Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: toll revenues.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on how much toll money will be allocated for sanitation projects.

Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: Using Toll Money

This act allows toll money collected from a new highway project to be used for maintaining and building sanitation infrastructure near the Tijuana River, in addition to existing uses.

What This Bill Does

• Allows SANDAG to build improvements on State Highway Route 11, including border crossings, as a toll road.
• Lets SANDAG use toll money to help maintain a sewage treatment plant in South Bay.
• Permits using toll money for new sanitation projects related to the Tijuana River.
• Requires that bond payments come before other uses of toll money.

Who It Names or Affects

• SANDAG, which will manage the highway project and collect tolls.
• People who use the toll road on State Highway Route 11.
• Residents near the Tijuana River who benefit from improved sanitation infrastructure.

Terms To Know

Toll

Money paid to use a special highway or bridge.

Sanitation Infrastructure

Systems and facilities that help clean water and manage waste.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much toll money will be used for sanitation projects.
• It is unclear what the exact agreement with Mexico's federal government includes.
• The bill only applies to a specific area near San Diego, California.

Official Summary Text

SB 10, as amended, Padilla.
Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: 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 for entrance to or the use of the corridor, as provided. Existing law authorizes toll revenues to be used for specified costs, including, among other things, payments of a cooperative tolling agreement with the federal government of Mexico.
This bill
would
would,
consistent with applicable federal and state laws,
authorize those toll revenues to additionally be used to assist in the maintenance of the South Bay International Boundary and Water Commission sewage treatment facility
and the development of additional sanitation infrastructure projects related to the Tijuana River
pursuant to an agreement with the federal government.
The bill would require the repayment of bond obligations to take priority over other allocations of toll revenues.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the South Bay
International Boundary and Water Commission sewage treatment facility located within the County of San Diego.

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