ARTICLE 5. Funds for Highway and Public Mass Transit Guideway Purposes [181. - 208.]

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC 5.
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Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 181. Section 181.

(a) The Transportation Revolving Account in the State Transportation Fund is hereby created. With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred to, or deposited in, the account all money appropriated, contributed, or made available from any source, including sources other than state appropriations, for expenditure on work within the powers and duties of the Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, services, surveys, reports, major and minor construction, maintenance, improvements, and equipment as authorized by the state agency for which such an appropriation is made or, as to funds from sources other than state appropriations, as may be authorized by written agreement between the contributor of such funds and the Department of Transportation when approved by the Department of Finance. (b) Money so transferred or deposited is continuously appropriated for expenditure by the Department of Transportation for the purposes for which appropriated, contributed, or made available without regard to fiscal years and Section 16304 of the Government Code. The Department of Transportation may withdraw from the account for use in work for other public agencies, local, state, or federal, such sums as may be necessary for such work where the money to be paid by such other agencies is not deposited in the account in advance of the work being done. (c) The Department of Transportation shall file against the account all claims covering expenditures incurred, including expenditures incurred prior to the effective date of the act enacting this section, in connection with services, surveys, reports, major and minor construction, maintenance, improvements, and equipment, and the State Controller shall draw his warrant therefor against the account. (d) The Department of Transportation shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the account, and any unused balance in any portion of the account shall, on approval by the Department of Finance, be withdrawn from the account and transferred to the credit of the appropriation from which it was transferred or, as to funds from other than state appropriations, be paid out or refunded as provided in the agreement relating to the contribution. (e) The Director of Transportation may authorize the refund of money received or collected by the department in payment of fees, licenses, permits, tolls, or for rentals, property, or services, wherein the license, permit, rental, property, or service cannot lawfully be issued, furnished, or transferred to the person making the payment, or in cases where the payment, in whole or in part, represents overpayment or payment in duplicate. (f) The provisions of this section shall only be operative during those fiscal years in which funds in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund are appropriated by the Budget Act for such fiscal years. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller may use the funds in the Transportation Revolving Account in the State Transportation Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code. Any such loan shall be exempt from paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16310 of the Government Code. Interest shall be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund and shall be computed at a rate determined by the Pooled Money Investment Board to be the current earning rate of the fund from which the money is loaned. This subdivision does not authorize any transfer that would interfere with the carrying out of the object for which these funds were created.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182. Section 182.

