California Public Utilities Code

§ 99628

PUC § 99628Div. 10 · Part 11.5 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)Seventythree million dollars ($73,000,000) for allocation by the commission on a per capita basis to the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Plumas, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, and Yuba, for railroad grade crossing improvements, acquisition of railroad rights-of-way for rail transportation purposes, rail passenger or other rail stations, railroad soundwalls, and other local rail improvements for safety; purchase of paratransit vehicles; and other capital facilities for public transportation. Funds may not be allocated for street or highway improvements, operations, maintenance, or construction.

(b)Application for grants shall be submitted to the commission by the transportation planning agency having jurisdiction in the county.

(c)If the commission has not received applications by December 31, 1992, for all of the funds available for allocation pursuant to this section, it may reallocate the remaining funds on the basis of a competitive grants program to the counties specified in subdivision (a). The commission shall adopt regulations or guidelines governing the competitive program allocations to proposals which best serve the purposes of this part.

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Legislative history

Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 116.