Transportation: pilot programs.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways which are under its jurisdiction. Existing law provides for the California Transportation Commission to program certain transportation funds for particular projects, and to report to the Legislature on various transportation policy matters. Existing law authorizes the department and certain local agencies to enter into agreements for transportation projects under pilot programs using public-private partnerships. Existing law authorizes certain transportation projects under pilot programs using design-build contracting methods. This bill would require the lead agency for a project, prior to entering into any agreement involving an alternative contracting or financing method, as specified, to pass a resolution that identifies the anticipated benefits from using those methods in comparison to using traditional contracting or financing methods. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.