(a) The commission shall evaluate, consistent with the
commission's Trade Corridors Improvement Fund (TCIF) Guidelines,
adopted November 27, 2007, as part of the 2010 TCIF review, the total
potential costs and total potential economic and noneconomic
benefits of the program to California's economy, environment, and
public health. The commission shall consult with the State Air
Resources Board in order to utilize the appropriate models,
techniques, and methods to develop the evaluation required by this
subdivision.
(b) With respect to the two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000)
appropriated from the TCIF, as described in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (c) of Section 8879.23, and the five hundred million
dollars ($500,000,000) to be made available from the State Highway
Account, the following programming schedule shall apply:
(1) The Los Angeles/Inland Empire Corridor shall receive a minimum
of one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000).
(2) The San Diego/International Border Corridor shall receive a
minimum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000).
(3) The San Francisco Bay/Central Valley Corridor shall receive a
minimum of six hundred forty million dollars ($640,000,000).
(4) Other corridors, as determined by the commission, shall
receive a minimum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000).
(c) The corridors referenced in subdivision (b) shall receive the
minimum amount of funding programmed for that corridor
notwithstanding the deprogramming of any project or projects in that
corridor by the commission. If a project is or projects are
deprogrammed, the commission shall collaborate with the local
transportation agencies in that corridor to select another project or
projects for programming of those funds within the minimum amount
provided to each corridor pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) If the Colton Crossing project programmed in the commission's
TCIF Program as of April 10, 2008, does not meet the requirements or
delivery schedule contained in its project baseline agreement when
reviewed by the commission no later than March 2010, the project
shall be ineligible to receive an allocation from the TCIF. The
ninety-seven million dollars ($97,000,000) associated with the
project shall then be available for programming in the Los
Angeles/Inland Empire Corridor. In that event, the commission shall
collaborate with the local transportation agencies in that corridor
to select another project or projects for programming of those funds,
and, in making that selection, shall take into consideration the Los
Angeles/Inland Empire Corridor Tier One or Tier Two Project Lists
and any other project identified by the local agencies. Projects
currently receiving TCIF funding shall not be considered for
selection.
(e) (1) The commission shall report to the Assembly Committee on
Transportation, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing,
the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly
Committee on Budget, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the
Assembly Committee on Appropriations a summary of any memorandum of
understanding, along with a copy of the memorandum, or any agreement
executed between a railroad company and any state or local
transportation agency as it relates to any project funded with moneys
allocated from the TCIF within 30 days of the commission's receipt
of those documents.
(2) Commencing January 1, 2012, the commission shall provide
semiannual reports to the Assembly Committee on Transportation, the
Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, the Senate Committee
on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the
Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Assembly Committee on
Appropriations on the status of all railroad projects programmed in
the TCIF program.
(3) This subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2015,
pursuant to Section 10231.5.