The “State Highway Fund” is continued in existence as the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. Any reference in any law or regulation to the State Highway Fund shall be deemed to refer to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. There shall be transferred to, or deposited in, the State Highway Account all money appropriated, contributed, or made available from any source, including sources other than state appropriations, for expenditure on work within the powers and duties of the department, including, but not limited to, services, investigations, surveys, experiments, reports, right-of-way acquisitions, major and minor construction, maintenance, improvements, and equipment, as authorized by the state agency for which such an appropriation is made, or as to funds from sources other than state appropriations, as may be authorized by written agreement between the contributor of such funds and the department. Money so transferred or deposited is available for expenditure by the department for the purposes for which appropriated, contributed, or made available without regard to fiscal years and Section 16304 of the Government Code. The department may withdraw from the account for use in work for other public agencies, local, state, or federal, such sums as may be necessary for such work where the money to be paid by such other agencies is not deposited in the account in advance of the work being done. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller may use the funds in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code. Any such loan shall be exempt from paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16310 of the Government Code. Interest shall be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund and shall be computed at a rate determined by the Pooled Money Investment Board to be the current earning rate of the fund from which the money is loaned. This subdivision does not authorize any transfer that would interfere with the carrying out of the object for which these funds were created.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.2. Section 182.2.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement projects described in Section 188.5 shall continue to be governed by the provisions of former Article 4.9 (commencing with Section 180), as added by Chapter 15 of the Statutes of 1994 and subsequently amended, as that article read on January 1, 2005, other than former Section 180.7 relative to repeal. This section shall become inoperative when all toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement projects described in Section 188.5 are complete.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.5. Section 182.5.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the transition to the new programs and procedures established in the bill enacting this section shall be fair and equitable and minimize disruptions in the delivery of projects. With specific reference to the transition from county minimums to county shares for regional improvement, no project should be counted twice, no project that would be counted under either the old or new procedures should escape being counted in the transition, shares should be sufficient to fund projects programmed in the 1996 State Transportation Improvement Program for the same period, no incentive or reward should be provided for delaying a project, and no incentive or reward should be provided for allocating funds to a project earlier than the year in which the funds are needed for the project. (b) At the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, the county minimums and county minimum deficits shall be recalculated under the law as it existed prior to the enactment of the bill adding this section. (c) Notwithstanding Section 164, there shall be set aside sufficient funding for every project that is included in the 1996 State Transportation Improvement Program. This funding shall be set aside in the fund estimate prior to and in addition to the distribution of funding between programs pursuant to Section 164. (d) The amount of the cumulative county minimum deficit calculated for any county pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be carried forward as a county share for the 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program, prior to and in addition to the computation of county shares pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 188.8. (e) The commission shall not allocate funds for any project unless the commission has programmed the state transportation improvement program in a manner that complies with the requirements of Sections 188, 188.8, and 188.11. (f) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for a county within the region defined by Section 66502 of the Government Code where funds were traded in the 1996 State Transportation Improvement Program to another county in that region, the county share for that county for the 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program shall be increased by the amount of the trade in the 1996 State Transportation Improvement Program, as if the share were a county minimum deficit under subdivision (d). (g) In adopting the 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program, the commission shall, at a minimum, fund all intercity rail projects that are included in the adopted 1996 State Transportation Improvement Program. The amount of funds programmed for each project shall not be less than the amount in the 1996 State Transportation Improvement Program. (h) The commission, after consulting with the department and the regional planning agencies, shall adopt interim guidelines and procedures relative to fund estimates and project selection in a manner that the first state transportation improvement program, pursuant to the provisions of the act adding this section, is adopted not later than June 1, 1998.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.6. Section 182.6.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 182 and 182.5, Sections 188, 188.8, and 825 do not apply to the expenditure of an amount of federal funds equal to the amount of federal funds apportioned to the state pursuant to that portion of Section 104(b)(3), Section 157(a) and (c), and Section 160(d) of Title 23 of the United States Code that is allocated within the state subject to Section 133(d)(3) of that code. These funds shall be known as the regional surface transportation program funds. The department, the transportation planning agencies, the county transportation commissions, and the metropolitan planning organizations may do all things necessary in their jurisdictions to secure and expend those federal funds in accordance with the intent of federal law and this chapter. (b) The regional surface transportation program funds shall be apportioned by the department to the metropolitan planning organizations designated pursuant to Section 134 of Title 23 of the United States Code and, in areas where none has been designated, to the transportation planning agency designated pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code. The funds shall be apportioned in the manner and in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 133(d)(3) of Title 23 of the United States Code, except that the apportionment shall be among all areas of the state. Funds apportioned under this subdivision shall remain available for three federal fiscal years, including the federal fiscal year apportioned. (c) (1) Where county transportation commissions have been created by the County Transportation Commissions Act (Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code), all regional surface transportation program funds shall be further apportioned by the metropolitan planning organization to the county transportation commission on the basis of relative population. (2) In the Monterey Bay region, all regional surface transportation program funds shall be further apportioned, on the basis of relative population, by the metropolitan planning organization to the regional transportation planning agencies designated under subdivision (b) of Section 29532 of the Government Code. (d) The applicable metropolitan planning organization, county transportation commission, or transportation planning agency shall annually apportion the regional surface transportation program funds for projects in each county, as follows: (1) An amount equal to the amount apportioned under the federal-aid urban program in federal fiscal year 1990–91 adjusted for population. The adjustment for population shall be based on the population determined in the 1990 federal census except that no county shall be apportioned less than 110 percent of the apportionment received in the 1990–91 fiscal year. These funds shall be apportioned for projects implemented by cities, counties, and other transportation agencies on a fair and equitable basis based upon an annually updated five-year average of allocations. Projects shall be nominated by cities, counties, transit operators, and other public transportation agencies through a process that directly involves local government representatives. (2) An amount not less than 110 percent of the amount that the county was apportioned under the federal-aid secondary program in federal fiscal year 1990–91, for use by that county. (e) (1) The department shall notify each metropolitan planning organization, county transportation commission, and transportation planning agency receiving an apportionment under this section, as soon as possible each year, of the amount of obligation authority estimated to be available for program purposes. (2) The metropolitan planning organization and transportation planning agency, in cooperation with the department, congestion management agencies, cities, counties, and affected transit operators, shall select and program projects in conformance with federal law. The metropolitan planning organization and transportation planning agency shall submit its Federal Transportation Improvement Program prepared pursuant to Section 134 of Title 23 of the United States Code to the department for incorporation into the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year. The Federal Transportation Improvement Programs shall, at a minimum, include the years covered by the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a metropolitan planning organization or transportation planning agency shall not be required to submit a Federal Transportation Improvement Program to the department for 2020. (f) Not later than July 1 of each year, the metropolitan planning organizations, and the regional transportation planning agencies, receiving obligational authority under this article shall notify the department of the projected amount of obligational authority that each entity intends to use during the remainder of the current federal fiscal year, including, but not limited to, a list of projects that will be obligated by the end of the current federal fiscal year. Any federal obligational authority that will not be used shall be redistributed by the department to other projects in a manner that ensures that the state will continue to compete for and receive increased obligational authority during the federal redistribution of obligational authority. If the department does not have sufficient federal apportionments to fully use excess obligational authority, the metropolitan planning organizations or regional transportation planning agencies relinquishing obligational authority shall make sufficient apportionments available to the department to fund alternate projects, when practical, within the geographical areas relinquishing the obligational authority. Notwithstanding this subdivision, the department shall comply with Section 133(d)(3) and (f) of Title 23 of the United States Code. (g) A regional transportation planning agency that is not designated as, or represented by, a metropolitan planning organization with an urbanized area population greater than 200,000 pursuant to the 1990 federal census may exchange its annual apportionment received pursuant to this section on a dollar-for-dollar basis for nonfederal State Highway Account funds, which shall be apportioned in accordance with subdivision (d). (h) (1) If a regional transportation planning agency described in subdivision (g) does not elect to exchange its annual apportionment, a county located within the boundaries of that regional transportation planning agency may elect to exchange its annual apportionment received pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) for nonfederal State Highway Account funds. (2) A county not included in a regional transportation planning agency described in subdivision (g), whose apportionment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) was less than 1 percent of the total amount apportioned to all counties in the state, may exchange its apportionment for nonfederal State Highway Account funds. If the apportionment to the county was more than 3 1 2 percent of the total apportioned to all counties in the state, it may exchange that portion of its apportionment in excess of 3 1 2 percent for nonfederal State Highway Account funds. Exchange funds received by a county pursuant to this section may be used for any transportation purpose. (i) The department shall be responsible for closely monitoring the use of federal transportation funds, including regional surface transportation program funds to ensure full and timely use. The department shall prepare a quarterly report for submission to the commission regarding the progress in use of all federal transportation funds. The department shall notify the commission and the appropriate implementation agency whenever there is a failure to use federal funds within the three-year apportionment period established under subdivision (b). (j) The department shall provide written notice to implementing agencies when there is one year remaining within the three-year apportionment period established under subdivision (b) of this section. (k) Within six months of the date of notification required under subdivision (j), the implementing agency shall provide to the department a plan to obligate funds that includes, but need not be limited to, a list of projects and milestones. ( l ) If the implementing agency has not met the milestones established in the implementation plan required under subdivision (k), before the end of the three-year apportionment period established under subdivision (b), the commission shall redirect those funds for use on other transportation projects in the state. (m) Notwithstanding subdivisions (g) and (h), regional surface transportation program funds available under this section exchanged pursuant to Section 182.8 may be loaned to and expended by the department. The department shall repay from the State Highway Account to the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund all funds received as federal reimbursements for funds exchanged under Section 182.8 as they are received from the Federal Highway Administration, except that those repayments are not required to be made more frequently than on a quarterly basis. (n) Before determining the amount for local subvention required by this section, the department shall first deduct the amount authorized by the Legislature for increased department oversight of the federal subvented program.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.7. Section 182.7.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 182 and 182.5, Sections 188, 188.8, and 825 do not apply to the expenditure of an amount of federal funds equal to the amount of federal funds apportioned to the state pursuant to Section 104(b)(4) of Title 23 of the United States Code. These funds shall be known as the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program funds and shall be expended in accordance with Section 149 of Title 23 of the United States Code, including the requirements relating to particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter in Section 149(g) and (k) of that title. The department, the transportation planning agencies, and the metropolitan planning organizations may do all things necessary in their jurisdictions to secure and expend those federal funds in accordance with the intent of federal law and this chapter. (b) The congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program funds shall be apportioned by the department to the metropolitan planning organizations designated pursuant to Section 134 of Title 23 of the United States Code and, in areas where none has been designated, to the transportation planning agency established by Section 29532 or 29532.1 of the Government Code. All funds apportioned to the state pursuant to Section 104(b)(4) of Title 23 of the United States Code shall be apportioned to metropolitan planning organizations and transportation planning agencies responsible for air quality conformity determinations in federally designated air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas within the state as follows: (1) The department shall apportion these funds in the ratio that the weighted nonattainment and maintenance population in each federally designated area within the state bears to the total of all weighted nonattainment and maintenance area populations in the state. