CA SB409

Department of Transportation shall prepare a five-year Strategic Rail Connectivity Plan identifying passenger rail system improvements and linkages between high-speed rail, conventional intercity rail, commuter rail, and transit systems

Draft plan shall be presented informally to California Transportation Commission for public comment, with 45-day comment period, followed by final presentation before submission to Federal Railroad Administration

High-Speed Rail Authority's five gubernatorial appointees now require Senate confirmation; authority shall annually adopt and submit a five-year high-speed rail passenger train program to Governor and Legislature by October 1

Five-year rail program shall include all capital improvement projects requiring Budget Act appropriations from state, federal, local, and private sources, with specified expenditure amounts and years for permits, planning, rights-of-way, and construction