Jumpstarting Transit-Oriented Development Act (Bennet) A bill to encourage transit-oriented development, and for other purposes. This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced on Feb 1, 2012: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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I N S I D E T H I S W E E K

1 90 Days for Transportation, House FY13 Budget

2 Airports, EPA-DOD, Greenhouse, Infrastructure

2 COPS, Choice, Brookings, Foundation Awards

Deadlines again proved to be the decisive factor as the looming expiration of transportation funding on Saturday caused Congress to pass a 90 day extension on Thursday. All this and more for your review below!

Transportation Reauthorization – 90 Day Extension

Yesterday, Congress passed a 90-day extension of the authorization for federal transportation programs (H.R. 4239). The House passed it by a vote of 266-158 and the Senate quickly followed suit, clearing it by unanimous consent. Without this action and the President’s signature, the most recent extension would have expired tomorrow. The new stopgap, the ninth since 2009, extends current transportation program funding through June 30. Even though he introduced the 90-day extension, Transportation Chairman John Mica (FL) clearly lamented being forced into this position, after having long advocated for a five-year bill. “The House will continue working toward passing a long-term transportation reform bill that reduces the size of government, streamlines the project approval process, provides flexibility for states to fund their priorities, eliminates earmarks, and is fully paid for,” said Mica. The Senate has previously passed its own 2-year extension of transportation programs, which included reforms and policy changes, by a vote of 74-22 and had urged the House to pick up its bill. That may happen eventually, but for now, the House wanted more time to consider its options. A growing chorus of Senators, led by Barbara Boxer (CA), has continued to put pressure on the House to pass their bill, MAP-21 (H.R. 14). She said, “There are many people on both sides of the aisle in the Senate who want to get our bill, MAP-21, passed into law, and I am going to do everything I can to keep the pressure on the House to do just that.” Even President Obama has lent his voice in support, saying in his weekly address, “The Senate did their part. They passed a bipartisan transportation bill. It had the support of 52 Democrats and 22 Republicans. Now it’s up to the House to follow suit; to put aside partisan posturing, end the gridlock, and do what’s right for the American people.” The House will be in recess for the next two weeks. For more, click on President’s Statement, Boxer Statement, or Mica Statement.

Chairman Ryan’s House Budget Resolution Yesterday, by a party-line vote of 228-191, the House passed a budget resolution (H.Con.Res.112) sponsored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI). It would establish the federal budget for FY13 and set appropriate budgetary levels through FY22. This budget resolution, as it stands, is almost certain not to be accepted by the Democrat-controlled Senate, since no Democrats voted for it in the House. Democrats said the plan would give tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense of vital safety-net programs for the poor and seniors, including Medicare. Ryan countered that Medicare is unsustainable and that his budget would preserve the Medicare guarantee. “For the second year in a row, we are passing a budget that outlines a new approach for Medicare. We keep the protections that made Medicare a guaranteed promise for seniors throughout the years. But this is what we say to bureaucrats who have mismanaged this program into bankruptcy: Enough. Your approach doesn’t work,” said Paul Ryan. Despite Senate opposition, the budget resolution still guides the actions that six authorizing committees will take next month to implement “reconciliation,” the House alternative that would prevent the automatic FY13 $98 billion sequester. The budget resolution limits discretionary appropriations to $1.028 trillion and proposes overhauling the tax code and entitlement programs. This limit is $19 billion below the $1.047 trillion spending cap set in the August debt limit deal (PL 112-55). Under the House reconciliation process, six committees – Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means – would be charged with finding a total of $261 billion in cuts to mandatory programs over 10 years, with each committee given a specific target. The committees are to submit their recommended cuts to the Budget Committee by April 27, and then the Budget Committee will compile a full reconciliation bill that the House is expected to consider as early as May. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) has said that he will not bring a budget resolution to the floor this year, insisting that it is unnecessary since last year’s debt limit agreement set the discretionary spending cap at $1.047 trillion for FY13. The House budget resolution would also: cut projected spending by $4 trillion over the next decade, repeal the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace it with a plan to help seniors buy health insurance through either private plans or Medicare, convert federal spending on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program into block grants to states, consolidate the six-bracket tax code into two income brackets – 10 percent and

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25 percent, and repeal the alternative minimum tax. For more, click on Paul Ryan Statement or Budget Resolution Text.

