CA AB1243

Creates the Traffic Relief and Road Improvement Program to address traffic congestion and deferred maintenance on state highways and local roads, funded by sales/use taxes on motor vehicles, insurance taxes on vehicle policies, and miscellaneous State Highway Account revenues deposited in a new Traffic Relief and Road Improvement Account.

Allocates continuously appropriated revenues from the account as follows: 40% to the Department of Transportation for state highway maintenance, 40% to cities and counties for local road purposes via a specified formula, and 20% for State Transportation Improvement Program projects that reduce traffic congestion.

Repeals provisions directing weight fee revenues to the Transportation Debt Service Fund for bond debt service, instead retaining those revenues in the State Highway Account.

Exempts from California Environmental Quality Act requirements projects consisting of inspection, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, replacement, or removal of existing transportation infrastructure, or addition of auxiliary lanes or bikeways to existing infrastructure under specified conditions.

Requires the Department of Transportation to implement efficiency measures generating at least $100,000,000 annually in savings and propose up to $100,000,000 annually from the State Highway Account for the Active Transportation Program.