California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Activities

  • Section 14030.
    The powers and duties of the department include, but are not limited to, all of the following activities:(a) Supporting the commission in coordinating and developing, in...
  • Section 14031.
    The Governor, the secretary, and the department may enter into such agreements, execute such documents, establish and manage such accounts and deposits, and take any...
  • Section 14031.1.
    In accordance with federal regulation (49 C.F.R. 661.21), the state or a local agency, relative to the use of federal funds for transit purposes, shall...
  • Section 14031.5.
    (a) The Mass Transit Revolving Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby transferred from the...
  • Section 14031.6.
    (a) The Governor shall include in the Budget Bill an appropriation from the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund or from other...
  • Section 14031.7.
    Prior to any allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14031. 6, for any recommended new service, the department shall submit a report to the...
  • Section 14031.8.
    (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall establish, through an annual budget process, the level of state funding available for the operation of intercity passenger rail service...
  • Section 14032.
    The department shall provide reports and analyses for the commission on all of the following:(a) The review and evaluation of regional transportation plans and improvement programs...
  • Section 14032.5.
    The department may assist regional transportation planning agencies with the preparation of regional transportation plans and improvement programs by providing technical services and other assistance...
  • Section 14032.6.
    The department shall, within existing resources, collect, analyze, and summarize highway congestion data and make it available upon request to California regional transportation planning agencies,...
  • Section 14032.7.
    The department shall publish annually a list of major new facility projects, exclusive public mass transit guideway projects, and operational improvement projects that are beyond...
  • Section 14033.
    On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the “complete streets” design concept.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch....
  • Section 14034.
    (a) During the planning and development of any proposed commuter rail service, the department shall consult with the county transportation commission and the transportation planning agency...
  • Section 14035.
    (a) The department may enter into contracts with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under Section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 to provide...
  • Section 14035.1.
    Commuter rail service shall be provided to the communities between San Jose and Gilroy if the conditions specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14035.4 are...
  • Section 14035.2.
    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department adopt and implement the following policies applicable to the operation of feeder bus service provided...
  • Section 14035.3.
    The department may request a railroad corporation under contractual obligation to the department for services to institute operating efficiencies, other than with respect to the...
  • Section 14035.4.
    The department shall request the involvement and cooperation of affected local agencies and public and private passenger carriers in decisions relative to the acquisition, development,...
  • Section 14035.5.
    The department may enter into contracts with common carriers, as defined by Section 211 of the Public Utilities Code, or with any corporation, partnership, or...
  • Section 14035.55.
    (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Intercity passenger bus service provided by intercity bus companies on a regular-route basis is the only public...
  • Section 14035.57.
    The department shall encourage the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Amtrak, and any private motor carrier of passengers that...
  • Section 14035.65.
    In developing or funding intermodal passenger service facilities, the department shall give full consideration to existing and projected operational requirements of all participating passenger carriers.In...
  • Section 14035.7.
    Funds allocated for commuter rail purposes shall be consistent with the regional transportation plan and the regional transportation improvement program for the region in which...
  • Section 14035.9.
    The department shall in conjunction with the Department of Corrections evaluate the addition of stations or stops on existing bus or rail routes, or the...
  • Section 14036.
    (a) The department shall prepare a State Rail Plan. The plan shall be submitted to the California Transportation Commission for its advice six months prior to...
  • Section 14036.1.
    As part of its ongoing marketing activities to increase the utilization and performance of rail and bus services operated pursuant to this article, the department...
  • Section 14036.4.
    The department shall report in the rail passenger development plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036 on the amount of funds available to the state under...
  • Section 14036.5.
    (a) As part of its marketing activities in support of intercity rail services and associated feeder bus services, the department shall provide for complete train and...
  • Section 14036.6.
    (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Rail passes offering unlimited travel on certain passenger rail and associated transit services for a specified period...
  • Section 14036.7.
    The department shall give high priority to the development of direct linkages between intercity rail passenger services and airports served by commercial airlines and to...
  • Section 14036.8.
    (a) The department, using existing rail marketing funds, shall fully participate in the railroad public safety awareness program known as “Operation Lifesaver.” The department shall work...
  • Section 14036.9.
    The California Coast Passenger Rail Corridor consists of the Counties of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara,...
  • Section 14037.
    Funds which are available to the department for rail and bus operations may be used by the department for maintenance of capital facilities related to...
  • Section 14038.
    (a) The department may purchase, sell, and lease rail passenger cars and locomotives and other self-propelled rail vehicles.(b) The department may acquire, lease, design, construct, and improve...
  • Section 14038.1.
    Rail passenger equipment owned by the department and operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in a state-supported rail service shall prominently display the...
  • Section 14038.2.
    (a) The department may acquire by purchase, lease, or eminent domain, any property necessary for the development and implementation of the state’s rail passenger program. The...
  • Section 14038.3.
    The department may, if requested by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire, in the name and for the...
  • Section 14038.5.
    (a) The department may, at the request of a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or metropolitan transit development board, and subject to approval of the...
  • Section 14039.
    The department shall have no authority to operate railroads.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 161.)
  • Section 14040.
    The department may provide by contract with a railroad corporation that any tracks or signaling devices constructed, improved, repaired, or acquired with funds made available...
  • Section 14041.
    The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is encouraged to coordinate with local private industry councils in service delivery areas to develop training programs and employment opportunities...
  • Section 14050.
    State highway projects to be included in the program of proposed projects report submitted to the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 105...
  • Section 14051.
    (a) For purposes of this section, “companies or organizations working on broadband deployment” includes, but is not limited to, local governments, nonprofit organizations, cable television corporations,...
  • Section 14052.
    (a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all state-owned bridges that are required to be strengthened or replaced in order to meet seismic safety standards...

Last modified: October 22, 2018