(a) Funding for the program established in subdivision (a) of Section 2560.5 in a participating area shall be based 25 percent on the number of urban freeway lane miles in the participating area to the total number of freeway lane miles in all the participating areas, 50 percent on the basis of the ratio of the population of the participating area to the total population of all the participating areas, and 25 percent on the basis of traffic congestion as ascertained by the department pursuant to the most recent Statewide Highway Traffic Congestion Monitoring Program. A regional or local agency submitting an application after July 1, 2003, for funding shall demonstrate in the application an overall benefit-cost ratio of 3 to 1. The department shall determine the benefit-cost ratio methodology.

(b) If a regional or local agency submits an application for funding that is approved by the department before December 31 of any year and additional funding is not provided to the baseline funding allocation, the department shall allocate the funding allocation at a maximum over three years as follows:

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 2562.1

  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Freeway: means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access. See California Streets and Highways Code 23.5
  • highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23

(1) Thirty-three and three-tenths percent of the total amount of the allocation during the immediately following fiscal year.

(2) Sixty-six and six-tenths percent of the total amount of the allocation during the fiscal year that immediately follows the fiscal year described in paragraph (1).

(3) One hundred percent of the total amount of the allocation during the fiscal year that immediately follows the fiscal year described in paragraph (2).

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 638, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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