California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 744 — Transportation: toll lanes: Express Lane Network.

Last action — From Senate committee without further action.

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law specifies the respective powers and duties of the Bay Area Toll Authority and the Department of Transportation relative to the operation of the state-owned Bay Area toll bridges and the allocation of toll bridge revenues. Existing law provides for the department to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of buses and high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) . Existing law provides for various agencies, including the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, to implement high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on state highways, which are high-occupancy vehicle lanes that may also be used by vehicles without the requisite number of occupants upon payment of a toll. This bill would authorize the Bay Area Toll Authority to develop, administer, operate, and maintain a Bay Area Express Lane Network on state highways within the 9 Bay Area counties pursuant to a development plan recommended by the Bay Area Express Lane Network Project Oversight Committee, which the authority would be required to establish. The bill would authorize the authority to establish the fee structure for use of the express lanes and would require a public hearing in that regard. The bill would authorize the authority to determine the types of vehicles that may use the lanes. The bill would prohibit the authority from converting existing nontolled general purpose lanes to express lanes. The bill would provide for agreements between the authority and the Department of Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. The bill would require revenues from the express lanes to be deposited in the Bay Area Express Lane Network Account, which the authority would be required to create. The bill would authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds for the express lane program. The bill would specify the use of revenues in the account, including the net revenues remaining after expenses and obligations, including revenue bond obligations, for the express lane program are satisfied. The bill would provide for certain payments by the authority to the Department of Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol relative to their responsibilities with regard to the express lane program, and would continuously appropriate the amount of those payments to those agencies for those purposes. The bill would require the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to enter into agreements with the Bay Area Toll Authority by January 1, 2011, to provide for the transfer of their rights and obligations relative to HOT lane projects to the Bay Area Toll Authority. The bill would enact other related provisions. Existing law specifies certain major projects that may be undertaken with toll revenues from the Bay Area state-owned toll bridges. This bill would provide that the Bay Area Express Lane Network is eligible for funding from bridge toll revenues under certain conditions. Existing law provides for the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with various agencies, to develop and adopt functional specifications and standards for an automatic vehicle identification system for toll collection purposes on toll facilities. This bill would require the Bay Area Toll Authority, in its role as the administrator of the automatic vehicle identification system, among other things, to provide a cash-based opportunity for customers to obtain an account for paying tolls that does not require the customer to provide a name or address. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, to authorize the exclusive or preferential use if highway lanes for high-occupancy vehicles. Existing law requires the department to obtain the approval of the applicable transportation planning agency or county transportation commission prior to implementing this provision. This bill would authorize the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in cooperation with the department, to increase the vehicle occupancy qualification requirements for any vehicle using an express lane located within the geographic jurisdiction of the commission by one additional passenger above the occupancy level required on January 1, 2010. Because this bill would mandate various actions to be undertaken by the Bay Area Toll Authority, it would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Senate committee without further action.

  2. (Corrected December 10.)

  3. In committee: Held under submission.

  4. In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.

  5. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  6. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 16).

  7. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1756.)

  8. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  9. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  10. In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.

  11. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  13. Referred to Com. on T. & H.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 2036.)

  16. Read second time. To third reading.

  17. (Corrected June 10.)

  18. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  19. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 28).

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  21. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 27).

  22. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Torrico · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Torrico

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Yea
Denham — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6104
Total 6104
% of votes cast 55%9%0%36%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Lowenthal — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Harman — Not Voting
Huff — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Yea

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AB 744 TORRICO Assembly Third Reading

Passed 69 Yea · 19 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 641804
Republican 2100
Total 691904
% of votes cast 75%21%0%4%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Skinner — Not Voting
Eng — Yea
Charles — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Duvall — Nay
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Knight — Nay
Logue — Nay
Ma — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Nay
Audra — Nay
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 17 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16400
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 17500
% of votes cast 77%23%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Duvall — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Hall — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Miller — Yea
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 15 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13101
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 15101
% of votes cast 88%6%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Eng — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Conway — Nay
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Miller — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 744 do?
Existing law specifies the respective powers and duties of the Bay Area Toll Authority and the Department of Transportation relative to the operation of the state-owned Bay Area toll bridges and the allocation of toll bridge revenues. Existing law provides for the department to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of buses and high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) . Existing law provides for various agencies, including the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, to implement high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on state highways, which are high-occupancy vehicle lanes that may also be used by vehicles without the requisite number of occupants upon payment of a toll. This bill would authorize the Bay Area Toll Authority to develop, administer, operate, and maintain a Bay Area Express Lane Network on state highways within the 9 Bay Area counties pursuant to a development plan recommended by the Bay Area Express Lane Network Project Oversight Committee, which the authority would be required to establish. The bill would authorize the authority to establish the fee structure for use of the express lanes and would require a public hearing in that regard. The bill would authorize the authority to determine the types of vehicles that may use the lanes. The bill would prohibit the authority from converting existing nontolled general purpose lanes to express lanes. The bill would provide for agreements between the authority and the Department of Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. The bill would require revenues from the express lanes to be deposited in the Bay Area Express Lane Network Account, which the authority would be required to create. The bill would authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds for the express lane program. The bill would specify the use of revenues in the account, including the net revenues remaining after expenses and obligations, including revenue bond obligations, for the express lane program are satisfied. The bill would provide for certain payments by the authority to the Department of Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol relative to their responsibilities with regard to the express lane program, and would continuously appropriate the amount of those payments to those agencies for those purposes. The bill would require the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to enter into agreements with the Bay Area Toll Authority by January 1, 2011, to provide for the transfer of their rights and obligations relative to HOT lane projects to the Bay Area Toll Authority. The bill would enact other related provisions. Existing law specifies certain major projects that may be undertaken with toll revenues from the Bay Area state-owned toll bridges. This bill would provide that the Bay Area Express Lane Network is eligible for funding from bridge toll revenues under certain conditions. Existing law provides for the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with various agencies, to develop and adopt functional specifications and standards for an automatic vehicle identification system for toll collection purposes on toll facilities. This bill would require the Bay Area Toll Authority, in its role as the administrator of the automatic vehicle identification system, among other things, to provide a cash-based opportunity for customers to obtain an account for paying tolls that does not require the customer to provide a name or address. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, to authorize the exclusive or preferential use if highway lanes for high-occupancy vehicles. Existing law requires the department to obtain the approval of the applicable transportation planning agency or county transportation commission prior to implementing this provision. This bill would authorize the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in cooperation with the department, to increase the vehicle occupancy qualification requirements for any vehicle using an express lane located within the geographic jurisdiction of the commission by one additional passenger above the occupancy level required on January 1, 2010. Because this bill would mandate various actions to be undertaken by the Bay Area Toll Authority, it would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 744?
AB 744 is sponsored by Torrico.
What is the current status of AB 744?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 744?
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