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(Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho, Chair) County
DATE: April 11, 2005
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SUBJECT: POSITIONS ON TRANSPORTATION BILLS IN THE STATE-LEGISLATURE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
ADOPT positions of SUPPORT for the following transportation bills in the State Legislature as
recommended by the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee on April 11, and
AUTHORIZE the Chair to sign letters of support to the bill sponsors:
AB 192 (Tran, R-Costa Mesa)— limits on public liability
AB 697 (Oropeza, D-Carson)— annual state transportation appropriations
AB 1277 (Evans, D-Santa Rosa) — annual state transportation appropriations
FISCAL IMPACT
If AB 192 becomes law, the County's liability for injuries on County-owned facilities will be
limited. If AB 697 or AB 1277 becomes law, it will ensure the County receives its annual state
road funding even if the Legislature is late in adopting a state budget.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee on April 11 reviewed the three bills
listed above. The Committee recommends the Board of Supervisors adopt positions of support
for all three bills,which directly address goals in the County's transportation legislation platform
for 2005. Following this report, Exhibit A includes draft letters of support for signature by the
Chair. Exhibit B shows the County's transportation legislation platform. Exhibit C provides the
full text of all three bills, in the same order in which they are described in this report.
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS (continued)
AB 192(Tran,R-Costa Mesa)—limits on public liability—This bill would limit the County's liability for
injuries on Coun"wned facilities. The bill would limit liability awards to $250,000 per individual or
$500,000 per occurrence. This bill is consistent with County goal#9 in the legislative platform,which
has the objective of reducing or eliminating liability for County transportation facilities. AB 192 is not
specific to transportation; it applies to all publicly-owned facilities.
AB 670 (Oropeza, D-Carson)—annual state transportation appropriations—This bill would
require the State to make its annual road fund appropriations to the local jurisdictions even if a
state budget hasn't been enacted by July 1. The effect of budget delays on transportation
funds was a major issue for Caltrans last year, and could potentially pose a problem for the
County, since the Public Works Department relies on these funds for its ongoing road
maintenance program. If a state budget was delayed long enough, and other funds weren't
available, this could delay the County's program. In the event of a budget delay, the bill would
authorize the Controller to make estimates for the appropriations to each local agency, and
make the appropriations. Once a budget was enacted,the Controller could make adjustments
to the local appropriations if needed. The bill was written as an urgency measure so it will
become law immediately if it is adopted by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. This bill
relates to goal# 1 in the legislative platform,to protect existing transportation revenue sources.
The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) is a co-sponsor of the bill.
AB 1277 (Evans, D-Santa Rosa)—annual state transportation appropriations—This bill is
nearly identical to AB 670, described above. The only major difference is that AB 1277 doesn't
have the urgency provision. If it becomes law it will take effect on January 1, 2006. Other than
this, there are only some minor wording differences between the two bills.
The Board of Supervisors in 2004 supported similar bills in the Legislature, on the
recommendation of the Transportation,Water and Infrastructure Committee. Those bills didn't
pass the Legislature. The County's transportation advocates in Sacramento, Smith Watts Co.,
have informed staff that local support for these three bills could be useful in helping the bills
make it through the Legislative process.
EXHIBIT B
Contra Costa County Goals for State Transportation Legislation in 2005
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors on November 30, 2004
Goal Objectives
1. SUPPORT 'increased I a)Additional state funding for Caldecott Tunnel 4hBore project.
transportation funding and 1b) State funding assistance for acquisition of the Union Pacific's Mococo railroad
protection of current line for use in East County commuter rail service.
transportation funding. 1c)New finding sources to improve transportation in Contra Costa County,provided the
new source doesn't shift any additional funds away from the state's General Fund.
I d)Extend existing transportation fimding programs that benefit Contra Costa County.
I e)Protect existing sources of transportation funds from reduction or elimination.
1f) Seek funding to meet the growing number of unfunded federal mandates such as
ADA requirements,stormwater requirements,and habitat preservation requirements.
2. SUPPORT regional 2a)Improve coordination and delivery of transit and paratransit service.
coordination in addressing 2b)Coordinated provision of rail services throughout Contra Costa County
transportation needs. 2c) Seek mitigation of casinos' traffic impacts through the state tribal compact
negotiation process.