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the weighted nonattainment and maintenance area population shall be calculated by multiplying the population of each area in the state that is a nonattainment area or maintenance area as described in Section 149(b) of Title 23 of the United States Code for ozone or carbon monoxide by the following factors: (A) A factor of 1.0, if, at the time of apportionment, the area is a maintenance area. (B) A factor of 1.0, if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a marginal ozone nonattainment area under Subpart 2 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7511 et seq.). (C) A factor of 1.1, if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a moderate ozone nonattainment area under Subpart 2 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7511 et seq.). (D) A factor of 1.2, if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a serious ozone nonattainment area under Subpart 2 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7511 et seq.). (E) A factor of 1.3, if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a severe ozone nonattainment area under Subpart 2 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7511 et seq.). (F) A factor of 1.4, if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as an extreme ozone nonattainment area under Subpart 2 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7511 et seq.). (G) A factor of 1.0, if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is not a nonattainment or maintenance area for ozone, but is classified under Subpart 3 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7512 et seq.) as a nonattainment area for carbon monoxide. (H) A factor of 1.0, if, at the time of the apportionment, an area is designated as a nonattainment area for ozone under Subpart 1 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7512 et seq.). (3) If, in addition to being designated as a nonattainment or maintenance area for ozone as described in paragraph (2), any county within the area is also classified under Subpart 3 of Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7512 et seq.) as a nonattainment or maintenance area described in paragraph (2) for carbon monoxide, the weighted nonattainment or maintenance area population of the county, as determined under subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, or subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2), shall be further multiplied by a factor of 1.2. (4) Funds allocated under this subdivision shall remain available for three federal fiscal years, including the federal fiscal year apportioned. (c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), where county transportation commissions have been created by the County Transportation Commissions Act (Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code), all congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program funds shall be further apportioned by the metropolitan planning organization to the county transportation commission on the basis of relative population within the federally designated air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas after first apportioning to the nonattainment and maintenance areas in the manner and in accordance with the formula set forth in subdivision (b). (2) In the Monterey Bay region, all congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program funds shall be further apportioned, on the basis of relative population, by the metropolitan planning organization to the regional transportation planning agencies designated under subdivision (b) of Section 29532 of the Government Code. (d) (1) The department shall notify each metropolitan planning organization, transportation planning agency, and county transportation commission receiving an apportionment under this section, as soon as possible each year, of the amount of obligational authority estimated to be available for expenditure from the federal apportionment. The metropolitan planning organizations, transportation planning agencies, and county transportation commissions, in cooperation with the department, congestion management agencies, cities and counties, and affected transit operators, shall select and program projects in conformance with federal law. Each metropolitan planning organization and transportation planning agency shall, not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, submit its Federal Transportation Improvement Program prepared pursuant to Section 134 of Title 23 of the United States Code to the department for incorporation into the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Federal Transportation Improvement Programs shall, at a minimum, include the years covered by the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan planning organization or transportation planning agency shall not be required to submit a Federal Transportation Improvement Program to the department for 2020. (e) Not later than July 1 of each year, the metropolitan planning organizations and the regional transportation planning agencies receiving obligational authority under this section, shall notify the department of the projected amount of obligational authority that each entity intends to use during the remainder of the current federal fiscal year, including, but not limited to, a list of projects that will use the obligational authority. Any federal obligational authority that will not be used shall be redistributed by the department to other projects in a manner that ensures that the state will continue to compete for and receive increased obligational authority during the federal redistribution of obligational authority. If the department does not have sufficient federal apportionments to fully use excess obligational authority, the metropolitan planning organization or transportation planning agency relinquishing obligational authority shall make sufficient funding available to the department to fund alternate projects, when practical, within the geographical areas relinquishing the obligational authority. Notwithstanding this subdivision, the department shall comply with Section 133(f) of Title 23 of the United States Code. (f) The department shall be responsible for closely monitoring the use of federal transportation funds, including congestion management and air quality improvement program funds to ensure full and timely use. The department shall prepare a quarterly report for submission to the commission regarding the progress in use of all federal transportation funds. The department shall notify the commission and the appropriate implementation agency whenever there is a failure to use federal funds within the three-year apportionment period established under paragraph (4) of subdivision (b). (g) The department shall provide written notice to implementing agencies when there is one year remaining within the three-year apportionment period established under paragraph (4) of subdivision (b). (h) Within six months of the date of notification required under subdivision (g), the implementing agency shall provide to the department a plan to obligate funds that includes, but need not be limited to, a list of projects and milestones. (i) If the implementing agency has not met the milestones established in the implementation plan required under subdivision (h), before the end of the three-year apportionment period established under paragraph (4) of subdivision (b), the commission shall redirect those funds for use on other transportation projects in the state. (j) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program funds available under this section exchanged pursuant to Section 182.8 may be loaned to and expended by the department. The department shall repay from the State Highway Account to the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund all funds received as federal reimbursements for funds exchanged under Section 182.8 as they are received from the Federal Highway Administration, except that those repayments are not required to be made more frequently than on a quarterly basis. (k) Before determining the amount for local subvention required by this section, the department shall first deduct the amount authorized by the Legislature for increased department oversight of the federal subvented program.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.8. Section 182.8.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this program help increase flexibility in the use of state and federal funding to complete transportation improvements. The ability to exchange certain federal funds for state funds may enhance that flexibility. However, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission make these exchanges only if the exchanges do not compromise other state funded projects or activities. (b) The commission shall propose guidelines and procedures to implement this section, hold a public hearing on the guidelines, and adopt the guidelines on or before February 1, 2001. The commission shall begin the exchange program on or before February 1, 2001, if it determines that funding is available for that purpose. The commission may amend its guidelines after holding a public hearing, but may not amend the guidelines between the time it notifies regional transportation planning agencies of the amount of state funds available for exchange and its approval of projects for exchange in any given year. (c) On or before January 5 of each year, the department shall report to the commission the amounts apportioned as federal local assistance in the regional surface transportation and congestion mitigation and air quality programs for the year, the Federal Obligation Authority for the year, and the amount of federal funds it expects to be able to obligate for work on projects in all programs on or before September 30 of that year, and the commission, in cooperation with the department, shall determine the amount of state funds from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund that can be made available for exchange under this section. If the release of federal apportionments and obligational authority is delayed beyond November 1 in any year, all the dates specified in this section shall be extended by an equivalent time, however, all federal funds exchanged shall be obligated on or before September 30 of the current federal fiscal year. (d) The commission may exchange funds under this section if it determines all of the following: (1) Adequate state funds are available to accomplish the exchange without putting at risk other transportation activities or projects needing state funds. (2) Any exchange will be consistent with full implementation of the Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000. (3) Federal funds received in exchange can be readily and effectively used on other projects or activities by the state during the federal fiscal year. (e) After making the determinations set forth in subdivision (d) the commission may offer to exchange state funds from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for federal local assistance funds, subject to the limits imposed under this section. For the purpose of this section, “federal local assistance” funds means regional surface transportation program or congestion mitigation and air quality program apportionments received that federal fiscal year and apportioned as local assistance pursuant to Sections 182.6 and 182.7. (f) Not later than February 1 of each year, the commission shall notify the regional transportation planning agencies of the amount of state funds available for exchange for federal local assistance funds for that year. The maximum amount of state funds to be exchanged may not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of federal regional surface transportation program and congestion mitigation and air quality program funds apportioned for the current fiscal year as local assistance pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 182.6 and subdivision (b) of Section 182.7, exclusive of state funds that may be exchanged pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 182.6, paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 182.6, or Section 182.7. Federal funds exchanged under this program shall be available for projects identified by the commission as ready to obligate during determination of the amount available for exchange. The amount of exchange may not exceed the department’s ability to obligate all federal funds during the current federal fiscal year. The commission may not exchange state funds for regional surface transportation program funds required to be spent for transportation enhancements. This section does not affect the amount of exchange under subdivision (g) of Sections 182.6, or paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 182.6. (g) Regional transportation planning agencies may submit applications for exchange of funds to the commission not later than March 15 of each year. Applications shall identify the proposed use for the exchange funds, including project descriptions, cost estimates, scopes of work, schedules for construction, schedules for expenditures, and any other information required by the commission. The commission may require a region to identify priorities among applications it submits. (h) If the commission receives applications for more exchange funds than the amount of state funds available, the commission shall select projects for exchange up to the amount of state funds available. The commission shall explain the criteria it uses to select projects, which shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) Removal of all federal funds from projects. (2) Assessment of projects that would benefit most from removal of federal funding because of size, type, location, agency capability, features, or federal requirements. (3) Approximate relative equity within the program among regions in receiving state exchange funds over a multiyear period. (i) The commission may exchange state funds for federal local assistance funds with agencies requesting exchanges. Agencies wishing to exchange their federal funds shall provide apportionments and obligation authority at the same rate the Federal Highway Administration distributes obligation authority. Agencies exchanging federal funds shall receive funds equal to 90 percent of the obligation authority exchanged. The commission shall approve exchanges of funds not later than its second regularly scheduled meeting following March 15 each year. (j) The commission shall determine an exchange payment schedule based on expenditure plans. The commission may suspend exchange payment schedules if it determines projects are not proceeding. (k) For financial display and reporting purposes, obligational authority received pursuant to this section shall be reported as a revenue accrual in the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund in the year in which the exchange is approved under subdivision (i). Funds approved for exchange shall be accrued as expenditures in the year in which the exchange is approved. Notwithstanding Section 16362 of the Government Code, the department shall repay from the State Highway Account to the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund all funds received as federal reimbursements for funds exchanged under this section as they are received from the Federal Highway Administration, except that those repayments are not required to be made more frequently than on a quarterly basis. ( l ) State funds provided through an exchange under this section shall be encumbered within one year and expended within three years. (m) Upon adoption of its implementing guidelines, the commission may consider requests for exchanges under this section. (n) Regional and local agencies shall use state exchange funds only for projects or purposes for which the federal local assistance funds being exchanged were originally intended, and may not supplant local funds on projects in order that those local funds can subsequently be used for nontransportation purposes. The commission may require agencies to certify that they are meeting this requirement. Agencies not meeting this maintenance of effort requirement may not be allowed to participate in the next exchange cycle. (o) Not later than the effective date of the reauthorization of the federal surface transportation act, the commission shall submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature recommending any changes in the exchange program necessitated by that reauthorization.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.9. Section 182.9.