Economic Impact of Airports

We participated in a very interesting briefing on Monday by the Airports Council International, which is composed of the airports both here in the U.S. and around the world. They have just finished conducting an analysis of the economic impact of U.S. airports which shows that our 490 commercial airports are responsible for 10.5 million jobs, representing a payroll of $365 billion, and $1.2 trillion in economic output. In fact, if those figures were for a single entity, “U.S. Airports” would be the second largest employer in the country, right behind Wal-Mart. Click on Airports for the Future to view the study and related background material.

EPA Partnership with the Defense Department The Senate Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy, Chaired by Bernie Sanders (VT), held a hearing titled “Oversight Hearing on EPA’s Work with Other Federal Entities to Reduce Pollution and Improve Environmental Performance.” The purpose was to examine the EPA’s partnership with the U.S. military to conduct research on innovative water treatment and infrastructure technologies. Witnesses included senior civilian administrators of the Army, Navy, and Air Force responsible for energy policy, along with a senior advisor from EPA’s Office of Research and Development. For more, click on EPA/Defense Partnership.

First Proposed EPA Carbon Pollution Standard Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the EPA has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants. The proposed rulemaking only concerns new generating units that will be built in the future, and does not apply to existing units already operating or units that will start construction over the next 12 months. EPA will accept comment on the proposal for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. “We’re putting in place a standard that relies on the use of clean, American made technology to tackle a challenge that we can’t leave to our kids and grandkids,” said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. California Senator Dianne Feinstein also reacted to the proposed standard, saying, “I am pleased the EPA is moving forward with greenhouse gas rules to reduce the pollution that threatens our health and welfare. This is another step forward in the steady effort to limit pollution under the ‘Clean Air Act,’ a process that started with automobiles and is now addressing pollution from the largest stationary sources: power plants.” For more, click on EPA Carbon Rule or Feinstein Statement.

EPA Green Infrastructure Assistance EPA is now accepting letters of interest from communities interested in receiving direct assistance for projects that facilitate the use of green infrastructure to protect water quality. Technical assistance will be directed to watersheds/sewersheds with significant water quality degradation associated with urban stormwater. The total EPA assistance available through this RLI is approximately $950,000, and will be distributed among 10-20

projects. The value of the assistance available to each project will be approximately $50,000 - $100,000. Letters of interest must be received by April 6. For more information, please see the Request for Letters of Interest (PDF).

Senators for More COPS Funding Senator Herb Kohl (WI) and 22 fellow Senators have signed onto a letter addressed to the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, urging them to support additional funding for COPS program grants in FY13. COPS was established in 1994 with the goal of putting 100,000 new officers on the street. The 23 Senators are asking the subcommittee to fund the grants provided by the COPS office at $257 million, the level requested in President Obama’s FY13 budget. The FY12 enacted budget allocated to the COPS office was $198.5 million, funding 188 positions. Senator Herb Kohl said, “By preventing crime from occurring in the first place, we save taxpayers the high costs associated with incarceration and victims services.” For more, click on COPS Funding Letter.

Hill Focus on HUD Choice Neighborhoods On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development held a hearing titled “The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative: A New Community Development Model.” The subcommittee, Chaired by Robert Menendez (NJ), took a deeper look into HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods program, which transforms distressed neighborhoods and public and assisted projects into viable and sustainable mixed-income neighborhoods. There were six witnesses on two panels, with HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Sandra Henriquez, testifying alone on the first panel. For more, click on Choice Neighborhoods Hearing.

Brookings Metro Monitor The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program has released the March 2012 MetroMonitor, a quarterly barometer of the health of America’s 100 largest metropolitan economies. It examines trends in metropolitan-level employment, output, and housing conditions, among other factors. The February national unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent, but economic indicators suggest that the economic recovery may be picking up speed. For more, click on MetroMonitor.

New Community Foundations Award HUD and the Council on Foundations are launching a new award program to recognize community foundations for the excellent work they do along with their public partners in the area of housing and community development, called the HUD Secretary’s Award for Community Foundations. A jury will select a total of 10 community foundations, one each from HUD’s defined regions of the country. Applications are due by May 11. For more, click on Community Foundations Award. Please contact Len Simon, Brandon Key, Jennifer Covino, and

Stephanie Carter McIntosh with any questions.

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Fresno Council of Governments Monthly State Legislative Report4/4/2012

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relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Current law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes. This bill would require the authority to consider, to the extent permitted by federal and state law, the creation of jobs and participation by small business enterprises in California when awarding major contracts or purchasing high-speed trains . The bill would require the authority to appoint a small business enterprise advisory committee.

