Section 99317.1 Of Article 6.5. Transportation Planning And Development Account From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 6.5.
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. (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 99317 shall, in addition to the purposes specified in that
section, be available for short-line railroad rehabilitation
projects, through the state transportation improvement program.
(1) Projects eligible for funding pursuant to this subdivision
shall be limited to railroad rehabilitation projects.
(2) To be eligible for funding pursuant to this subdivision, a
project proposal shall be submitted by a public entity. The public
entity shall submit a project proposal only if it has made a finding,
following a public hearing, that rail service on the affected
railroad would be in imminent danger of being discontinued without
the expenditure of public funds, and that continuation of the service
serves a public purpose.
(b) As used in this section, "short-line railroad" means any
standard gauge railroad which is being, or is planned to be, used for
passenger service, other than a class I railroad, as that term is
used and applied in federal law.