There shall be appropriated from nonfederal funds in the State Highway Account, and the commission shall allocate to each county, an amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) each fiscal year, equal to 50 percent of the amount allocated to the county pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 182.6. The amount shall not be reduced by any exchange of funds made pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 182. Funds allocated pursuant to this section shall be used to match the federal funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 182.6 or, if excess, may be used for any transportation purpose.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 182.85. Section 182.85.

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “federal local assistance funds” means either of the following: (1) Highway Safety Improvement Program (23 U.S.C. Sec. 148) apportionments received in a federal fiscal year (23 U.S.C. Sec. 104(b)(3)) and allocated as local assistance pursuant to this chapter, excluding funds that are set aside for the railway-highway crossings program (23 U.S.C. Sec. 130). (2) Federal funds apportioned for local bridge projects. (b) To increase flexibility in the use of state and federal funding to complete transportation improvements, the department may exchange nonfederal State Highway Account funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis for federal local assistance funds received by a city, county, or city and county. (c) Participating agencies exchanging their federal funds shall provide apportionments and obligation authority at the same rate the Federal Highway Administration distributes obligation authority. (d) The department shall not exchange state funds pursuant to this section unless the exchange meets all of the following criteria: (1) The exchange will be used by the city, county, or city and county for projects or purposes for which the federal local assistance funds being exchanged were originally intended in order to meet national transportation goals and performance management measures (23 U.S.C. Sec. 150), and the exchange will satisfy the intent of the Legislature, as described in Section 2333. (2) The exchange will not put at risk other transportation activities or projects needing state funds. (3) Federal funds received in exchange can be readily and effectively used on other projects by the state during the federal fiscal year. (4) The amount of exchange will not exceed the department’s ability to obligate all federal funds received in exchange during the current federal fiscal year. (5) The total amount of federal funds exchanged pursuant to this section does not exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) during the federal fiscal year. (e) The department shall consult with the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties on implementing this section.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 183. Section 183.

(a) All money in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund derived from federal sources or from appropriations to other state agencies, or deposited in the account by local agencies or by others, is continuously appropriated to, and shall be available for expenditure by, the department for the purposes for which the money was made available. Unless otherwise expressly provided for by law, none of the balance of the money in the State Highway Account shall be expended until it has been specifically appropriated by the Legislature or made available pursuant to Section 13322 of the Government Code. The Budget Act appropriations shall be made on a program basis only and shall not identify the specific capital outlay projects to be funded. The commission shall be responsible for allocating the funds to specific projects within the budget program categories, except that all funds described in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2200) of Division 3 shall be allocated on a program basis to the department for allocation pursuant to that chapter. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), commencing with the 1985–86 Budget, the department shall submit with its budget requests a detailed description of the acquisition, improvement, and construction of office building projects to the Legislature for review. The total amount appropriated for those projects shall be identified as a separate line item in the Budget Act. Funds appropriated for those projects shall be allocated by the commission only for projects which have been approved by the Legislature. Minor projects are to be defined consistent with Section 167. The commission may substitute for approved minor projects, if the total sum of minor projects is within the amount approved by the Legislature. (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon order of the Department of Finance, all or some of the state agencies collecting revenues for, or spending from, the State Highway Account shall adjust budgeting, accounting, and reporting systems and documents so that unliquidated encumbrances, payables, and other accruals are not reflected in the fund balance in the Governor’s Budget fund condition display or the fund balance in the financial statements submitted to the Controller for the budgetary-legal basis annual report. (2) For the purposes of the Governor’s Budget, the balance of cash advanced from the State Highway Account to the Transportation Revolving Account, as jointly determined by the Department of Finance and the state agencies referenced in paragraph (1), shall be deemed as resources and cash available to the Transportation Deferred Investment Fund for budgeting purposes. (3) This method shall be effective with the 2013–14 Governor’s Budget development process and may be applied to the 2011–12 data.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 183.1. Section 183.1.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 182 or any other provision of law, money deposited into the account that is not subject to Article XIX of the California Constitution, including, but not limited to, money that is derived from the sale of documents, charges for miscellaneous services to the public, condemnation deposits fund investments, rental of state property, or any other miscellaneous uses of property or money, may be used for any transportation purpose authorized by statute, upon appropriation by the Legislature or, after transfer to another fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature from that fund. (b) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, and not later than November 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, based on prior year financial statements, the Controller shall transfer the funds identified in subdivision (a) for the prior fiscal year from the State Highway Account to the Transportation Debt Service Fund in the State Transportation Fund, and those funds are continuously appropriated for the purposes specified for the Transportation Debt Service Fund.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 183.2. Section 183.2.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the repayment date for the loan of one hundred thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000) made from the State Highway Account to the General Fund pursuant to Item 2660-011-0042 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2009 is extended from June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2013. The Legislature finds and declares that the revenues to make the loan were derived from vehicle weight fees deposited in the State Highway Account.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 183.3. Section 183.3.

(a) Upon the order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer the sum of one hundred seventy-three million dollars ($173,000,000) from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to the General Fund. This transfer of money constitutes a loan under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6 of Article XIX of the California Constitution. (b) The General Fund shall pay interest to the State Highway Account on the loan authorized by subdivision (a) at the rate earned by the Surplus Money Investment Fund. The interest shall be calculated annually and the loan shall be repaid no later than June 30, 2005.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 183.4. Section 183.4.

(a) The department may advance funds in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to a local agency for all or a portion of the cost of a project approved for bond funding pursuant to Part 11.5 (commencing with Section 99600) of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code. The director shall first make a finding that there are adequate funds for the advancement without delaying or adversely affecting any other project. The total amount advanced shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee created by Section 99692 of the Public Utilities Code has, by resolution, authorized to be sold. (b) All advances shall be subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement between the department and a local agency. The agreement shall contain provisions for reimbursement of the State Highway Account from the proceeds of the next bond sale for funds advanced pursuant to this section. Any amounts advanced pursuant to this section shall be repaid with interest at the rate being earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account at the time of the advance. Interest payments shall be made from funds of the local agency other than from the proceeds of bonds authorized by Part 11.5 (commencing with Section 99600) of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 183.5. Section 183.5.

