Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Rail passenger equipment owned by the department and operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in a state-supported rail service shall prominently display the department’s logo and the words “California Department of Transportation,” or other appropriate id…

(a) The department may acquire by purchase, lease, or eminent domain, any property necessary for the development and implementation of the state’s rail passenger program. The power of eminent domain shall be exercised in accordance with Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) …

The department may, if requested by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire, in the name and for the use of, the authority, real property in Los Angeles County that is owned by a railroad corporation and that is necessary, in…

(a) The department may, at the request of a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or metropolitan transit development board, and subject to approval of the commission, acquire abandoned or proposed to be abandoned rail freight lines which have the pote…

The department shall have no authority to operate railroads.

The department may provide by contract with a railroad corporation that any tracks or signaling devices constructed, improved, repaired, or acquired with funds made available by the state on property owned or leased by the railroad corporation shall become the property of the rai…

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is encouraged to coordinate with local private industry councils in service delivery areas to develop training programs and employment opportunities under the federal Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq.) directly…

State highway projects to be included in the program of proposed projects report submitted to the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 105 of Title 23 of the United States Code shall be those included in the five-year program for the expenditure of state …

(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Broadband provider” means a facilities-based provider of broadband, as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities Code. (2) “Companies or organizations working on broadband deployment” includes, but is not limited to, local governments,…

(a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all state-owned bridges that are required to be strengthened or replaced in order to meet seismic safety standards which are in effect on January 1, 1991. For each bridge listed in the inventory, the department shall determine each…

(a) For purposes of this section, “project of statewide and regional significance” means a high-priority highway project on the state highway system that would benefit two or more counties and that satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2). (1) Meets one or both of the…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Elderly persons and persons with disabilities have the same rights as other persons to utilize mass transportation facilities and services. (b) As administered by the state, funding under Section 5310 of Title 49 of the…

The department shall act as the applicant for grants of funds to provide mass transit services to meet the special needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities pursuant to Section 5310 of Title 49 of the United States Code. The department shall coordinate the funding an…

Funds made available to the department shall be allocated as follows: (a) Not more than 5 percent of the annual federal apportionment may be retained by the department for the cost of administering grants. (b) The remaining funds shall be allocated by the department, as directed …

The commission shall establish an appeals process.

Prior to approving its program of projects, the commission shall hold not less than one public hearing.

The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Equipment” means rail passenger cars, locomotives, other rail vehicles, bus and van fleets, and ferryboats. (b) “Equipment obligations” means notes, equipment trust certificates, or other obligations, including grant anticipat…

The department may take all action necessary to purchase, sell, or lease equipment by negotiation without competitive bidding to take advantage of Section 168 of Title 26 of the United States Code in connection with the sale and leasing of equipment. As required, the department m…

(a) The department may issue equipment obligations to finance the acquisition of equipment pursuant to a resolution adopted by the commission, authorizing the issuance thereof from time to time as provided in the resolution. (b) A resolution authorizing the issuance of equipment …

(a) Grant anticipation notes shall be issued only in anticipation of a grant or funding commitment to the department which has been stated by the granting authority or agency to be contracted, committed, or appropriated and payable on a specified date or dates or upon the happeni…

(a) Equipment obligations shall be sold by the Treasurer, after a resolution requesting the sale has been adopted by the commission. Equipment obligations may be sold by public bid or by a private negotiated sale. The Treasurer may sell equipment obligations at a discount not to …

(a) The Passenger Equipment Acquisition Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department to pay the principal of, interest on, and redemption premium, if any, on equipment obligatio…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” or “joint powers board” means the governing board of a joint exercise of powers agency established pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 14072), Article 5.4 (commencing with Section 1…

(a) If authorized by the secretary, the department may, through an interagency transfer agreement, transfer to a joint powers board, and the board may assume, all responsibility for administering intercity passenger rail service in the corridor, including associated feeder bus se…