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Ordered to third reading. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 18. Noes 19. Page 2474.).� �������� �9/9/2011-���������� �� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �The Planning and Zoning Law requires specified regional transportation planning agencies

to prepare and adopt a regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system, and requires the regional transportation plan to include, among other things, a sustainable communities strategy, for the purpose of using local planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This bill would state the findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to parking requirements and infill and transit-oriented development, and would state the intent of the Legislature to reduce unnecessary government regulation and to reduce the cost of development by eliminating excessive minimum parking requirements for infill and transit-orienteddevelopment. This bill would also express a legislative finding and declaration that its provisions shall apply to all cities, including charter cities. This bill contains other related provisions.

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(Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.

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1st House 2nd House � ������! � The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to

prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. This bill would instead exempt a project that may be used for neighborhood-serving goods, services, or retail uses to a level that does not exceed 25% of the total building squarefootage of the project. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Current law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century,approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail purposes and $950 million for other related rail purposes. Article XVI of the California Constitution authorizes the Legislature, at any time after the approval of a general obligation bond act by the people, to reduce the amount of the indebtedness authorized by the act to an amount not less than the amount contracted at the time of the reduction or to repeal the act if no debt has been contracted. This bill would reduce the amount of general obligation debt authorized for high-speed rail purposes pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century to the amount contracted as of January 1, 2013.

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�� AB 1523 (Perea�����"��##�������#����������#������ �����-speed rail.� ��������� �1/18/2012� ����� �1/26/2012-Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. & E.� �������� �1/26/2012-������ ��� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law, the California High-Speed Train Act, creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to

develop and implement a high-speed train system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Current law, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and related purposes. This bill would appropriate $2,000,000 from the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Fund to the authority for the purposes of funding a 3-year pilot project in the Central Valley to train unemployed workers for high-speed rail construction jobs. The bill would require the authority to work with various labor organizations to train a total of 400 clients in preapprenticeship programs that will lead to direct referrals to building trades unions, as specified.

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�� AB 1532 (8�����,�":�;�����'���$������<��=���>���������������������$�?@@E �<������<��6��������Account.

� ��������� �1/23/2012� ����� �2/2/2012-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.� �������� �2/2/2012-��� ��������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources

Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum, technologically feasible, and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions. The act authorizes the state board to include use of market-based compliance mechanisms. The act authorizes the state board to adopt aschedule of fees to be paid by the sources of greenhouse gas emissions regulated pursuant to the act, and requires the revenues collected pursuant to that fee schedule be deposited into the Air Pollution Control Fund and be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of carrying out the act. This bill would create the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account within the Air Pollution Control Fund. The bill would require moneys, as specified, collected pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism be deposited in this account. The bill also would require those moneys, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used for purposes of carrying out the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. The bill would require the state board to award those moneys to measures and programs that meet specified criteria.

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ITEM IV C

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�� AB 1555 (Norby�6���6�&��#��� ��=��$����&��������,� ��������� �1/26/2012� �������� �3/6/2012� ����� �3/7/2012-Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.� �������� �3/7/2012-������������ 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as

of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies, as defined. Current law imposes various requirements on successor agencies and subjects successor agency actions to the review of oversight boards. Current law requires each oversight board to direct the successor agency to, among other things, cease performance in connection with and terminate all current agreements that do not qualify as enforceable obligations, as defined. This bill would, in directing the successor agency to take a specified action, prohibit the oversight board from requiring the successor agency to take any action that results in the forgiveness, wholly or partially, of a loan, advance, or indebtednessthat is owed by a public body to the dissolved redevelopment agency. The bill would authorize the oversight board, consistent with a specified provision of law, to set aside any agreements relating to the forgiveness of indebtedness, loans, or advances owed by the dissolved redevelopment agency dating back to January 1, 2011.

