State highways: public parking: traffic control.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill aims to improve transportation and public access in the Lake Tahoe Basin by authorizing the Department of Transportation to contract with local agencies and the Tahoe Transportation District to manage parking, traffic control, and pedestrian safety along state highways. It establishes two new funds – the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Fund and the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Penalty Account – to support these efforts. The bill also modifies the State Highway Account to allow cities to request supplemental funding for projects, subject to certain conditions.
Key provisions
- Authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with agencies for parking management and traffic control in the Tahoe corridor.
- Creates the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Fund to support transportation improvements in the Tahoe Basin.
- Creates the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Penalty Account to fund parking enforcement.
- Modifies the State Highway Account to allow cities to request supplemental funding.
- Establishes criteria for cities to receive supplemental funding, including a limit on previous apportionments and a repayment agreement.
- Requires funds collected from parking fees to be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Fund.
- Requires penalty moneys from parking citations to be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Penalty Account.
- Updates the process for cities to submit project lists for state highway funding.
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