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Read. Follow. Verify.California Senate Bill 741 restructures the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program and restricts eligible expenditures to transit services and fare technology
Record date · September 18, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 741 repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to adopt program guidelines and restricts program fund expenditures exclusively to the maintenance or expansion of bus, rail, or ferry services, transit fare subsidies, and network and fare integration technology improvements. The bill requires transit agencies to submit a specified list of funded services to the department before receiving allocations, modifies reporting requirements, and alters the permissible uses of continuously appropriated funds.
Transit agencies relying on the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program must alter their spending to align with newly mandated categories such as bus, rail, or ferry maintenance, fare subsidies, and fare integration technology in order to receive allocated funds from the Controller.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
recipient transit agencies
Transit agencies must submit specific lists of services to the department, report on expenditures, and restrict their spending to newly authorized categories.
Department of Transportation
The department's duty to adopt guidelines is repealed, and it is newly required to report to the Controller which agencies have submitted required spending lists.
Controller
The Controller allocates program funds upon receiving reports from the Department of Transportation.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What must transit agencies do before receiving program funds?
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Sources
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