3. SUPPORT efforts to expand 3a)Increase funding for school transportation services.
school transportation services and 3b)Improve coordination between school districts and local jurisdictions in siting
improve coordination between and planning school facilities.
school districts and local jurisdictions 3c)Provide safer access for walking and bicycling to school,including routes to
on school siting and ping. school,crossing guards,and other items.
4. SUPPORT efforts to improve 4a) New and expanded programs that improve safety for bicyclists, pedestrians and
safety throughout the wheelchair users (including awareness and education programs as well as
transportation system infrastructure improvements for safety)
4b) Measures to improve safety on high-accident transportation facilities, such as
establishing a double-fine zone on Vasco Road.
4c) Measures to improve the effectiveness of the statewide traffic accident database,
such as including GPS location data for every reported accident, to assist in safety
analysis and planning.
5. SUPPORT efforts to advance 5a)Multi-agency participation in creating the Brentwood-Tracy Expressway(also known
inter-regional corridor as State Route 239)with San Joaquin and Alameda Counties,local agencies,Caltrans
improvements. District 4,Caltrans District 10,and Caltrans headquarters.
5b) State funding and planning assistance with the Brentwood-Tracy Expressway
(SR 239)project.
5c)Funding for cooperative efforts with Alameda County to improve safety and operations
on Vasco Road and widen it to four lanes.
5d)State assumption of maintenance and operations for Vasco Road as State Route 84.
6. SUPPORT funding or (a) State grant programs,tax credits for manufacturers, state purchasing programs,
incentives for the use of renewable or other incentives for local jurisdictions to use recycled materials such as the
resources in transportation rubberized asphalt(made from recycled tires)that the County has used as paving
construction projects. material on San Pablo Dam Road and Pacheco Boulevard.
7. SUPPORT streamlining the 7a)Reduce the time and paperwork needed to bring a transportation project through planning,
delivery of transportation engineering and design,environmental review,funding applications,and construction.
projects. 7b) Streamlining the CEQA environmental review process.
7c)Streamlining state pen-nitting requirements that relate to transportation.
8. SUPPORT efforts to better 8a) Financial or regulatory incentives for local jurisdictions to incorporate transit-
link transportation planning and oriented development in their General Plans (particularly for areas expected to
land use planning. become rail station sites).
8b)Assistance for local jurisdictions to implement existing plans for transit-oriented
development.
8c)Financial or regulatory incentives for jurisdictions to increase the development of
affordable housing
8d) Incentives for housing and transportation improvements provided at or near state-
owned facilities such as courts,schools,jails and state offices.
9. SUPPORT efforts to facilitate 10a)Limit or eliminate public liability for installing traffic-calming devices
traffic-calming measures in
residential neighborhoods.
10. SUPPORT efforts to improve 11 a)Improve security systems at public and private ports,marine terminals and rail yards.
security at Public and Private I 1b)Improve circulation and truck access to public and private ports, marine
maritime Ports and rail Yard,% and terminals and rail yards in ways that contribute to security.
reduce the impacts of those facilities 11c) Improve circulation and truck access to public and private ports, marine
on neighboring communities. terminals and rail yards in ways that reduce air pollution, noise and congestion in
adjacent communities.
EXHIBIT C
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 2005-06 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 192
Introduced by Assembly Member Tran
January 27, 2005
An act to amend Section 830.6 of, and to add Section 815.1 to, the
Government Code,relating to governmental tort liability.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1925 as introduced, Tran. Tort Claims Act.
(1) The Governmental Tort Claims Act governs the tort liability
and immunity of public entities and their officers and employees,
claims and actions against public entities and their officers and
employees, insurance indemnification, and the defense of public
officers and employees. Among other things, the act provides that a
public entity is not liable for an injury, except as otherwise provided
by statute, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the
public entity or a public employee or any other person.
This bill would limit the liability of public entities in actions for
injury to $250,000 per individual or$500,000 per occurrence.
(2) The act provides that neither a public entity nor a public
employee is liable for an injury caused by the plan or design for the
construction of, or an improvement to,public property where the plan
or design has been approved in advance by the legislative body of the
public entity or by some other body or employee exercising
discretionary authority to give approval, or where the plan or design is
prepared in conformity with standards previously approved, if the
court makes specified determinations.
This bill would provide that the applicability of that provision is a
question of law for the court to determine.
