republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010-special-session-4/ab-10.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation."
description: "(1) Existing law, pursuant to Proposition 116 of 1990, creates the Public Transportation Account as a trust fund in the State Transportation Fund, provides that revenues are to be deposited in that account from specified portions of the sales taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, and provides that moneys in the account are available for expenditure only for transportation planning and mass transportation purposes. Certain provisions of Proposition 116 may be amended by the Legislature only by a 2 /3 vote of both houses and if the amendment is consistent with the purposes of the provision being amended. Existing law creates the Mass Transportation Fund in the State Treasury and provides that for the 2009–10 to 2012–13 fiscal years, inclusive, all of gasoline sales tax revenues commonly known as the \"spillover\" that would otherwise be deposited in the Public Transportation Account shall be deposited instead in that fund. Existing law specifies the transportation purposes that may be funded by the fund, including payment of debt service on transportation general obligation bonds by transfer of funds from the Mass Transportation Fund to the Transportation Debt Service Fund. For the 2008–09 fiscal year, $939,408,000 of \"spillover\" revenues are to be transferred to the Mass Transportation Fund. Existing law creates the Transportation Debt Service Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose, among other things, of using transportation revenues rather than the General Fund for the payment of debt service on transportation bonds or to reimburse the General Fund in that regard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010 Special Session 4"
identifier: "AB 10"
citation: "California AB 10 (20092010 Special Session 4)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-07-02"
last_action: "2009-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3798dd4-f8b1-4154-b80b-ec20aaabd2c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB10"
source_hash: "8f6e021955960ed49aab87cf07a7a6a64b8132db02879e4b40cdcccf7836fffd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 10 (20092010 Special Session 4) — Transportation.

(1) Existing law, pursuant to Proposition 116 of 1990, creates the Public Transportation Account as a trust fund in the State Transportation Fund, provides that revenues are to be deposited in that account from specified portions of the sales taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, and provides that moneys in the account are available for expenditure only for transportation planning and mass transportation purposes. Certain provisions of Proposition 116 may be amended by the Legislature only by a 2 /3 vote of both houses and if the amendment is consistent with the purposes of the provision being amended. Existing law creates the Mass Transportation Fund in the State Treasury and provides that for the 2009–10 to 2012–13 fiscal years, inclusive, all of gasoline sales tax revenues commonly known as the "spillover" that would otherwise be deposited in the Public Transportation Account shall be deposited instead in that fund. Existing law specifies the transportation purposes that may be funded by the fund, including payment of debt service on transportation general obligation bonds by transfer of funds from the Mass Transportation Fund to the Transportation Debt Service Fund. For the 2008–09 fiscal year, $939,408,000 of "spillover" revenues are to be transferred to the Mass Transportation Fund. Existing law creates the Transportation Debt Service Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose, among other things, of using transportation revenues rather than the General Fund for the payment of debt service on transportation bonds or to reimburse the General Fund in that regard.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **07/02/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB10&version=20094AB1099INT)
2. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB10&version=20094AB1098AMD)
3. **07/28/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB10&version=20094AB1096CHP)
4. **AB10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB10)
5. **07/28/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB10&version=20094AB1097ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB10 Evans Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 10 EVANS Assembly Third Reading Fourth Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 10 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By EVANS Fourth Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-07-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** From printer.
- **2009-07-06** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2009-07-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 2. Page 26.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-23** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 43.)
- **2009-07-23** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 43.)
- **2009-07-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 54.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-07-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2009-07-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 84.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2009-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3798dd4-f8b1-4154-b80b-ec20aaabd2c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).