Bill Text: CA SB616 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Aeronautics Account: California Aid to Airports Program.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2014-08-29 - Returned by the Governor at the request of the Senate. Held at desk. [SB616 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB616-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 616	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 10, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Wright   Roth 
   (Coauthor: Senator Fuller)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act  to add Section 21683.4 to the Public Utilities Code,
  relating to aviation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 616, as amended,  Wright   Roth  .
Aeronautics Account: California Aid to Airports Program.
   Existing federal law authorizes airport sponsors to submit
applications to the Secretary of Transportation for financial
assistance for airport improvement projects. Under federal law, upon
approval by the Secretary of Transportation, the United States
government may pay for certain project costs.
   Existing law establishes the Aeronautics Account in the State
Transportation Fund, and continuously appropriates the moneys in the
account for expenditure by the Division of Aeronautics within the
Department of Transportation and the California Transportation
Commission. Existing law requires that funds in the account be paid
to certain public entities owning and operating airports for projects
for airport and aviation purposes, as defined, or operation and
maintenance purposes, as defined. Existing law authorizes any balance
remaining in the account to be used as a portion of the local match
for federal Airport Improvement Program grants for certain airports.
Existing law prohibits the California Transportation Commission from
allocating funds until the federal grant offer is accepted by the
public entity and authorizes the division, upon allocation of the
funds by the commission, to pay a public entity 5% of the amount of a
federal Airport Improvement Program grant. 
   Existing regulations implement the California Aid to Airports
Program, which includes airport improvement program matching grants
and acquisition and development grants. These regulations prohibit
payments from the account for the California Aid to Airports Program
for projects that the sponsor, as defined, has already started or
completed prior to allocation of airport improvement program matching
or acquisition and development funds, with the exception of projects
for land acquisition, as defined, and project services, as defined.
 
   This bill would, until July 1, 2015, authorize payments from the
account for the California Aid to Airports Program for projects that
the sponsor has started or completed in accordance with a federal
Airport Improvement Program grant, unless the project was started or
completed prior to January 1, 2014.  
   This bill would require the department to certify that, at the
time a grant is issued, the department has all statements,
resolutions, and other documentation required for fulfillment of
grant terms and conditions. This bill would allow the recipient of
the grant to begin the project for which the grant was awarded upon
receipt of this certification. If, after transmitting this
certification, the department determines additional documentation is
required, this bill would allow the recipient of the grant 45 days to
submit additional required documentation. The bill would prevent the
applicant from losing eligibility for the grant due to the need for
additional documentation during this 45-day period. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 21683.4 is added to the 
 Public Utilities Code   , to read:  
   21683.4.  In administering financial assistance programs pursuant
to Sections 21602, 21682, 21683, and 21683.1, the department shall
certify to an applicant that at the time a grant award is issued,
statements, resolutions, and other documentation required by the
department for fulfillment of grant terms and conditions have been
received by the department. Upon receipt of certification from the
department, the applicant may begin the project for which funds have
been awarded. After the department has transmitted certification to
the applicant, if the department requires further documentation to
satisfy grant terms and conditions, the applicant shall have 45 days
to submit the required documentation, during which time the applicant
shall not lose eligibility for the grant award due to the department'
s need for further documentation.  
  SECTION 1.    Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of
Section 4059 of the California Code of Regulations, until July 1,
2015, payments from the Aeronautics Account for the California Aid to
Airports Program shall be allowed for projects that the sponsor, as
defined by subdivision (y) of Section 4052 of the California Code of
Regulations, has started or completed in accordance with a federal
Airport Improvement Program grant, unless the project was started or
completed prior to January 1, 2014.