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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 815.1 is added to the Government Code,
2 to read:
3 815.1. Notwithstanding any other law, in no action for injury
4 shall the liability of a public entity exceed two hundred fifty
5 thousand dollars ($250,000) per individual or five hundred
6 thousand dollars($500,000)per occurrence.
7 SEC.2. Section 830.6 of the Government Code is amended to
8 read:
9 830.6. (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is
10 liable under this chapter for an injury caused by the plan or
11 design of a construction of, or an improvement to, public
12 property where the plan or design has been approved in
13 advance of the construction or improvement by the legislative
14 body of the public entity or by some other body or employee
15 exercising discretionary authority to give approval or where
16 stteh the plan or design is prepared in conformity with standards
17 previously sa approved, if the trial or appellate court determines
18 that there is any substantial evidence upon the basis of which(a)
19 a either of the following apply:
20 (1)A reasonable public employee could have adopted the plan
21 or design or the standards therefor er(b)a.
22 (2) A reasonable legislative body or other body or employee
23 could have approved the plan or design or the standards therefor.
24
25 (b)Notwithstanding notice that constructed or improved public
26 property may no longer be in conformity with a plan or design or
27 a standard that reasonably could be approved by the
28 legislative body or other body or employee, the immunity
29 provided by this section shall continue for a reasonable period of
30 time sufficient to permit the public entity to obtain funds for and
31 carry out remedial work necessary to allow seek the public
32 property to be in conformity with a plan or design approved by
33 the legislative body of the public entity or other body or
34 employee, or with a plan or design in conformity with a standard
35 previously approved by the legislative body or other body
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1 or employee. In the event that the public entity is unable to
2 remedy the public property because of practical
3 impossibility or lack of sufficient funds, the immunity provided
4 by this section shall remain so long as seek the public entity
5 reasonably"aft%e attempts to provide adequate warnings of the
6 existence of the condition not conforming to the approved plan or
7 design or to the approved standard. However, where a person
8 fails to heed that warning or occupies public property
9 despite that warning,sttek the failure or occupation shall not
10 in itself constitute an assumption of the risk of the danger
11 indicated by the warning.
12 (c) The applicability of this section is a question of law for the
13 court to determine.
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 2005-06 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 697
Introduced by Assembly Member Oropeza
February 17,2005
An act to amend Section 2101 of, and to amend the heading of
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 3 of, the
Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation, making an
appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 697, as introduced, Oropeza. Highway Users Tax Account:
appropriation of funds.
Article XIX of the California Constitution requires revenues from
state excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels for use in motor vehicles
upon public streets and highways, over and above the cost of
collection and any refunds authorized by law, to be used for various
street and highway purposes and for certain mass transit guideway
purposes. Existing law requires state excise fuel tax revenues to be
deposited in various accounts and to be allocated, in part, for various
purposes, including the cost of collection and authorized refunds.
Existing law requires the balance of these funds remaining after
authorized deductions to be transferred to and deposited monthly in
the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund.
Existing law provides for formula apportionment of specified
revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account to cities and counties for
the transportation purposes authorized by Article XIX of the
California Constitution,and generally requires the remaining revenues
to be transferred to and deposited in the State Highway Account in the
State Transportation Fund. Existing law provides that the money in
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the Highway Users Tax Account is appropriated for the
above-described transportation purposes, but also generally provides
that the money in the State Highway Account may not be expended
until appropriated by the Legislature.
This bill, in any year in which the Budget Act has not been enacted
by July 1, would provide that all moneys in the Highway Users Tax
Account in the Transportation Tax Fund from the prior fiscal year are
continuously appropriated and may be encumbered for certain
purposes until the Budget Act is enacted. The bill would thereby make
an appropriation. The bill would authorize the Controller to make
estimates in order to implement these provisions.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-
mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The heading of Chapter 3 (commencing with
2 Section 2100)of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code is
3 amended to read:
4
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7 SEC. 2. Section 2101 of the Streets and Highways Code is
8 amended to read:
9 2101. (a) All moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in
10 the Transportation Tax Fund and hereafter received in the
11 account are appropriated for all of the following:
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13 (1) The research, planning, construction, improvement,
14 maintenance, and operation of public streets and highways (and
15 their related public facilities for nonmotorized traffic), including
16 the mitigation of their environmental effects, the payment for
17 property taken or damaged for those purposes, and the
18 administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing
19 purposes.