No funds from the State Highway Account shall be budgeted, allocated, or expended for any project which calls for any change in passenger train stations or loading platforms used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation unless the change has been submitted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for review and comment which may include a recommendation for a modification in the change. If the agency submitting the change elects not to accept the recommendation of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it shall submit the matter to the director who shall determine whether the disputed recommendation for a modification in the change shall be followed by the agency.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 184. Section 184.

The department shall set up and keep the accounts necessary to show all expenditures from the State Highway Account for the several purposes authorized or required by this article, and shall make and keep on file in the office of the department an annual statement showing all expenditures from the account.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 185. Section 185.

All money withdrawn from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund shall be withdrawn in the manner provided by law upon demands made by the department. The department may establish a revolving fund to be administered pursuant to Section 16400 of the Government Code and to serve as a revolving fund from which relocation assistance payments may be made pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 185.5. Section 185.5.

The director shall pay from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund that portion of the administrative expenses of the department that he determines, in consultation with the commisson, to have resulted from the functions of the department for purposes specified in Section 2101.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 186.3. Section 186.3.

Funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2106 may be expended for highway-oriented transportation studies requested by a state or federal agency. Any expenditure of funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2106 or 2107 by a county or city for the acquisition of rights-of-way or construction upon a state highway, or upon a county road or city street not under the jurisdiction of the county or city that complements the system of roads or streets of the county or city, shall be deemed an expenditure upon the system of roads or streets of the county or city, as the case may be, making such expenditure.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 186.5. Section 186.5.

Whenever local entities are unable to agree upon the number and width of traffic lanes for a street or road proposed to be constructed by any such entity where such specifications will affect the uniform flow of traffic on a road or street from one such local entity to another, the matter may be submitted to the department. The department shall thereupon endeavor to establish such specifications for such street or road proposed to be constructed, and, if established, such specifications shall be binding upon the local entity constructing such road or street.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 186.6. Section 186.6.

There is hereby appropriated to the commission from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Fund an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) annually for work done by the department in assisting the Controller in carrying out duties imposed upon his office in reviewing, approving or modifying the expenditure of highway user funds by local agencies.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 187. Section 187.

For the purpose of allocating State funds available for highway purposes the counties of the State are placed in these two groups: Group No. 1. All those counties not included in Group No. 2. Group No. 2. The counties of San Luis Obispo, Kern, Mono, Tulare, Inyo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego and Imperial.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188. Section 188.

(a) All federal and state funds to be allocated by the commission, or expended by the department, for transportation improvements under Section 164, except for purposes of subdivisions (b) and (c) of that section, shall be programmed during the period commencing on July 1, 1997, and ending on June 30, 2004, and for each four-year period thereafter, 40 percent in County Group No. 1 and 60 percent in County Group No. 2. (b) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Barnes-Mills-Walsh formula.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.1. Section 188.1.

None of the provisions of this article or of Section 825 shall apply to the expenditure of either state or federal funds necessary to replace or reconstruct any state highway damaged or destroyed as the result of disaster over a wide area, such as by enemy action, sabotage, floods, hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes, severe storms, or other catastrophes where, at the time of the catastrophe, the Governor declared an emergency, and where such expenditure is authorized pursuant to this section by the commission by resolution, and such resolution is approved by the Governor. In the event the funds expended for replacing or reconstructing the damaged or destroyed state highway exceeds the cost of providing a facility of equal utility with that damaged or destroyed as determined by the director, he shall report the amount of such excess to the commission, and any expenditure in excess of the cost of providing a facility of equal utility shall be subject to all the provisions of this article and Section 825.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.4. Section 188.4.

(a) Maintenance expenditures on all toll facilities owned by the state shall, for accounting purposes, be classified as Category A or Category B expenditures. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of maintenance of toll facilities in the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall be paid in accordance with the following: (1) Category A maintenance shall be paid from the State Highway Account and shall include all normal highway maintenance which would be performed by the state according to state procedures as if the facility was a toll-free state facility. (2) Category B maintenance shall be paid from toll revenues and shall include all maintenance and reconstruction work of those facilities such as toll facility administration buildings and toll booths which are constructed primarily for the purpose of collecting tolls. (b) In no event shall the Category A maintenance expenditures for the toll bridges in the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission be funded at a lower percentage than was established in accordance with procedures for funding Category A maintenance of the toll bridges during the 1986–87 fiscal year. (c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), for each toll bridge specified in Section 30910, maintenance expenditures shall be funded from toll revenues. However, for a toll bridge that is part of the program specified in Section 188.5, maintenance expenditures shall be funded from toll revenues commencing with the completion of the seismic retrofit or replacement work on that bridge as described in Section 188.5. For the purposes of this subdivision, until the obligations of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank secured by the seismic retrofit surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 31010 are no longer outstanding, as that term is defined in the constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders of those obligations, the term “toll revenues” shall not include the seismic retrofit surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 31010, and the seismic retrofit surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 31010 shall remain pledged to the payment of obligations incurred by the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank under Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 31070). Maintenance expenses that are required to be funded with toll revenues and that would otherwise constitute Category A maintenance expenditures shall be funded from toll revenues remaining after provision is made for payment of all obligations secured by the lien on toll revenues created by subdivision (b) of Section 30960.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.5. Section 188.5.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The department has determined that in order to provide maximum safety for the traveling public and to ensure continuous and unimpeded operation of the state’s transportation network, six state-owned toll bridges are in need of a seismic safety retrofit, and one state-owned toll bridge is in need of a partial retrofit and a partial replacement. (2) The bridges identified by the department as needing seismic retrofit are the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, the Carquinez Bridge, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, the San Pedro-Terminal Island Bridge (also known as the Vincent Thomas Bridge), the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, and the west span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The department has also identified the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as needing to be replaced. That replacement span will be safer, stronger, longer lasting, and more cost efficient to maintain than completing a seismic retrofit for the current east span. (3) The south span of the Carquinez Bridge is to be replaced pursuant to Regional Measure 1, as described in Section 30917. (4) The cost estimate to retrofit the state-owned toll bridges and to replace the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is four billion six hundred thirty-seven million dollars ($4,637,000,000), as follows: (A) The Benicia-Martinez Bridge retrofit is one hundred ninety million dollars ($190,000,000). (B) The north span of the Carquinez Bridge retrofit is one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000). (C) The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge retrofit is six hundred sixty-five million dollars ($665,000,000). (D) The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge retrofit is one hundred ninety million dollars ($190,000,000). (E) The San Pedro-Terminal Island Bridge retrofit is sixty-two million dollars ($62,000,000). (F) The San Diego-Coronado Bridge retrofit is one hundred five million dollars ($105,000,000). (G) The west span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge retrofit, as a lifeline bridge, is seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000). (H) Replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000). (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the following amounts from the following funds shall be allocated until expended, for the seismic retrofit or replacement of state-owned toll bridges: (1) Six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) from the 1996 Seismic Retrofit Account in the Seismic Retrofit Bond Fund of 1996 for the seven state-owned toll bridges identified by the department as requiring seismic safety retrofit or replacement. (2) One hundred forty million dollars ($140,000,000) in surplus revenues generated under the Seismic Retrofit Bond Act of 1996 that are in excess of the amount actually necessary to complete Phase Two of the state’s seismic retrofit program. These excess funds shall be reallocated to assist in financing seismic retrofit of the state-owned toll bridges. (3) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) from the Vincent Thomas Toll Bridge Revenue Account. (4) The funds necessary to meet both of the following: (A) A principal obligation of two billion two hundred eighty-two million dollars ($2,282,000,000) from the seismic retrofit surcharge, including any interest therefrom, imposed pursuant to Section 31010, subject to the limitation set forth in subdivision (c) and subdivision (b) of Section 31010. (B) All costs of financing, including capitalized interest, reserves, costs of issuance, costs of credit enhancements and any other financial products necessary or desirable in connection therewith, and any other costs related to financing. (5) Thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) from the San Diego-Coronado Toll Bridge Revenue Fund. (6) Not less than seven hundred forty-five million dollars ($745,000,000) from the State Highway Account to be used toward the eight hundred seventy-five million dollars ($875,000,000) state contribution, to be achieved as follows: (A) (i) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) to be appropriated for the state-local transportation partnership program described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (d) of Section 164, prior to its repeal by Chapter 622 of the Statutes of 1997, for the 1998–99 fiscal year. (ii) The remaining funds intended for that program and any program savings to be made available for toll bridge seismic retrofit. (B) A reduction of not more than seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) in the funding level specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 164, prior to its repeal by Chapter 622 of the Statutes of 1997, for traffic system management. (C) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) in accumulated savings by the department achieved from better efficiency and lower costs. (7) Not more than one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) from the Transit Capital Improvement Program funded by the Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation Fund to be used toward the eight hundred seventy-five million dollars ($875,000,000) state contribution. If the contribution in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) exceeds three hundred seventy million dollars ($370,000,000), it is the intent that the amount from the Transit Capital Improvement Program shall be reduced by an amount that is equal to that excess. (8) (A) The funds necessary to meet principal obligations of not less than six hundred forty-two million dollars ($642,000,000) from the state’s share of the federal Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation (HBRR) Program. (B) If the project costs exceed four billion six hundred thirty-seven million dollars ($4,637,000,000), the department may program not more than four hundred forty-eight million dollars ($448,000,000) in project savings or other available resources from the Interregional Transportation Improvement Program, the State Highway Operation and Protection Program, or federal bridge funds for that purpose. (C) None of the funds identified in subparagraph (B) may be expended for any purpose other than the conditions and design features described in paragraph (9). (9) The estimated cost of replacing the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge listed in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) is based on the following conditions: (A) The new bridge shall be located north adjacent to the existing bridge and shall be the Replacement Alternative N-6 (preferred) Suspension Structure Variation, as specified in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated May 1, 2001, submitted by the department to the Federal Highway Administration. (B) The main span of the bridge shall be in the form of a single tower cable suspension design and shall be the Replacement Alternative N-6 (preferred) Suspension Structure Variation, as specified in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated May 1, 2001, submitted by the department to the Federal Highway Administration. (C) The roadway in each direction shall consist of five lanes, each lane will be 12 feet wide, and there shall be 10-foot shoulders as an emergency lane for public safety purposes on each side of the main-traveled way. (c) If the actual cost of retrofit or replacement, or both retrofit and replacement, of toll bridges is less than the cost estimate of four billion six hundred thirty-seven million dollars ($4,637,000,000), there shall be a reduction in the amount provided in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) equal to the proportion of total funds committed to complete the projects funded from funds generated from paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) as compared to the total funds from paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) of subdivision (b), and there shall be a proportional reduction in the amount specified in paragraph (8) of subdivision (b). (d) If the department determines that the actual costs exceed the amounts identified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (8) of subdivision (b), the department shall report to the Legislature within 90 days from the date of that determination as to the difference and the reason for the increase in costs. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall adopt fund estimates consistent with subdivision (b) and Section 188.6 and provide flexibility so that state funds can be made available to match federal funds made available to regional transportation planning agencies. (f) For the purposes of this section, “principal obligations” are the amount of funds generated, either in cash, obligation authority, or the proceeds of a bond or other indebtedness.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.6. Section 188.6.

