2005 California Government Code Sections 14556-14556.3 Article 1. General Provisions

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 14556-14556.3

14556.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Traffic
Congestion Relief Act of 2000.
14556.1.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise:
   (a) "Commission" is the California Transportation Commission.
   (b) "Department" is the Department of Transportation.
   (c) "Fund" or "TCRF" is the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund created
under this chapter.
   (d) "Program" is the Traffic Congestion Relief Program established
under this chapter.
14556.3  The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
interest of the State of California to immediately take steps to
relieve congestion on the state's transportation systems and finds
and declares the following:
   (a) California's population has grown by more than 50 percent over
the past 20 years while highway capacity has increased only 7
percent.
   (b) Between 1987 and 1995, the number of California drivers who
sit idle in traffic congestion has grown 70 percent, and California
drivers now sit idle in traffic congestion more than 300,000 hours
per day.
   (c) It is estimated that traffic congestion in California now
costs the state's businesses more than two million eight hundred
thousand dollars ($2,800,000) per day in lost time and resources.
   (d) Local streets and roads in California suffer from an estimated
ten billion two hundred million dollars ($10,200,000,000) backlog of
deferred maintenance.  The magnitude of this backlog is estimated to
increase by four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) each year.
   (e) The Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation
Fund, which provides funds for transit operations and intercity rail
service in California, is estimated to have a four-year deficit of
fifty-three million dollars ($53,000,000), increasing to a six-year
deficit of one hundred fifty-eight million dollars ($158,000,000).
   (f) The state's population is expected to exceed 45,000,000
persons by the year 2020, imposing additional demand on the
transportation system.
   (g) Significant benefits will be obtained by completing major
improvements earlier, accelerating development of new improvements,
and improving the connectivity of the various transportation modes
within the state's transportation system.
   (h) Therefore, it is appropriate to create a Traffic Congestion
Relief Fund to finance congestion relief improvements, to dedicate
the sales tax on gasoline to transportation purposes, and to create a
Transportation Investment Fund to finance improvements to
neighborhood streets and roads, to provide funding for transit
operations and intercity rail, and to supplement the Traffic
Congestion Relief Fund.


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