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. (a) The Transportation Investment Fund (hereafter the fund)
is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section
13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously
appropriated without regard to fiscal years for disbursement in the
manner and for the purposes set forth in this section.
(b) All of the following shall occur on a quarterly basis:
(1) The State Board of Equalization, in consultation with the
Department of Finance, shall estimate the amount that is transferred
to the General Fund under subdivision (b) of Section 7102 that is
attributable to revenue collected for the sale, storage, use, or
other consumption in this state of motor vehicle fuel, as defined in
Section 7326.
(2) The State Board of Equalization shall inform the Controller,
in writing, of the amount estimated under paragraph (1).
(3) Commencing with the 2003-04 fiscal year, the Controller shall
transfer the amount estimated under paragraph (1) from the General
Fund to the fund.
(c) For each quarter during the period commencing on July 1, 2003,
and ending on June 30, 2008, the Controller shall make all of the
following transfers and apportionments from the funds identified for
transfer under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) in the following
order:
(1) To the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund created in the State
Treasury by Section 14556.5 of the Government Code, the sum of one
hundred sixty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars
($169,500,000), except that the transfer for the final quarter shall
be ninety-three million four hundred thousand dollars ($93,400,000),
for a total transfer of three billion three hundred thirteen million
nine hundred thousand dollars ($3,313,900,000).
(2) To the Public Transportation Account, a trust fund in the
State Transportation Fund, 20 percent of the amount remaining after
the transfer required under paragraph (1). Funds transferred under
this paragraph shall be made available as follows:
(A) To the Department of Transportation, 50 percent for purposes
of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 99315 of the Public Utilities
Code, subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
(B) To the Controller, 25 percent for allocation pursuant to
Section 99314 of the Public Utilities Code. Funds allocated under
this subparagraph shall be subject to all of the provisions governing
funds allocated under Section 99314 of the Public Utilities Code.
For the 2007-08 fiscal year, these funds are continuously
appropriated to the Controller for purposes of this subparagraph.
(C) To the Controller, 25 percent for allocation pursuant to
Section 99313 of the Public Utilities Code. Funds allocated under
this subparagraph shall be subject to all of the provisions governing
funds allocated under Section 99313 of the Public Utilities Code.
For the 2007-08 fiscal year, these funds are continuously
appropriated to the Controller for purposes of this subparagraph.
(3) To the Department of Transportation for expenditure for
programming for transportation capital improvement projects subject
to all of the provisions governing the State Transportation
Improvement Program, 40 percent of the amount remaining after the
transfer required under paragraph (1), except that in the 2006-07 and
2007-08 fiscal years, the transfer shall be 80 percent of the amount
remaining after the transfer required under paragraph (1).
(4) To the Controller for apportionment to the counties, including
a city and county, 20 percent of the amount remaining after the
transfer required under paragraph (1), except that in the 2006-07 and
2007-08 fiscal years, no transfer may be made under this paragraph.
Funds transferred under this paragraph shall be allocated in
accordance with the following formulas:
(A) Seventy-five percent of the funds payable under this paragraph
shall be apportioned among the counties in the proportion that the
number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles that are registered in the
county bears to the number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles registered
in the state.
(B) Twenty-five percent of the funds payable under this paragraph
shall be apportioned among the counties in the proportion that the
number of miles of maintained county roads in each county bears to
the total number of miles of maintained county roads in the state.
For the purposes of apportioning funds under this subparagraph, any
roads within the boundaries of a city and county that are not state
highways shall be deemed to be county roads.
(5) To the Controller for apportionment to cities, including a
city and county, 20 percent of the amount remaining after the
transfer required under paragraph (1), except that in the 2006-07 and
2007-08 fiscal years, no transfer may be made under this paragraph.
Funds transferred under this paragraph shall be apportioned among the
cities in the proportion that the total population of the city bears
to the total population of all the cities in the state.
(d) Funds received under paragraph (4) or (5) of subdivision (c)
shall be deposited as follows in order to avoid the commingling of
those funds with other local funds:
(1) In the case of a city, into the city account that is
designated for the receipt of state funds allocated for
transportation purposes.
(2) In the case of a county, into the county road fund.
(3) In the case of a city and county, into a local account that is
designated for the receipt of state funds allocated for
transportation purposes.
(e) Funds allocated to a city, county, or city and county under
paragraph (4) or (5) of subdivision (c) shall be used only for street
and highway maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and storm
damage repair. For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(1) "Maintenance" means either or both of the following:
(A) Patching.
