Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill, SB 741, aims to revise the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, which provides funding to transit agencies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving mobility. It proposes to streamline the program by removing the requirement for the Department of Transportation to develop detailed guidelines for expenditure requirements. Specifically, the bill focuses on allowing funds to be used solely for maintenance and expansion of bus, rail, and ferry services, fare subsidies, and network improvements, while also expanding an existing exemption for emergency repairs to railroad tracks along the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor. The bill also includes a requirement for transit agencies to submit a list of proposed services for funding before receiving program funds.
Key provisions
- Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to adopt guidelines for the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
- Restricts program funds to maintenance and expansion of bus, rail, and ferry services, transit fare subsidies, and network technology improvements.
- Expands an existing exemption for emergency repairs to railroad tracks along the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor.
- Requires transit agencies to submit a list of proposed services to be funded before receiving program funds.
- Mandates the Department of Transportation to report on agency expenditures.
- Requires agencies to demonstrate that expenditures reduce emissions and do not supplant other funding sources.
- Requires agencies serving disadvantaged communities to spend at least 50% of funds on those communities.
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