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21 (2) The research and planning for exclusive public mass transit
22 guideways (and their related fixed facilities), the payment for
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1 property taken or damaged for those purposes, and the
2 administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing
3 purposes.
4 (e}-
5 (3) The construction and improvement of exclusive public
6 mass transit guideways (and their related fixed facilities),
7 including the mitigation of their environmental effects, the
8 payment for property taken or damaged for those purposes,
9 the administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing
10 purposes, and the maintenance of the structures and the
11 immediate right-of-way for the public mass transit guideways,
12 but excluding the maintenance and operating costs for mass
13 transit power systems and mass transit passenger facilities,
14 vehicles, equipment, and services, in any area where the voters
15 thereof have approved a proposition pursuant to Section 4 of
16 Article XIX of the California Constitution.
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18 (4) The payment of principal and interest on voter-approved
19 bonds issued for the purposes specified in S:1.+,sJhL;1Vx* (e)
20 paragraph (3).
21 (e) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or
22 any other provision of law, in any year in which a Budget Act has
23 not been enacted by July 1 for the fiscal year beginning on July
24 1, all moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in the
25 Transportation Tax Fund from the prior fiscal year are hereby
26 continuously appropriated and may be encumbered for the prior
27 fiscal year appropriations and for the purposes specified in this
28 section until the Budget Act for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is
29 enacted. To the extent necessary to implement this subdivision,
30 the Controller may make estimates of appropriations and
31 apportionments, as the case may be,for the purpose of making
32 apportionments or transfers specified in this chapter. Upon
33 enactment of a Budget Act for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
34 the Controller shall make necessary adjustments to reflect actual
35 appropriations and apportionments.
36 SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
37 immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
38 within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
39 into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
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1 In order to provide a continued flow of funds for previously
2 authorized transportation projects and purposes in'the event
3 enactment of a Budget Act is delayed beyond July 1, it is
4 necessary that this act take effect immediately.
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 2005-OC)REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1277
Introduced by Assembly Member Evans
February 22,2005
An act to amend Sections 183 and 2101 of, and to amend the
heading of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 3
of, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation, and
making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1277, as introduced, Evans. Highway Users Tax Account:
State Highway Account: appropriation of funds.
Article XIX of the California Constitution requires revenues from
state excise taxes on motor vehicle fuels for use in motor vehicles
upon public streets and highways, over and above the cost of
collection and any refunds authorized by law, to be used for various
street and highway purposes and for certain mass transit guideway
purposes. Existing law requires state excise fuel tax revenues to be
deposited in various accounts and to be allocated, in part, for various
purposes, including the cost of collection and authorized refunds.
Existing law requires the balance of these funds remaining after
authorized deductions to be transferred to and deposited monthly in
the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund.
Existing law provides for formula apportionment of specified
revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account to cities and counties for
the transportation purposes authorized by Article XIX of the
California Constitution,and generally requires the remaining revenues
to be transferred to and deposited in the State Highway Account in the
State Transportation Fund. Existing law provides that the money in
the Highway Users Tax Account is continuously appropriated for the
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above-described transportation purposes, but also generally provides
that the money in the State Highway Account may not be expended
until appropriated by the Legislature.
This bill would,notwithstanding any other provision of law,provide
that all moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in the
Transportation Tax Fund and in the State Highway Account in the
State Transportation Fund are continuously appropriated and may be
encumbered in any year in which a Budget Act has not been enacted
by July 1 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. The bill would
thereby make an appropriation. The bill would authorize the
Controller to make estimates in order to implement these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 183 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
3 183. (a) All money in the State Highway Account in the State
4 Transportation Fund derived from federal sources or from
5 appropriations to other state agencies,or deposited in the account
6 by local agencies or by others, is continuously appropriated to,
7 and shall be available for expenditure by, the department for the
8 purposes for which the money was made available.
9 Unless otherwise expressly provided for by law, none of the
10 balance of the money in the State Highway Account shall be
11 expended until it has been specifically appropriated by the
12 Legislature or made available pursuant to Section 13322 of the
13 Government Code.
14 The Budget Act appropriations shall be made on a program
15 basis only and shall not identify the specific capital outlay
16 projects to be funded. The commission shall be responsible for
17 allocating the funds to specific projects within the budget
18 program categories, except that all funds described in Chapter 5
19 (commencing with Section 2200)of Division 3 shall be allocated
20 on a program basis to the department for allocation pursuant to
21 that chapter.
