(a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all state-owned bridges that are required to be strengthened or replaced in order to meet seismic safety standards which are in effect on January 1, 1991. For each bridge listed in the inventory, the department shall determine each of the following:

(1) The earliest date when all necessary engineering work can be completed and construction can be started.

(2) An estimate of the cost of retrofitting or replacing the bridge to conform to the applicable seismic safety standards.

(b) (1) The department shall prepare a multiyear plan and schedule for completing the retrofitting or replacement of all of the bridges identified pursuant to subdivision (a). The schedule shall be based upon the department’s estimates of the shortest possible time to perform the work.

(2) The plan shall include the department’s estimate of the annual cost and the total cost of carrying out the plan.

(3) The department shall submit the plan and schedule, together with the cost estimates, to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 1, 1991.

(c) The Legislature intends to appropriate to the department the funds necessary to carry out subdivisions (a) and (b).

(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 265, Sec. 2.)