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�� AB 1570 (Perea�����%�&����������I�����! �'���$������%�&����������)�����!���� ��������$�#�������,� ��������� �2/1/2012� ����� �2/9/2012-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.� �������� �2/9/2012-��� ��������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! � The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to

prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA establishes a procedure for the preparation and certification of the record of proceedings upon the filing of an action or proceeding challenging a lead agency's action on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA. This bill would require the lead agency, at the request of a project applicant, to, among other things, prepare a record of proceedings concurrently with the preparation and certification of an EIR. Because the bill would require a lead agency to prepare the record of proceedings as provided, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 1574 (Galgiani���������-speed rail.� ��������� �2/1/2012� ����� �2/9/2012-Referred to Com. on TRANS.� �������� �2/9/2012-������ ��� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law, the California High-Speed Rail Act, creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with

9 members to develop and implement a high-speed train system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Current law, pursuant to that act, specifies the powers and duties of the authority, which include entering into contracts with private and public entities for the design, construction, and operation of high-speed trains, the acquisition of rights-of-way through purchase or eminent domain, and the relocation of highways and utilities, among other things. Current law requires the authority toadopt and submit to the Legislature, every 2 years, a business plan. Current law authorizes the authority to appoint an executive director, and authorizes the Governor to appoint up to 6 additional persons exempt from civil service. Current law provides for the authority to establish an independent peer review group. Current law, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and related purposes. This bill would repeal all of the provisions of the California High-Speed Rail Act. The bill would enact a new California High-Speed Rail Act. The bill would continue the High-Speed Rail Authority in existence with limited responsibilities and would place the authority within the Business,

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ITEM IV C

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y p p y ,Transportation and Housing Agency. The 5 members of the authority appointed by the Governor wouldbe subject to Senate confirmation, but current members could continue to serve the remainder of theirterms. The bill would authorize the authority to appoint an executive director, and would provide for the Governor to appoint up to 6 additional individuals exempt from civil service as authority staff. The bill would require the authority to adopt policies directing the development and implementation of high-speed rail, prepare and adopt a business plan and high-speed train capital program, establish a peer review group, select alignments for the routes of the high-speed train system established by law, adopt criteria for the award of franchises, and set fares or establish guidelines for the setting of fares. The bill would enact other related provisions.

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�� AB 1585 (8�����,�":�;�����6�&��#���,� ��������� �2/2/2012� �������� �3/21/2012� ����� �3/26/2012-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.� �������� �3/26/2012-�������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as

of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies, as defined. Current law requires successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to,among other things, repay enforceable obligations, as defined, and to remit unencumbered balances of redevelopment agency funds, including housing funds, to the county auditor-controller for distribution to taxing entities. This bill would modify the scope of the term "enforceable obligation" andmodify provisions relating to the transfer of housing funds and responsibilities associated with dissolved redevelopment agencies. The bill would provide that any amounts on deposit in the Low andModerate Income Housing Fund of a dissolved redevelopment agency be transferred to specified entities. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 1627 (Dickinson�����%�&����������I�����! �=��������������� �&������������&��,� ��������� �2/9/2012� ����� �2/23/2012-Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and NAT. RES.� �������� �2/23/2012-���������������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! � Current law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development

Commission (Energy Commission) to prescribe, by regulation, building design and construction standards and energy and water conservation design standards for new residential and nonresidential buildings. Current law requires the Energy Commission to certify, within 180 days of theapproval of the standards by the State Building Standards Commission, an energy conservation manual for use by designers, builders, and contractors of residential and nonresidential buildings. The bill would prohibit a local building department from issuing a building permit for a residential or nonresidential building unless the department confirms that the building plan complies with those standards. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 1696 (Cook�6���O��������=������� ������#��� ������,� ��������� �2/15/2012� ����� �2/23/2012-Referred to Com. on TRANS.� �������� �2/23/2012-������ ��� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law prohibits a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments,

from being operated on the highway if a specified maximum length is exceeded, subject to specified exceptions. Current law permits the use of a semitrailer in exclusive combination with a truck tractor if its length does not exceed 53 feet, as specified. Current law authorizes the Department of Transportation or local authorities, with regard to highways under their respective jurisdictions, to issue a special permit authorizing a person to operate a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement limit of not more than 46 feet on trailers used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined. This bill would authorize the department or local authorities to issue a permit authorizing the operation of a

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ITEM IV C

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p p g psemitrailer used exclusively or primarily for motorsports that is not more than 56 feet in length.