22 (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), commencing with the
23 1985-86 Budget, the department shall submit with its budget
24 requests a detailed description of the acquisition, improvement,
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1 and construction of office building projects to the Legislature for
2 review. The total amount appropriated for those projects shall be
3 identified as a separate line item in the Budget Act. Funds
4 appropriated for those projects shall be allocated by the
5 commission only for projects which have been approved by the
6 Legislature. Minor projects are to be defined consistent with
7 Section 167. The commission may substitute for approved minor
8 projects, if the total sum of minor projects is within the amount
9 approved by the Legislature.
10 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
11 Department of Finance may establish the accounting and
12 reporting system used to determine the expenditures, cash needs,
13 and balance of the State Highway Account.
14 (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), Section 13340 of the
15 Government Code, or any other provision of law, in any year in
16 which a Budget Act has not been enacted by July 1 for the fiscal
17 year beginning on July 1, all moneys in the State Highway
18 Account that are otherwise subject to appropriation pursuant to
19 subdivision (a)are hereby continuously appropriated and may be
20 encumbered for the purposes specified in this chapter.
21 SEC. 2. The heading of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
22 2100) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code is
23 amended to read:
24
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26
27 SEC. 3. Section 2101 of the Streets and Highways Code is
28 amended to read:
29 2101. (a) All moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in
30 the Transportation Tax Fund and hereafter received in the
31 account are appropriated for all of the following:
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33 (1) The research, planning, construction, improvement,
34 maintenance, and operation of public streets and highways (and
35 their related public facilities for nonmotorized traffic), including
36 the mitigation of their environmental effects, the payment for
37 property taken or damaged for such purposes, and the
38 administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing
39 purposes.
40 (b)
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1 (2) The research and planning for exclusive public mass transit
2 guideways (and their related fixed facilities), the payment for
3 property taken or damaged for such purposes, and the
4 administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing
5 purposes.
6 (e)
7 (3) The construction and improvement of exclusive public
8 mass transit guideways (and their related fixed facilities),
9 including the mitigation of their environmental effects, the
10 payment for property taken or damaged for such purposes, the
11 administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing
12 purposes, and the maintenance of the structures and the
13 immediate right-of-way for the public mass. transit guideways,
14 but excluding the maintenance and operating costs for mass
15 transit power systems and mass transit passenger facilities,
16 vehicles, equipment, and services, in any area where the voters
17 thereof have approved a proposition pursuant to Section 4 of
18 Article XIX of the California Constitution.
19 (.d)
20 (4) The payment of principal and interest on voter-approved
21 bonds issued for the purposes specified in
22 paragraph (3).
23 (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or
24 any other provision of law, in any year in which a Budget Act has
25 not been enacted by July I for the fiscal year beginning on July
26 1., all moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in the
27 Transportation Tax Fund are hereby continuously appropriated
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28 and may be encumbered for the purposes specyiea n this section
29 and in the manner specified in this chapter. To the extent
30 necessary to implement this subdivision, the Controller may
31 make estimates of appropriations and apportionments, as the
32 case may be, for the purpose of making apportionments or
33 transfers specified in this chapter. Upon enactment of a Budget
34 Act for the fiscal year, the Controller shall make necessary
35 adjustments to reflect actual appropriations and apportionments.
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The Board of Supervisors
John Sweeten
County Administration Building Clerk of the Board
651 Pine Street,Room 106 Costa and
Martinez, California 94553-1293 County Administrator
County (925)335-1900
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April 5, 2005
The Honorable Jenny Oropeza
55th Assembly District
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0055
Dear Assemblymember Oropeza:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today expressed its support for your bill, AB
697, which would enable local jurisdictions to receive their annual appropriations from the State
Highway Users Tax Account, even if a new state budget hasn't been enacted by July 1 in a given
year.
This measure would help provide assurance to Contra Costa County that we can continue our
ongoing road maintenance program, even if a budget has been delayed. Although a delay in the
state budget hasn't yet impeded our road maintenance program, this could happen if a budget
delay is lengthy enough.
Thank you for your efforts on this important issue.
Sincerely, Ip
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Gayle B. Uilkema
Chair
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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The Honorable Noreen Evans
7th Assembly District
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0007
Dear Assemblymember Evans:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today expressed its support for your bill, AB
1277, which would enable local jurisdictions to receive their annual appropriations from the
State Highway Users Tax Account, even if a new state budget hasn't been enacted by July 1 in a
given year.