(B) Overlay and sealing.
(2) "Reconstruction" includes any overlay, sealing, or widening of
the roadway, if the widening is necessary to bring the roadway width
to the desirable minimum width consistent with the geometric design
criteria of the department for 3R (reconstruction, resurfacing, and
rehabilitation) projects that are not on a freeway, but does not
include widening for the purpose of increasing the traffic capacity
of a street or highway.
(3) "Storm damage repair" is repair or reconstruction of local
streets and highways and related drainage improvements that have been
damaged due to winter storms and flooding, and construction of
drainage improvements to mitigate future roadway flooding and damage
problems, in those jurisdictions that have been declared disaster
areas by the President of the United States, where the costs of those
repairs are ineligible for emergency funding with Federal Emergency
Relief (ER) funds or Federal Emergency Management Administration
(FEMA) funds.
(f) (1) Cities and counties shall maintain their existing
commitment of local funds for street and highway maintenance,
rehabilitation, reconstruction, and storm damage repair in order to
remain eligible for the allocation of funds pursuant to paragraph (4)
or (5) of subdivision (c).
(2) In order to receive any allocation pursuant to paragraph (4)
or (5) of subdivision (c), the city or county shall annually expend
from its general fund for street, road, and highway purposes an
amount not less than the annual average of its expenditures from its
general fund during the 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 fiscal years,
as reported to the Controller pursuant to Section 2151 of the Streets
and Highways Code. For purposes of this paragraph, in calculating a
city's or county's annual general fund expenditures and its average
general fund expenditures for the 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99
fiscal years, any unrestricted funds that the city or county may
expend at its discretion, including vehicle in-lieu tax revenues and
revenues from fines and forfeitures, expended for street and highway
purposes shall be considered expenditures from the general fund.
One-time allocations that have been expended for street and highway
purposes, but which may not be available on an ongoing basis,
including revenue provided under the Teeter Plan Bond Law of 1994
(Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2
of Title 5 of the Government Code), may not be considered when
calculating a city's or county's annual general fund expenditures.
(3) For any city incorporated after July 1, 1996, the Controller
shall calculate an annual average of expenditure for the period
between July 1, 1996, and December 31, 2000, inclusive, that the city
was incorporated.
(4) For purposes of paragraph (2), the Controller may request
fiscal data from cities and counties in addition to data provided
pursuant to Section 2151, for the 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99
fiscal years. Each city and county shall furnish the data to the
Controller not later than 120 days after receiving the request. The
Controller may withhold payment to cities and counties that do not
comply with the request for information or that provide incomplete
data.
(5) The Controller may perform audits to ensure compliance with
paragraph (2) when deemed necessary. Any city or county that has not
complied with paragraph (2) shall reimburse the state for the funds
it received during that fiscal year. Any funds withheld or returned
as a result of a failure to comply with paragraph (2) shall be
reallocated to the other counties and cities whose expenditures are
in compliance.
(6) If a city or county fails to comply with the requirements of
paragraph (2) in a particular fiscal year, the city or county may
expend during that fiscal year and the following fiscal year a total
amount that is not less than the total amount required to be expended
for those fiscal years for purposes of complying with paragraph (2).
(7) The allocation made under paragraph (4) or (5) of subdivision
(c) shall be expended not later than the end of the fiscal year
following the fiscal year in which the allocation was made, and any
funds not expended within that period shall be returned to the
Controller and shall be reallocated to the other cities and counties
pursuant to the allocation formulas set forth in paragraph (4) or (5)
of subdivision (c).
(g) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
shall give first priority for using its share of the funds made
available under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) to providing the levels of bus service mandated under
the consent decree entered into by the authority on October 29,
1996, in the case of Labor/Community Strategy Center, et al. v. Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
(h) (1) For the purpose of allocating funds under paragraph (4) or
(5) of subdivision (c) to counties, cities, and a city and county,
the Controller shall use the most recent population estimates
prepared by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of
Finance. For a city that incorporated after January 1, 1998, that
does not appear on the most recent population estimates prepared by
the Demographic Research Unit, the Controller shall use the
population determined for that city under Section 11005.3 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) The amendments made to Section 11005.3 by the act adding this
paragraph shall not apply to a population determination under
paragraph (1).
(i) This section shall become inoperative on the date that all
encumbrances incurred for the projects funded under paragraph (3) of
subdivision (c) have been liquidated or on June 30, 2008, whichever
date is later, and as of the January 1 immediately following that
date is repealed.