(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that on August 16, 2004, the department reported to the Legislature that the funds identified in Section 188.5 are insufficient to complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, including the replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, due to cost overruns for the program now estimated at three billion six hundred million dollars ($3,600,000,000). (2) By enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legislature to identify additional funds from various sources, as described in subdivision (b), in order to fund this shortfall and so that the toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement program, as described in Section 188.5, as that section read on January 1, 2005, may proceed to completion without further costly delay. (b) The following amounts from the following funds shall be allocated until expended in order to eliminate the shortfall identified in subdivision (a) and to complete the seismic retrofit or replacement of state-owned toll bridges as expeditiously as possible: (1) Not less than two billion one hundred fifty million dollars ($2,150,000,000) from the Bay Area Toll Account, derived from an additional one dollar ($1) surcharge on the state-owned toll bridges within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to be effective no sooner than January 1, 2007. (2) Not less than eight hundred twenty million dollars ($820,000,000) for the seismic retrofit or replacement of the state-owned toll bridges in the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission made available through the consolidation of all toll revenues under the management of the Bay Area Toll Authority and from the authorization for the authority to refinance debt secured by toll revenues. (3) The amount of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) to fund the cost of demolition of the existing east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from funding sources supporting the state highway operations and protection program, from available state resources from transportation project savings, or from the federal Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program. (4) The amount of three hundred thirty million dollars ($330,000,000) from the following accounts: (A) One hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) from the State Highway Account from accumulated savings by the department achieved from better efficiency, operational savings, and lower costs. (B) One hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) of any excess funds that would otherwise have been transferred in the 2006–07 fiscal year pursuant to subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7102 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as amended by Chapter 76 of the Statutes of 2005, shall instead be transferred to the Bay Area Toll Account and are hereby appropriated to the department for the purposes of this section. If sufficient funds are not available from this source for this purpose during the 2006–07 fiscal year, the funding required under this paragraph shall be made available from additional accumulated savings by the department achieved from better efficiency, operational savings, or lower costs pursuant to subparagraph (A), or from the federal Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program or the State Highway Account, as determined by the department in consultation with, and with approval of, the California Transportation Commission. (C) Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) from the fund reserve in the Motor Vehicle Account for the 2005–06 fiscal year, which is hereby appropriated. (c) If the amount of the overruns estimated by the department, as described in subdivision (a), is less than three billion six hundred million dollars ($3,600,000,000), the savings shall be shared between the state and the authority in the same proportion as their proportional contribution to the estimated cost overruns, as provided in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subdivision (b). (d) If the actual amount of the overruns exceeds the amount estimated by the department, as described in subdivision (a), the authority shall utilize funds generated under the powers granted to it in Sections 30886, 30950.2, 30954, 30961, and 31011 to provide additional financial resources to complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program. (e) Funds made available under this section and Section 188.5 for the replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge shall only be expended for the structure described in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 188.5 as that section read on January 1, 2005.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.7. Section 188.7.

Any expenses incurred in connection with any state highway under Article 4 (commencing with Section 2760) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 2780) of Chapter 5 of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Penal Code shall be paid from money in the State Highway Account available for the construction of state highways, but such expenditures shall not be subject to Sections 188 and 188.8.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.8. Section 188.8.

