CHAPTER 5. Conditions [99680. - 99686.]

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 5.

in effect

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99680. Section 99680.

Funds allocated pursuant to this part shall not be used for any of the following: (a) A rail project connecting San Bernardino County and the State of Nevada. (b) Any alteration to the Golden Gate Bridge. (c) Passenger rail facilities which would not be available to the general public or whose primary purpose would be to benefit a private entity or individual.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99681. Section 99681.

Funds shall not be allocated for a project requiring service over the right-of-way of a railroad corporation unless a course of improvements and operation is agreed to by the railroad corporation or unless the right-of-way, or all or part of use of the right-of-way, is acquired by eminent domain or purchase. New or increased passenger service over the right-of-way of a railroad corporation shall be implemented in a manner which ensures the adequacy and efficiency of existing freight service. Neither the specific amounts allocated pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99620), nor any other provision of this part, are intended to indicate the actual fair market value of any railroad right-of-way to be acquired or leased.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99682. Section 99682.

All passenger rail and water borne ferry equipment and facilities acquired or constructed pursuant to this part and intended for public use shall be accessible to persons with physical disabilities, including wheelchair users. All passenger vehicles and vessels shall be accessible to wheelchair users at all stops, stations and terminals whether or not staffed.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99683. Section 99683.

All passenger vehicles and vessels acquired pursuant to this part shall provide reasonable access to bicycles. All stations acquired or constructed pursuant to this part shall provide convenient and secure bicycle parking facilities.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99684. Section 99684.

(a) All funds allocated to an agency pursuant to this part shall be programmed, encumbered, obligated, or spent prior to July 1, 2000, unless economically infeasible. If funds allocated to an agency pursuant to this part are not expended or encumbered prior to July 1, 2000, the Legislature may, by a statute passed in each house by a two-thirds vote, reallocate those funds for another rail project within that agency’s jurisdiction. (b) If any of the funds are not expended or encumbered prior to July 1, 2010, the Legislature may, in the same manner, reallocate the funds for any other passenger rail project in the state. (c) In the case of funds allocated to the department, the reallocation shall be for a state-sponsored passenger rail project. (d) The Legislature may, by statute passed in each house by majority vote, or in the annual Budget Bill, require the commission to award any grant specified in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99620) which the commission has denied.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99684.5. Section 99684.5.

(a) Funds allocated pursuant to this part that are not expended or encumbered by July 1, 2020, are hereby reallocated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 99684 to any other existing passenger rail project with existing rail service. (b) The California Transportation Commission shall select the projects for the reallocation described in subdivision (a). The high-speed rail project as described in Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 2704) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code is not eligible to receive reallocated funds pursuant to subdivision (a) as it is not providing existing rail service.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99685. Section 99685.

If, within one year after the commission has denied any grant specified in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99620), the Legislature does not require the commission to award the grant pursuant to Section 99684, the Governor may direct the commission to award the grant if the Governor finds that the applicant for the grant is in substantial compliance with the requirements of this part.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 99686. Section 99686.

Every expenditure made pursuant to this part shall be made in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

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