This measure would help provide assurance to Contra Costa County that we can continue our
ongoing road maintenance program, even if a budget has been delayed. Although a delay in the
state budget hasn't yet impeded our road maintenance program, this could happen if a budget
delay is lengthy enough.
Thank you for your efforts on this important issue.
Sincerely,
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Gayle B. Uilkema
Chair
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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County Administration Building Clerk of the Board
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April 19, 2005
The Honorable Van Tran
68th Assembly District
State Capitol, Room 4009
Sacramento, CA 94249-0068
Dear Assemblymember Tran:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today expressed its support for your bill, AB
192, which would limit injury liability for publicly owned facilities, and would restore the issue
of design liability to the courts.
These changes would be helpful to Contra Costa County, as they would to other local agencies
throughout the State of California as well.
Thank you for your efforts to address these important public liability issues.
Sincerely,
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Gayle B. Uilkema
Chair
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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The Board of Supervisors
John Sweeten
County Administration Building Clerk of the Board
651 Pine Street, Room 106 Costa and
Martinez,California 94553-1293 County Administrator
ounty (925)335-1900
John Gioia,1st District
Gayle B.Uilkema,2nd District
Mary N.Piepho,3rd District
Mark DeSaulnier,4th District
Federal D.Glover,5th District
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April 19, 2005
The Honorable Van Tran
68th Assembly District
State Capitol, Room 4009
Sacramento, CA 94249-0068
Dear Assemblymember Tran:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today expressed its support for your bill, AB
192, which would limit injury liability for publicly owned facilities, and would restore the issue
of design liability to the courts.
These changes would be helpful to Contra Costa County, as they would to other local agencies
throughout the State of California as well.
Thank you for your efforts to address these important public liability issues.
Sincerely,
Gayle B. Uilkema
Chair
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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S. Goetz,CDD
S.Hoffman,CAO
M.Watts, Smith Watts Co.
The Board of Supervisors
John Sweeten
County Administration Building Clerk of the Board
651 Pine Street, Room 106 Costa and
Martinez,California 94553-1293 County Administrator
ounty (925)335-1900
John Gioia,1st District
Gayle B.Uilkema,2nd District
Mary N.Piepho,3rd District
Mark DeSaulnier,4th District `
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April 5, 2005
The Honorable Jenny Oropeza
55t11 Assembly District
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0055
Dear Assemblymember Oropeza:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today expressed its support for your bill, AB
697, which would enable local jurisdictions to receive their annual appropriations from the State
Highway Users Tax Account, even if a new state budget hasn't been enacted by July 1 in a given
year.
This measure would help provide assurance to Contra Costa County that we can continue our
ongoing road maintenance program, even if a budget has been delayed. Although a delay in the
state budget hasn't yet impeded our road maintenance program, this could happen if a budget
delay is lengthy enough.
Thank you for your efforts on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Gayle B. Uilkema
Chair
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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S.Hoffman,CAO
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The Board of Supervisors
Contra
John Sweeten
County Administration Building Clerk of the Board
651 Pine Street, Room 106 Costa and
Martinez,California 94553-1293 County Administrator
ounty (925)335-1900
John Gioia,1st District
Gayle B.Uilkema,2nd District .sE
Mary N.Piepho,3rd District
Mark DeSaulnier,4th District
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April 5, 2005
The Honorable Noreen Evans
7th Assembly District
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0007
Dear Assemblymember Evans:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors today expressed its support for your bill, AB
1277, which would enable local jurisdictions to receive their annual appropriations from the
State Highway Users Tax Account, even if a new state budget hasn't been enacted by July 1 in a
given year.
This measure would help provide assurance to Contra Costa County that we can continue our
ongoing road maintenance program, even if a budget has been delayed. Although a delay in the
state budget hasn't yet impeded our road maintenance program, this could happen if a budget
delay is lengthy enough.
Thank you for your efforts on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Gayle B. Uilkema
Chair
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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G:\Transportation\TWIC\Board Orders\Board Order for April 19 Exhibit A.doc
c: Members,Board of Supervisors
J.Bueren,PWD
S.Goetz,CDD
S.Hoffman,CAO
M.Watts, Smith Watts Co.