Section 8113 - Proposed State TIPThe Department shall submit a proposed State TIP (PSTIP) to the Commission, all RTPAs, and the county transportation commissions not later than December 1 of each year.
(a) The PSTIP shall be consistent with the fund estimate adopted by the Commission: (1) Statewide expenditures by fund type in the PSTIP shall not exceed, and should equal, the estimate of revenues by fund type adopted by the Commission;(2) The PSTIP shall conform to the distribution of funds to the northern and southern counties specified in the adopted fund estimate;(3) The rehabilitation program the Department recommends in its PSTIP does not have to be consistent with the minimum rehabilitation level required for the fund estimate by Section 8112 (b)(1). However, the Department must explain in the PSTIP its reasons for proposing a different level than the one included in the fund estimate.(b) The PSTIP shall include a summary of capital outlay expenditures by fund type by year.(c) The PSTIP shall include a geographic listing of projects, consistent with the requirements of Sections 8118 and 8119.(d) The Department shall transmit with the PSTIP project information for each candidate project representing a significant change from the adopted STIP, as recommended by the PSTIP, consistent with the requirements of Section 8118(e)(1).(e) When programming highway, transit, aeronautics, and other transportation projects in its new PSTIP, the Department shall consider the general order of the following priorities: (1) Meeting the legal constraints on the program;(2) Programming in the PSTIP as many projects included in the most recently adopted STIP as feasible;(3) Serving the long-term needs of existing urban and suburban areas by maintaining and rehabilitating existing facilities, providing public transportation, reducing dependence on individual auto use, increasing the efficiency of existing facilities, and completing gaps in the existing freeway system;(4) Serving new development; however, preference, where appropriate, should be given to providing services through public transportation facilities;(5) Including projects that contribute to State and regional economic development.(f) The PSTIP shall be consistent with the State Urban Strategy, as required by Governor's Executive Order B-41-78. The PSTIP shall include findings and substantiation of this consistency.(g) The PSTIP shall also include a report on the coordination of its projects with the plans and programs of other State agencies, RTPAs, and county transportation commissions. The report should identify those projects that are part of cooperative programs involving other State and local agencies which would be significantly affected if the Commission changed the projects' funding or scheduling during the STIP adoption process.(h) The PSTIP shall provide sufficient additional information (e.g., legislative constraints, Federal matching requirements, etc.) that the Department determines is needed by the Commission to adopt the STIP.(i) The Department shall work with the local cities, counties, and RTPAs in nonmetropolitan areas to establish a forecast of local assistance funding levels that will be included in the PSTIP.(j) With the transmittal of the PSTIP, through its Transportation Districts, the Department shall submit to the RTPAs project development costs and other project details if they are needed for Federal Regional TIP purposes in the metropolitan areas.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 21, § 8113
Note: Authority cited: Section 14532, Government Code. Reference: Sections 14526, 14529, Government Code.