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�� AB 1721 (Donnelly�6�������#�������� �&��������,� ��������� �2/16/2012� ����� �3/27/2012-Set, first hearing. Hearing cancelled at the request of author. (Refers to 3/26/2012

hearing)� �������� �3/1/2012-��� ��������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! � Current law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with primary

jurisdiction over the regulation of air pollution. Current law grants to air pollution control and air quality management districts the primary authority for the control of air pollution from all sources otherthan vehicular sources. Current law subjects violators of air pollution laws to specified civil and criminalpenalties. This bill would require the state board and all air pollution control and air quality management districts to issue a warning for the first violation of any state air pollution control law. By adding to the duties of air pollution control and air quality management districts, this bill would imposea state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 1722 (Alejo������#��������$�����#�������� �������=���������,� ��������� �2/16/2012� ����� �3/1/2012-Referred to Com. on TRANS.� �������� �3/1/2012-������ ��� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and

control of all state highways. Current law, the Outdoor Advertising Act, provides for the regulation by the department of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. Current law also authorizes the department to install and maintain information signs along state highways. This bill would require the department to, by June 30, 2013, update it policies to permit local transportation agencies to display specified messages on changeable roadside message signs.

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�� AB 1779 (Galgiani������������!������������,� ��������� �2/21/2012� �������� �3/29/2012� ����� �3/29/2012-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on

TRANS. Read second time and amended.� �������� �3/29/2012-������ ��� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak for

intercity rail passenger services and provides funding for these services from the Public TransportationAccount. Current law, until December 31, 1996, authorized the department, subject to approval of the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in a particular corridor. Current law, with respect to a transferred corridor, requires the board to demonstrate the ability to meet performance standards established by the secretary. This billwould authorize the department, with the approval of the secretary, to enter into an additional interagency transfer agreement with respect to the San Joaquin Corridor, as defined, if a joint powers authority and governing board is created and organized. In that regard, the bill would provide for the creation of the San Joaquin Corridor Joint Powers Authority, to be governed by a board of not more than 11 members. The bill would provide that the board shall be organized when at least 6 of the 11 agencies elect to appoint members. The bill would provide for the authority to be created when the member-agencies enter into a joint powers agreement, as specified. Only those agencies that appointmembers by December 31, 2013, would be member-agencies of the authority. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 1836 (Fletcher���������)�����!���#��&����"������,

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ITEM IV C

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� ��������� �2/22/2012� ����� �2/23/2012-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24. � �������� �2/22/2012-����� �� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program, administered by the State

Air Resources Board, to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, air quality improvement projects related to fuel and vehicle technologies. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.

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�� AB 2231 (Fuentes��������Q��� ��#���,� ��������� �2/24/2012� ����� �3/12/2012-Referred to Com. on L. GOV.� �������� �3/12/2012-����������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law requires the owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any portion of a

public street or place to maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property and maintain it in a condition that will not interfere with the public convenience in the use of those works or areas, except as to those conditions created or maintained by persons other than the owner. This bill would require a city, county, or city and county to repair any sidewalk out of repair or pending reconstruction if that sidewalk is owned by the local entity, or if the repairs are required as a result of damage caused by plants or trees. The bill would provide that, if the local entity fails to carry out the repairs, the local entity shall be liable for any injury resulting from the failure to repair. The bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county from imposing an assessment for these sidewalk repairs against the owner of private property fronting on any portion of a sidewalk.The bill would make these provisions applicable to charter cities and counties. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 2238 (Perea�����"�=����Q����!�� ����������Q���,� ��������� �2/24/2012� �������� �3/29/2012� ����� �3/29/2012-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on

L. GOV. Read second time and amended.� �������� �3/29/2012-����������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law requires the State Department of Public Health to administer programs to fund

improvements and expansion of small community water systems using specified priorities. Current law requires the department to encourage the consolidation of small community water systems that serve disadvantaged communities if consolidation will help the affected agencies and the state meet specified goals. Current law allows funding of studies regarding the feasibility of consolidating 2 or more community water systems, at least one of which is a small community water system that serves a disadvantaged community. Current law requires the department to give funding priority to projects involving physical restructuring of 2 or more community water systems into a single, consolidated system when it is shown that the consolidation would further specified goals. This bill would require the department to promote the consolidation and merger of small community water systems that serve disadvantaged communities, as specified, and would require the studies performed prior to a construction project to include the feasibility of consolidating or merging community water systems. This bill would prohibit the department from determining the consolidation or merger to be infeasible if the local agency formation commission (LAFCO) also conducted a study or service review of the projectand determined the project was feasible. This bill would also require the department to give priority tofunding projects involving managerial consolidation or merger when the consolidation or merger wouldfurther specified goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� AB 2245 (Smyth�6���%�&����������I�����! �'���$������%�&����������)�����!���� �*�#���� �=��Q�!,� ��������� �2/24/2012� �������� �3/15/2012

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ITEM IV C

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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to

prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. This bill would additionally exempt a Class II bikeway project , as defined for purposes ofthe Streets and Highways Code, undertaken by a city, county, or a city and county within an current road right-of-way. This bill contains other current laws.

