California AB 657: Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: public-private partnership agreements: toll revenues.

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 AB-657 Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: public-private partnership agreements: toll revenues.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 09/08/2025 05:59 PM

AB657:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 September 08, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 657

Introduced by Assembly Member Alvarez

February 14, 2025

 An act to amend Section 90 Sections 31462, 31467, 31468, 31474, 31475, 31476, and 31483 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 657, as amended, Alvarez.
 Department of Transportation: state highways. Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: public-private partnership agreements: toll revenues.

The Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to carry out a construction project for the State Highway Route 11 corridor, including, among other things, highway improvements and international border crossing facilities, to be operated as a toll facility. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls and other charges only for entrance to or the use of the corridor, as provided. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to use specified alternative project delivery methods under certain conditions. Existing law requires toll revenues to be used for specified costs, as provided. Existing law defines “project” for purposes of the act to include facilities, whether or not now in existence, acquired or constructed to
 facilitate the movement of goods and people along the corridor or at the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry.

This bill would revise and recast the act by, among other things, (1) revising the definition of “project” for purposes of the act to include facilities, whether or not now in existence, acquired or constructed to facilitate the movement of goods and people adjacent to the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry or to facilitate the generation of revenue for, or related to, the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, (2) authorizing public-private partnerships, as specified, as an alternative project delivery method, (3) authorizing SANDAG to also impose tolls and other charges for the use of a project or property covered by the act, and (4) adding payments to a private partner under a public-private partnership agreement to the categories of costs for which toll revenues are
 used under the act, as provided. The bill would also make conforming changes.

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission and provides that the department has full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes and authorizes and directs the department to lay out and construct all state highways between the termini designated by law and on the locations as determined by the commission.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 NOYES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 31462 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:

31462.

 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Best value” means a value determined by evaluation of objective criteria that relate to price, features, functions, life-cycle costs, experience, and past performance. A best value determination may involve the selection of the lowest cost proposal meeting the interests of the local agency and meeting the objectives of the project, selection of the best proposal for a stipulated sum established by the procuring agency, or a tradeoff between price and other specified factors.

(b) “Board” means the board of directors of SANDAG.

(c) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, variable rate and
 variable maturity securities, and any other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter.

(d) “Construction Manager/General Contractor method” or “CMGC” means a project delivery method using a best value procurement process in which a construction manager is procured to provide preconstructi