Chapter 5.1. Combined Road Plan of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 5.1.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Federal-Aid Combined Road Plan Act.

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the combined road plan demonstration program, pursuant to Section 137 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, in this state in a manner compatible and consistent with historic programming goals. The department shall establish and distribute interim guidelines to appropriate local representatives with respect to the programming and management of combined road plan apportionments. The guidelines shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Notwithstanding Chapters 5 (commencing with Section 2200), 7 (commencing with Section 2350), and 9 (commencing with Section 2400), this chapter applies to the administration of the Federal-Aid Combined Road Plan Demonstration Program as to funds appropriated under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, for the federal-aid secondary program, federal-aid urban program, and the off-system bridge, urban bridge, and secondary bridge programs.

Combined road plan apportionments received by this state under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 shall be allocated by the department to city, county, and urbanized areas consistent with procedures established under Chapters 5 (commencing with Section 2200) and 7 (commencing with Section 2350). That portion of combined road plan apportionments attributable to the federal bridge reconstruction and replacement program shall be obligated to bridge construction or other eligible use approved by the department.

(a) To assist the department in the performance of its duties in relation thereto, there is a statewide Combined Road Plan Committee, which consists of the following members:
  (1) One urban representative of a regional transportation planning agency selected by the California Association of Councils of Governments.
  (2) One rural representative of a regional transportation planning agency selected by the California Association of Councils of Governments.
  (3) Two representatives of the California Transit Association, one of whom shall be a representative of a rail operator, and one of whom shall be a representative of a bus operator.
  (4) One representative selected by the statutorily created county transportation commissions from the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino.
  (5) Six representatives, of whom three shall be from northern California, selected by the League of California Cities.
  (6) Four representatives, of whom two shall be from northern California, selected by the County Supervisors Association of California.
  (7) One representative from the department, who shall serve as an ex officio member.
  (8) The Regional Division Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, or the administrator's designated representative, who shall serve as an ex officio member. The names of the members of the committee shall be submitted to the director not later than 45 days after the date this section becomes operative.
  (b) The committee shall advise the department on the administration of combined road plan apportionments and the establishment of interim guidelines for the use of all available apportionments within the demonstration period. The interim guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, a requirement that any funds apportioned under the Federal-Aid Combined Road Plan Demonstration Program pursuant to Section 2223 which are subject to reallocation shall be, as a first priority, reallocated to another local entity within the same county. The department may delegate authority for the establishment of local area guidelines to county combined road plan committees.

Section 2360 does not apply to funds apportioned and allocated under the combined road plan demonstration program.

For the duration of the combined road plan demonstration program, state matching funds and state exchange funds under Sections 2209 and 2210 shall continue to be made available, in the same amounts, to those agencies which received those funds in the 1988-89 fiscal year.

This chapter shall remain operative until the director determines that the federal combined road plan demonstration program is no longer in effect. The director shall submit a notice of the determination under this section to the Secretary of State, and this chapter shall be repealed on January 1 next following the receipt of that notice by the Secretary of State.