Public transit: California Transit Stop Registry: transit datasets., the official text

An act to add Section 14113 to the Government Code, and to add Section 99150.5 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with various powers and duties.
This bill would require the department to create, on or before June 1, 2027, the California Transit Stop Registry as a centralized, statewide dataset of standardized information regarding transit stops that includes, but is not limited to, each transit stop’s name, location, available amenities, and unique identifier, as specified.
Existing law provides for the funding of public transit, including under the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act, also known as the Transportation Development Act.
This bill would require a transit operator, as defined, to ensure, on or before January 1, 2028, that the name and location of each of its transit stops conforms with the name and location for the stop in the California Transit Stop Registry and to use a transit stop’s unique identifier listed in the registry when publishing any dataset with stop information or during publication of agency open datasets. By requiring a transit operator to perform new duties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
Section 14113 is added to the Government Code, to read:
14113.
On or before June 1, 2027, the department shall create the California Transit Stop Registry, which shall be a centralized, statewide dataset of standardized information regarding transit stops that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for each transit stop in the state:
(a) The transit stop’s name.
(b) The transit stop’s location.
(c) The amenities available at the transit stop.
(d) A unique identifier for the transit stop, as established by the department.

SEC. 2.
Section 99150.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:
99150.5.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “California Transit Stop Registry” means the dataset described in Section 14113 of the Government Code.
(2) “Transit operator” has the same meaning as the term “operator” as defined in Section 99210.
(3) “Unique identifier” means the unique identifier described in subdivision (d) of Section 14113 of the Government Code.
(b) On or before January 1, 2028, a transit operator shall do both of the following:
(1) Ensure that the name and location of each of its transit stops conforms with the corresponding name and location identified in the California Transit Stop Registry.
(2) Use the unique identifier that conforms with the California Transit Stop Registry when publishing any dataset with stop information, including, but not limited to, General Transit Feed Specification datasets, transit stop amenity datasets, stop-level ridership datasets, or any other format used to incorporate transit service information to a generally available trip-planning mobile application, or during publication of agency open datasets.

SEC. 3.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.