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�� ACA 23 (Perea�������������&����������#���������#��+�� �#�������* �&�����##��&��,� ��������� �2/23/2012� ����� �2/24/2012-From printer. May be heard in committee March 25. � �������� �2/23/2012-����� �� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �The California Constitution conditions the imposition of a special tax by a city, county, or

special district upon the approval of 2/3 of the voters of the city, county, or special district voting on that tax, except that certain school entities may levy an ad valorem property tax for specified purposes with the approval of 55% of the voters within the jurisdiction of these entities. This measurewould provide that the imposition, extension, or increase of a special tax by a local government for thepurpose of providing funding for local transportation projects requires the approval of 55% of its voters voting on the proposition. The measure would also make conforming and technical, nonsubstantive changes.

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�� SB 46 (Correa�����"�=�����$$����� ����#��������������,� ��������� �12/9/2010� �������� �6/2/2011� ����� �8/22/2011-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.� �������� �8/22/2011-������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 require certain persons employed by

agencies to file annually a written statement of the economic interests they possess during specified periods. The act requires that state agencies promulgate a conflict of interest code that must contain, among other topics, provisions that require designated employees to file statements disclosing reportable investments, business positions, interests in real property, and income. The act requires that every report and statement filed pursuant to the act is a public record and is open to public inspection. This bill would, commencing on January 1, 2013, and continuing until January 1, 2019, require every designated employee and other person, except a candidate for public office, who is required to file a statement of economic interests to include, as a part of that filing, a compensation disclosure form that provides compensation information for the preceding calendar year, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� SB 77 V'����������W���������������6&�Q���'�������!���&��#���,� ��������� �1/10/2011� �������� �3/15/2011� ����� �7/5/2011-Reconsideration granted. (Page 2185.) Ordered to inactive file on request of

Assembly Member Allen.� �������� �7/5/2011-��� ���������� 2Year

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1st House 2nd House � ������! � The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment

agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Current law provides that an

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ITEM IV C

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g g , paction may be brought to review the validity of the adoption or amendment of a redevelopment plan by an agency, to review the validity of agency findings or determinations, and other agency actions. This bill would revise the provisions of law authorizing an action to be brought against the agency to determine or review the validity of specified agency actions. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� SB 654 (Steinberg�����6�&��#���,� ��������� �2/18/2011� �������� �1/31/2012� ����� �2/1/2012-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.� �������� �2/1/2012-������� 2Year

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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law suspends various activities of redevelopment agencies and prohibits the

agencies from incurring indebtedness for a specified period. Current law also dissolves redevelopmentagencies and community development agencies, as of October 1, 2011, and designates successor agencies, as defined. Current law requires successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things, repay enforceable obligations, as defined, and to remit unencumbered balances of redevelopment agency funds, including housing funds, to the county auditor-controller for distribution to taxing entities. This bill would revise the definition of the term "enforceable obligation" and modify provisions relating to the transfer of housingfunds and responsibilities associated with dissolved redevelopment agencies. The bill would provide that any amounts on deposit in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund of a dissolved redevelopment agency be transferred to specified entities. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� SB 749 (Steinberg�����'���$����������#���������'������� ��������,� ��������� �2/18/2011� �������� �1/4/2012� ����� �1/23/2012-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.� �������� �1/23/2012-������� 2Year

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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law generally provides for programming and allocation of state and federal funds

available for transportation capital improvement projects by the California Transportation Commission,pursuant to various requirements. Current law authorizes the commission, in certain cases, to adopt guidelines relative to its programming and allocation policies and procedures. This bill would establish specified procedures that the commission would be required to utilize when it adopts guidelines, except as specified, and would exempt the adoption of those guidelines from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. This bill contains other current laws.

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same as the previous CTC Guideline bills intorduced. �

�� SB 973 (Vargas�����%�&����������I�����! �'���$������%�&����������)�����!���� �*�#���� ��������duration events.

