Transportation: California Transportation Commission: San Ramon Branch Corridor: reimbursement.

Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various powers and duties relative to the programming of transportation capital projects and the allocation of funds to those projects, pursuant to the state transportation improvement program and various other transportation funding programs. Through certain commission resolutions, the commission allocated moneys appropriated to it in the 1980s from the Transportation Planning and Development Account to the County of Contra Costa for the acquisition of a specified right-of-way, and for associated projects, relating to the San Ramon Branch Corridor. Those resolutions require the county to reimburse the state if the county fails to meet specified conditions. This bill would relinquish the rights of the state to reimbursement pursuant to those resolutions. This bill would also require the County of Contra Costa to revise the bylaws of the Iron Horse Corridor Management Program Advisory Committee to: (1) include a seat for a Contra Costa Transportation Authority representative, (2) expand the management program elements to include a new, 7th element that considers proposals to study new and emerging mobility modes and technologies in the corridor, and (3) include a new task in the committee's work program to recommend a framework for acting on these proposals. The bill would also make findings and declarations in support of these requirements. By imposing new duties on local public officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.