(a) From the funds programmed pursuant to Section 188 for regional improvement projects, the commission shall approve programs and program amendments, so that funding is distributed to each county of County Group No. 1 and in each county of County Group No. 2 during the county share periods commencing July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 2004, and each period of four years thereafter. The amount shall be computed as follows: (1) The commission shall compute, for the county share periods all of the money to be expended for regional improvement projects in County Groups Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, as provided in Section 188. (2) From the amount computed for County Group No. 1 in paragraph (1) for the county share periods the commission shall determine the amount of programming for each county in the group based on a formula that is based 75 percent on the population of the county to the total population of County Group No. 1 and 25 percent on state highway miles in the county to the total state highway miles in County Group No. 1. (3) From the amount computed for County Group No. 2 in paragraph (1) for the county share periods the commission shall determine the amount of programming for each county in the group based on a formula that is based 75 percent on the population of the county to the total population of County Group No. 2 and 25 percent on state highway miles in the county to the total state highway miles in County Group No. 2. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), that portion of the county population and state highway mileage in El Dorado and Placer Counties that is included within the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency shall be counted separately toward the area under the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Transportation Agency and may not be included in El Dorado and Placer Counties. The commission shall approve programs, program amendments, and fund reservations for the area under the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Transportation Agency that shall be calculated using the formula described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). (c) A transportation planning agency designated pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code, or a county transportation commission created by Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code, may adopt a resolution to pool its county share programming with any county or counties adopting similar resolutions to consolidate its county shares for two consecutive county share periods into a single share covering both periods. A multicounty transportation planning agency with a population of less than three million may also adopt a resolution to pool the share of any county or counties within its region. The resolution shall provide for pooling the county share programming in any of the pooling counties for the new single share period and shall be submitted to the commission not later than May 1 immediately preceding the commencement of the county share period. (d) For the purposes of this section, funds programmed shall include the following costs pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14529 of the Government Code: (1) The amounts programmed or budgeted for both components of project development in the original programmed year. (2) The amount programmed for right-of-way and right-of-way support costs in the year programmed in the most recent state transportation improvement program. If the final estimate is greater than 120 percent or less than 80 percent of the amount originally programmed, the amount shall be adjusted for final expenditure estimates at the time of right-of-way certification. (3) The engineer’s final estimate of project costs, including construction support, presented to the commission for approval pursuant to Section 14533 of the Government Code in the year programmed in the most recent state transportation improvement program. If the construction contract award amount is less than 80 percent of the engineer’s final estimate, excluding construction support, the department shall notify the commission and the commission may adjust its project allocation accordingly. (4) Project costs shown in the program, as amended, where project allocations have not yet been approved by the commission, escalated to the date of scheduled project delivery. (e) Project costs shown in the program may not be changed to reflect any of the following: (1) Differences that are within 20 percent of the amount programmed for actual project development cost. (2) Differences that are within 20 percent of the amount reported at the time of allocation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) for actual right-of-way costs calculated at the time of acceptance of a project construction contract. (3) Construction contract award amounts, except when those amounts are less than 80 percent of the engineer’s final estimate, excluding construction support, and the commission has adjusted the project construction allocation. (4) Changes in construction expenditures, except for supplemental project allocations made by the commission, including supplemental allocations made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 188.9. (f) For the purposes of this section, the population in each county is that determined by the last preceding federal census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance, at the beginning of each county share period. (g) For the purposes of this section, “state highway miles” means the miles of state highways open to vehicular traffic at the beginning of each county share period. (h) It is the intent of the Legislature that there is to be flexibility in programming under this section and Section 188 so that, while ensuring that each county will receive an equitable share of state transportation improvement program funding, the types of projects selected and the programs from which they are funded may vary from county to county. (i) Commencing with the four-year period commencing on July 1, 2004, individual county share shortfalls and surpluses at the end of each four-year period, if any, shall be carried forward and credited or debited to the following four years. (j) The commission, with the consent of the department, may consider programming projects in the state transportation improvement program in a county with a population of not more than 1,000,000 at a level higher or lower than the county share, when the regional agency either asks to reserve part or all of the county’s share until a future programming year, to build up a larger share for a higher cost project, or asks to advance an amount of the share, in an amount not to exceed 200 percent of the county’s current share, for a larger project, to be deducted from shares for future programming years. After consulting with the department, the commission may adjust the level of programming in the regional program in the affected region against the level of interregional programming in the improvement program to accomplish the reservation or advancement, for the current state transportation improvement program. The commission shall keep track of any resulting shortfalls or surpluses in county shares. (k) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a region defined by Section 66502 of the Government Code, the transportation planning agency may adopt a resolution to pool the county share of any county or counties within the region, if each county receives no less than 85 percent and not more than 115 percent of its county share for a single county share period and 100 percent of its county share over two consecutive county share periods. The resolution shall be submitted to the commission not later than May 1, immediately preceding the commencement of the county share period. ( l ) Federal funds used for federal demonstration projects that use federal obligational authority otherwise available for other projects shall be subtracted from the county share of the county where the project is located.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.9. Section 188.9.

(a) Beginning January 1, 2013, the commission shall allocate construction support costs for a project in the state transportation improvement program at the time of allocation of construction capital costs. (b) The commission shall require a supplemental project allocation request for a project that experiences construction support costs equal to or greater than 120 percent of the amount originally allocated.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.10. Section 188.10.

(a) The Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The money in the account is hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department for the purpose of funding seismic retrofit or replacement of the bridges listed in Section 188.5. Notwithstanding Section 11012 of the Government Code, the department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Office of the State Treasurer, may authorize the investment of bond proceeds or commercial paper proceeds deposited into the account in obligations permitted by the Treasurer. Those invested amounts may be held by a trustee who is either the Treasurer or who is selected by the Treasurer. Authorized investments made pursuant to this section shall be included as cash balance for purposes of reporting the condition of the account in the Governor’s proposed budget or pursuant to the reporting requirement contained in subdivision (b) of Section 14556.9 of the Government Code. (b) The Department of Finance shall provide notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the transportation policy committee in each house in the form of a financing plan or pro forma at least 60 days prior to the initial issuance of any commercial paper or the issuance of any bonds for purposes of the toll bridge seismic retrofit program. The financing plan or pro forma shall include all of the following components: (1) The amount and form of the debt issuance or issuances, the term of the issuance or issuances, repayment and security provisions, the amount and structure of any reserve funds, and all other details of the proposed financing. (2) All necessary information with respect to the sources and uses of funds to construct the projects identified in the toll bridge seismic retrofit program and the timing of expenditures by each fund source by fiscal year. (3) An assessment of funding available for the Bay Area Toll Authority for authorized projects as a result of the financing. (c) The Department of Finance is not required to provide additional notification to the Legislature after meeting the requirements of subdivision (b) unless additional bonds are issued or changes are made to existing bonds that alter the content of the financing plan it submitted under subdivision (b). The Department of Finance shall notify the Legislature within 60 days of the closing of a refunding or an advance refunding of an existing bond but is not required to include this information in its report under subdivision (b). (d) No interest income earned as a result of investments made pursuant to subdivision (a), or from reserve funds created to support the financing, shall be used to pay project costs that are in excess of four billion six hundred thirty-seven million dollars ($4,637,000,000). No reserve funds, other than a required debt service reserve fund, shall be in place subsequent to the completion of the seismic retrofit projects. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Finance may adjust the budgeting, accounting, and reporting system for the account so that unliquidated encumbrances are not reflected in the fund balance or financial statements.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.11. Section 188.11.

(a) The commission, with assistance from the department and regional agencies, shall maintain a long-term balance of shares, shortfalls, and surpluses for regional improvement programs. (b) The balance shall include all of the following: (1) Shares from the fund estimate for each state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14525 of the Government Code. (2) Amounts programmed in each state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14529 of the Government Code. (3) Surpluses or shortfalls due to reservations or advancements pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 188.8. (4) Amounts deducted or added because of changes in project development costs or a cost increase or savings in the final engineering estimate or the final right-of-way certification estimate at the time of allocation for construction, pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 188.8. (5) Any supplemental project allocations during or following construction, including supplemental allocations made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 188.9. (6) Amounts deducted or added because of amendments to the state transportation improvement program that add, delete, or change the scope and cost of regional improvement projects, pursuant to Section 14531 of the Government Code. (c) The balance through the preceding fiscal year shall be made available for review by all regional agencies at the time of each fund estimate, and by not later than August 15 of each year. (d) The commission, through the fund estimate, shall restore for the next state transportation improvement program the interregional improvement program level specified in subdivision (a) of Section 164.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.14. Section 188.14.