� ��������� �1/19/2012� ����� �2/2/2012-Referred to Com. on E.Q.� �������� �2/2/2012-�������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! � The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to

prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts certain specified projects from its requirements. This bill would exempt from CEQA the approval of a park use or special events permit for a limited duration event, as

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ITEM IV C

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p Q pp p p p ,defined, for specified purposes that is located on public property, within a public right of way, or withina defined event venue. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a project fallswithin this exemption, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� SB 985 (La Malfa�6�������#���������=���,� ��������� �1/30/2012� ����� �3/13/2012-Set for hearing April 10.� �������� �2/16/2012-����������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Article XVI of the California Constitution requires a general obligation bond act to specify

the single object or work to be funded by the bonds, and further requires a bond act to be approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and by a majority of the voters. Article XVI authorizes the Legislature, at any time after the approval of a general obligation bond act by the voters, to reduce the amount of the indebtedness authorized by the act to an amount not less than the amount contracted at the time of the reduction or to repeal the act if no debt has been contracted. Current law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and related rail purposes. Current law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties related to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system. This bill would provide that no further bonds shall be sold for high-speed rail and related rail purposes pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century. The bill would amend the bond actto authorize redirection of the net proceeds received from outstanding bonds issued and sold prior to the effective date of this act, upon appropriation by the Legislature, from those high-speed rail purposes to retiring the debt incurred from the issuance and sale of those outstanding bonds. This billcontains other related provisions.

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�� SB 986 (Dutton�6���6�&��#��� �=����#����,� ��������� �1/31/2012� ����� �3/23/2012-Set for hearing April 18.� �������� �2/16/2012-����������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law dissolves redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as

of February 1, 2012, and designates successor agencies, as defined. Current law requires that successor entities perform certain duties, including, among others, remitting unencumbered funds of that agency to the county auditor-controller, and overseeing the use of bond proceeds. Current law requires each successor agency to have an oversight board that is composed of 7 members who meetcertain qualifications. Current law requires the oversight board to approve certain actions of the successor agency. This bill would provide that all bond proceeds that were generated by the former redevelopment agency shall be deemed to be encumbered and would prohibit a successor agency from remitting these proceeds to the county auditor-controller. This bill would also require that the proceeds of bonds issued by a former redevelopment agency must be used by the successor agency for the purposes for which the bonds were sold pursuant to an enforceable obligation, as defined, that was entered into either by the former redevelopment agency prior to its dissolution, or is enteredinto by the successor agency by December 14, 2014. This bill would also provide that if an enforceableobligation is not entered into by that time, or if the purpose for which the bonds were sold can no longer be achieved, then the bond proceeds shall be used to defease the bonds or to purchase outstanding bonds on the open market for cancellation. This bill contains other related provisions.

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�� SB 1102 (DeSaulnier��������������#�����������#��&����#������,� ��������� �2/16/2012� ����� �3/28/2012-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March

27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.� �������� �3/28/2012-��������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! � Current law establishes the state transportation improvement program process, pursuant

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ITEM IV C

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! p p p g p , pto which the California Transportation Commission generally programs and allocates available funds for transportation capital improvement projects over a multiyear period. Current law provides that the Department of Transportation is responsible for the state highway system. Current law requires the department to annually prepare a project delivery report that identifies milestone dates for state highway projects costing $1,000,000 or more for which the department is the responsible agency for project development work. This bill would require the department, as part of the annual project delivery report, to report on the difference between the original allocation made by the commission and the actual construction capital and support costs at project close for all state transportation improvement program projects completed during the previous fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.

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�� SB 1151 (Steinberg������������=��%���������&��#������������������������ �����-range asset management plan.

� ��������� �2/21/2012� �������� �3/29/2012� ����� �3/29/2012-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-

referred to Com. on GOV. & F.� �������� �3/29/2012-����������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as

of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies, as defined. Current law imposes various requirements on successor agencies and subjects successor agency actions to the review of oversight boards. Current law requires successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things, dispose of assets and properties of the former redevelopment agencies, as directed by the oversight board. Proceeds from the sale of assets are transferred to the county auditor-controller for distribution as property tax proceeds to taxing entities, as prescribed. This bill would provide that the asset disposition and transfer provisionsdo not apply to a jurisdiction in which a Community Development and Housing Authority (authority) has been formed by August 1, 2012. The bill would establish a Sustainable Economic Development andHousing Trust Fund, to be administered by an authority, to serve as a repository of the unencumberedbalances and assets of the former redevelopment agency. The bill would authorize moneys from the fund to be expended for specified purposes relating to economic development and affordable housing.The bill would require an authority to prepare a long-range asset management plan that governs the disposition and ongoing use of the fund . The bill would require an authority to submit the plan to the Department of Finance by December 1, 2012, and would require the department to approve or return the plan for revision to the authority prior to final approval by December 31, 2012 .

