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Assembly Bill 1467 (Nuñez – 2006)
Chapter 32, Statutes of 2006
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Assembly Bill 1467 of 2006 amended section 143 of and added section 149.7 to Streets and Highways Code. (See Exhibit A, #1c) Assembly member John Laird introduced the measure on February 22, 2005 proposing to amend Government Code sections 17581 and 17581.5 relating to state mandates. (See Exhibit A, #1a) However, the bill was gutted in the first amended version dated May 4, 2006. (See Exhibit A, #1b) The May 4th amendment replaced Assembly member Laird as author with Assembly member Fabian Nuñez and Senator Perata who became co-authors of the measure, relating to public-private partnerships in transportation. (See Exhibit A, #1b) At this time the bill proposed to only amend section 143 of and add section 149.7 to the Street and Highways Code. (Id.) There were no further amendments to the bill after May 4, 2006. (See Exhibit A, #1b and #2)
Assembly Bill 1467 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Local Government and the Senate Committee on Local Government where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit A, #3 and #5) As mentioned above, only one amendment was made to Assembly Bill 1467. (See Exhibit A, #1b and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill on May 19, 2006, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that day as Chapter 32 of the Statutes of 2006. (See Exhibit A, #1c and #2)
A Third Reading Analysis prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses provides the following summary of Assembly Bill 1467 as last amended on May 4, 2006:
Senate Floor Amendments of 5/4 deleted the provisions of the bill which allowed the Legislature to identify a mandate in the Budget Act by the Commission on State Mandates' test claim number as an alternative to the mandate's implementing statute or executive order.
As amended, this bill authorizes the Department of Transportation and regional agencies to enter into lease agreements for transportation projects designed to improve goods movement.
This bill also allows a regional transportation agency to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes, as specified.
(See Exhibit A, #7b, page 1)