The department may transfer or loan, or both, funds between the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account in the State Transportation Fund and the State Highway Account for cash flow purposes to accomplish individual toll bridge seismic requirements. No funds may be transferred or loaned from the State Highway Account to fund any amenity, as defined by Section 31000, or to fund shortages that result from the expenditure of funds from the Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Account for amenities.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.15. Section 188.15.

(a) Except as authorized under subdivision (b), toll funds used as a credit toward the nonfederal share of any federal-aid highway project, as authorized under Section 120(j) of Title 23 of the United States Code, or private entity expenditures used for that purpose, as authorized under Section 1217(i) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (P.L. 105-178), may not be used as a credit for any project that is not within the county or counties in which the toll facility is located. (b) The toll funds and private expenditures described in subdivision (a) may be used as a credit toward a project located outside the county or counties in which the toll facility is located if the department determines that there is no project in the current state transportation improvement program cycle within that county or counties for which the credit may be used. (c) The department shall do both of the following: (1) Obtain specific project proposals for use of the credit described in subdivision (a) from the regional transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions of the county or counties in which the toll facility is located. (2) Obtain contingency project proposals for use of the credit outside the county or counties in which the toll facility is located, in preparation for the occurrence of the condition described in subdivision (b). (d) The county share allocations, as computed under Section 188 or 188.8, may not be increased or reduced as a consequence of any toll revenues or private agency expenditures that are utilized under this section as a credit toward the nonfederal share of any federally funded project.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.51. Section 188.51.

(a) If the department utilizes its authority under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 14550) of Part 5.3 of Division 3 of the Government Code to issue federal highway grant anticipation notes (GARVEE Bonds) from the state share of federal obligation authority to fund the projects identified in subdivision (a) of Section 188.5, Section 14553.6 of the Government Code shall not apply. (b) State expenditures for the purposes of subdivision (a) shall not exceed 5 percent of the annual amount of federal obligation authority received by the state for a period determined by the department.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.53. Section 188.53.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the programming authorization described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 188.5 is available for any and all state-owned toll bridge retrofit projects identified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 188.5.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.61. Section 188.61.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to provide maximum safety for the traveling public and to ensure continuous and unimpeded operation of the state’s transportation network, the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge are each in need of a seismic safety retrofit. (b) The Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge are hereby deemed to be part of the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program described in Section 188.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 188.6 or any other provision of law, the cost overrun savings described in that subdivision shall not be shared between the state and the Bay Area Toll Authority, but shall instead be transferred to the Bay Area Toll Account, and are hereby appropriated to the authority for expenditure on the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge seismic safety retrofit projects. All other funds required to complete the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge seismic safety retrofit projects shall be provided by the authority. The authority may increase the amount of the tolls collected on the toll bridges described in Section 30910 pursuant to Sections 30918 and 31011 for the purpose of completing these projects. (c) All of the requirements of Sections 30952.05, 30952.1, 30952.2, and 30952.3 shall also be applied to the seismic retrofit of the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge. The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, established by Section 30952.1, shall have project oversight and control responsibilities for these projects to the same extent as for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge project. (d) All maintenance expenditures required to be funded by Section 188.4 with authority toll revenues shall be funded from toll revenues remaining after provision is made for payment of all obligations of the authority that are secured by a pledge of toll revenues.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 188.62. Section 188.62.

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for expenditure all amounts paid to the department by the Bay Area Toll Authority for the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, and seismic retrofit of the state-owned toll bridges specified in Section 30910 pursuant to the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program or any other program of the authority, including, without limitation, amounts paid to the department as advances or to reimburse the department for payments to contractors working on the program.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 189.1. Section 189.1.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, State Transportation District 12, consisting of the County of Orange, is hereby created. The district shall have a separate district organization, staff, and facilities in the county.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 190. Section 190.

Each annual proposed budget prepared pursuant to Section 165 shall include the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), which sum may include federal funds available for grade separation projects, for allocations to grade separation projects, in accordance with Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2450) of Division 3.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 191. Section 191.

Prior to each July 15, the department shall prepare and forward to the Controller a report identifying the amounts to be deducted from the allocations under Sections 2104 and 2107 as provided in Sections 2104.1 and 2107.6. The amounts reported shall be the amount of funds allocated to cities for grade separation projects included in allocations to cities made pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2450) of Division 3 in the preceding fiscal year and the amount of funds allocated to counties for grade separation projects included in allocations to counties made pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2450) of Division 3 in the preceding fiscal year.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 191.5. Section 191.5.

Any city, city and county, or county may use funds allocated from the State Highway Account or the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to finance the local governmental entity’s share of the cost of constructing protective facilities on all mainline grade crossings.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 192. Section 192.

In apportioning the State Highway Account money as required by this article, there shall be excluded, from the computations of moneys expended, any sums contributed by any person or governmental unit to pay any portion of the cost of constructing, improving, or maintaining any state highway. Except as otherwise permitted in this article, any annual or biennial balances remaining unexpended to the credit of any particular county group shall remain credited to such county group.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 193. Section 193.

The State Highway Account money allocated and available each year for state highways shall be expended by the department: (a) On the locations determined by the commission, to acquire the necessary real property or interests therein for, and to construct or improve to standards justified by traffic requirements, the state highways in the state highway system. (b) To construct or improve highways in state parks in the manner provided by law.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 194. Section 194.

Each annual proposed budget prepared pursuant to Section 165 shall include an amount recommended to be appropriated to the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund. The amount shall, to the extent possible, equal the pro rata share of the comprehensive transportation planning duties attributable to highway and to exclusive public mass transit guideway planning and development.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 203. Section 203.

It is the intent of the Legislature that each annual proposed budget prepared pursuant to Section 165 include state funds from the State Highway Account for the California Transportation Research and Innovation Program, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 14450) of Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. These funds shall be identified as a distinct line-item in each proposed budget and shall be in addition to existing research and development conducted by the department.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 207. Section 207.

The commission may, by resolution, provide a plan under which the department may invest presently unneeded money in the State Highway Account in bonds or interest-bearing notes or obligations of the United States for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest, in time bank deposits in eligible banks described in Section 16500 of the Government Code, in deposits in eligible savings and loan associations described in Section 16600 of the Government Code, or in any securities of federal agencies described in Section 16430 of the Government Code. The department may, with the approval of the State Treasurer, invest such excess funds in accordance with the resolution. All such bonds, notes, or obligations purchased under the provisions of this section shall be delivered to the State Treasurer, who shall keep them as a portion of the State Highway Account, and all interest thereon when collected shall be paid into and become a part of the State Highway Account. All investments made under this section shall be liquidated as soon as the funds invested are required for state highway purposes.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 208. Section 208.

The Controller shall, from time to time, determine whether any portion of the money or investment in the Department of Motor Vehicles Uncleared Collections Account in the Special Deposit Fund is not necessary for immediate use and, if so, the amount thereof shall thereupon be designated as “available money.” On demand of the Department of Transportation from time to time, the amounts demanded, not exceeding ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in the aggregate, shall, on order of the Controller, be transferred to the State Highway Account from the “available money” and shall be available for the acquisition of properties to constitute rights-of-way for state highway purposes. On demand of the Controller, the money shall be retransferred to the Department of Motor Vehicles Uncleared Collections Account.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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