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�� SB 1156 (Steinberg�����'�������!��&��#���������������8�����"�Q����������!,� ��������� �2/22/2012� �������� �3/29/2012� ����� �3/29/2012-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-

referred to Com. on GOV. & F.� �������� �3/29/2012-����������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment

agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Current law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies. Current law requires that the successor agency, among other things, wind down the affairs of the former redevelopment agency and dispose of assets and properties of the former redevelopment agency, as directed by an oversight board. This bill would authorize the legislative body of the city and county representing the geographic territory covering thearea served by a former redevelopment agency to elect to form a Community Development and Housing Joint Powers Authority (authority) after July 1, 2012, and to carry out the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law . The bill would authorize the authority to adopt a redevelopment plan for a project area covering specified areas and sites and to include a provision in the plan to provide for tax increment financing, p rovided that certain mitigation and land use plans have been adopted . The bill would retain the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund of a former redevelopment agency in another fund and authorize the authority to enter into agreements to facilitate articulated career technical education pathways . This bill contains other current laws.

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�� SB 1189 (Hancock����������$Z�6���=������-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century: project funding.

� ��������� �2/22/2012� �������� �3/26/2012� ����� �3/29/2012-Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.� �������� �3/29/2012-����������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the

21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed train capital projects and other associated purposes. Current law makes $950 million of the proceeds of those bonds available for capital improvements to intercity and commuter rail lines and urban rail systems that provide direct connectivity to the high-speed train system and its facilities, or that are part of the construction of the high-speed train system, as specified, or that provide capacity enhancements and safety improvements. Current law requires the California Transportation Commission to allocate those funds to eligible recipients, as defined, and to develop guidelines to implement those provisions. This bill would appropriate $523,400,000 from the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Fund to the Department of Transportation for allocation by the California Transportation Commission as provided for in specified guidelines adopted by the commission.

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�� SB 1214 (Cannella�6���%�&����������I�����! �'���$������%�&����������)�����!���� �+���������&�Q,� ��������� �2/22/2012� ����� �3/28/2012-Set for hearing April 16.� �������� �3/1/2012-�������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to

prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. This bill would require a judicial proceeding challenging a project, except for a high-speed rail project, located in a distressed county, as defined, to be filed with the Court of Appeal with geographic jurisdiction over the project. This bill contains other current laws.

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�� SB 1380 (Rubio�����%�&����������I�����! �'���$������%�&����������)�����!���� �=��!�������#���������plan.

� ��������� �2/24/2012� �������� �3/27/2012� ����� �3/27/2012-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-

referred to Com. on E.Q. (Corrected March 29.)� �������� �3/27/2012-�������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! � The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to

prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA requires the lead agencies to make specified findings in an EIR. This bill would enact the California Public Health and Environmental Standards Act and would require documentation prepared pursuant to CEQA for the bicycle transportation plan to disclose applicable environmental laws, as specified. The bill would prohibit a cause of action from being brought in a judicial proceeding alleging noncompliance with CEQA related to those applicable environmental laws .This bill contains other current laws.

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ITEM IV C

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�� SB 1499 (Anderson�6���'���$����������#���������'������� ��&�Q��$�*#������,� ��������� �2/24/2012� ����� �3/22/2012-Referred to Com. on T. & H.� �������� �3/22/2012-����������� 2Year

DeadDesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.

Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered

1st House 2nd House � ������! �Current law establishes the state transportation improvement program process, pursuant

to which the California Transportation Commission generally programs and allocates available funds for transportation capital improvement projects over a multiyear period. Current law provides that the Department of Transportation is responsible for the state highway system. Current law requires the department to annually prepare a project delivery report that identifies milestone dates for state highway projects costing $1,000,000 or more for which the department is the responsible agency for project development work. This bill would require the commission to allocate funds for construction support costs for a project in the state transportation improvement program at the time of allocation of funds for construction capital costs. The bill would require a supplemental project allocation request to be made for all state transportation improvement program projects that experience construction support costs equal to or more than 120% of the amount originally allocated. The bill would also require the department, as part of the annual project delivery report, to report on the difference between the original allocation made by the commission and the actual construction support costs at project close for each state transportation improvement program project completed during the previous fiscal year.

�� �� �� "�������� �� �� �� ���� �� �� �� �� �� �� ���� �� T���U ��Similar to SB 1102 (DeSaulnier, 2012)

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ITEM IV C