LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Transportation Table of Contents

Overview

• Spending by Major Program
• Major Budget Changes

Crosscutting Issues

• Funding Outlook for State Transportation Programs
• Chapter 622 Revises STIP Process
• 1998 Fund Estimate Shows Large Balance for New Projects
• Improved Fund Outlook Has Uncertainties
• Funding for Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Resolved
• Public Transportation Account Faces Funding Shortfall; Requires SHA Bail Out
• Federal Transportation Act Extended Temporarily
• Motor Vehicle Account Balance Masks Continuing Problems
• Projected Balance Masks Continuing Problems
• Beyond 1998-99: Are MVA Deficits Inevitable?

Departmental Issues

• Department of Transportation (2660)
• Highway Transportation
• Little Increase in Highway Program
• More Staff Proposed for Capital Outlay Support
• Highway Capital Outlay Expenditures Will Be Revised
• Highway Seismic Retrofit to Continue in 1998-99; Retrofit of Toll Bridges to Be Complete in 2004
• Project Delivery Higher
• Bridge Scour Proposal Is Costly
• Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Showcase Depends on Federal Funds
• Nighttime Maintenance to Increase
• California Highway Patrol Services For Highway Maintenance Overbudgeted
• Stormwater Cleanup Costs Will Increase
• San Bernardino Office Building Costs Overbudgeted

• MassTransportation

• Transfer of Intercity Rail: Slow Progress
• IntercityRail Service Will Likely Cost Less
• SanJoaquin Stockton-Sacramento Extension Premature
• Costsfor Additional Capitol Service May Be Revised

• Department of the California Highway Patrol (2720)

• Commercial Vehicle Inspection Program to Use State Highway Account Funds
• Reimbursed Work Will Increase

• Department of Motor Vehicles (2740)
• Increasing Support From Vehicle License Fees And State Highway Account
• Financial Responsibility Requirement Implemented at High Costs
• Database Redevelopment Shows No Progress; Department of Motor Vehicles Proposes New Project
• Collection of Smog Abatement Fee Will Be Delayed