California Public Utilities Code

§ 180001

PUC § 180001Div. 19 · Ch. 1

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Local highway and transportation improvements and services are an immediate high priority needed to resolve local and regional transportation problems that threaten the economic viability and development potential of counties and cities and adversely impact the quality of life therein. Furthermore, regional transportation is a matter of statewide concern.

(b)Comprehensive studies and reports have been completed by the Department of Transportation, the Assembly Office of Research, the Governor’s Task Force on Infrastructure, and the California Business Roundtable which conclude that there exists a local city street and county road maintenance backlog and shortfall of between five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) and eight hundred forty million dollars ($840,000,000) annually.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.