(a) An interagency transfer agreement between the department and a joint powers board, when approved by the secretary, shall do all of the following: (1) Specify the date and conditions for the transfer of responsibilities and identify the annual level of funding for the initial …

The department and any entity that assumes administrative responsibility for intercity passenger rail services through an interagency transfer agreement, may, through a competitive solicitation process, contract with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) or with or…

The department and the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, to the extent the agency assumes administrative responsibility for intercity passenger rail services on the LOSSAN Corridor through an interagency transfer agreement, may, through a competitive solicitation process, contract wit…

(a) The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, also known as the LOSSAN Agency, is an existing joint powers authority established to provide an organization capable of implementing the recommendations contained in the State Rail Corridor Study Group’s June 1987 report entitled “Los Angeles…

(a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. (b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the foll…

This article shall be applicable only if the members of the LOSSAN Agency enter into an amended joint powers agreement to expand the authority of the agency to permit the administration of state-funded intercity passenger rail services on the LOSSAN Corridor, and the LOSSAN Agenc…

As part of the business plan required by subdivision (b) of Section 14070.4 that is due by April 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency shall do all of the following: (a) Include a description of the effects of climate change, including sea level rise …

(a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this subdivision, the secretary, with technical and subject matter assistance from the Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this section, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature no later than…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” or “San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority” means a joint exercise of powers agency formed under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 for purposes of assuming admini…

(a) There shall be created the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority Board, subject to being organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the board shall be composed of not more than 11 members, as follows: (1) One m…

The authority shall be created only if the agencies that would be represented on the board enter into a joint exercise of powers agreement to form the authority.

The board shall make its decisions in accordance with the votes of its members, with a majority vote required for all matters with the exception of the approval of the business plan, revisions to that plan, and the addition of new members pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14…

The Steering Committee of the Caltrans Rail Task Force shall remain in existence. If a joint powers authority is formed pursuant to this article and an interagency transfer agreement is executed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14070.2, the Steering Committee of the Caltran…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” or “Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority” means the joint exercise of powers agency formed under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 and specified in subdivi…

(a) There is hereby created the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board, subject to being organized pursuant to subdivision (b). The board shall be composed of not more than the following 16 members: (1) Six members of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Direct…

If the board and the department enter into an interagency transfer agreement pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 14070), for an initial period, that begins with the transfer of responsibilities from the department to the board and continues for a three-year period subs…

The board shall make its decisions in accordance with the votes of its members, requiring a majority vote for all matters with the exception of the approval of the business plan, and revisions, which shall require a vote of two-thirds of the members.

For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this article, the board may seek funds from any jurisdiction served by the Capitols passenger rail service for enhanced service.

For purposes of this article: (a) “Public entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 811.2 of the Government Code. (b) “State funds” means any nonfederal funds which are derived from any of the following financial sources: the State Transportation Fund, tolls on the use o…

(a) When the governing body of any public entity proposes to commence project planning, development, improvement, or acquisition for exclusive public mass transit guideways and their related fixed facilities, the governing body may enter into an agreement to have the department a…

The director shall not enter into an agreement referred to in Section 14081 if, in the director’s judgment, the proposed agreement cannot be carried out in a manner consistent with financially and managerially sound public administration practices.

The department may secure the services of consultants to provide expert assistance to the department in performing any of the agreed-upon services referred to in Section 14081 when the complete expertise necessary is not fully available within the department.

In any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081, the governing body shall retain final authority to decide those matters for which it is responsible by law pertaining to the planning, design, construction, and operation of the guideway system. The department shall perform such se…

Any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081 shall provide that the department shall be fully reimbursed by the governing body for all costs incurred by the department in performing services pursuant to the agreement. The amount of the reimbursement shall be negotiated and agreed…

Any funds received by the department from the governing body pursuant to an agreement made pursuant to Section 14081 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the state account which the department designates. The department shall use the funds for the purposes re…