Bill Text: CA AB1364 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1364 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: California Transportation Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1364 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1364-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1364	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Linder

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 13975 and 14500 of, and to repeal Section
14534.1 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1364, as introduced, Linder. California Transportation
Commission.
   Existing law establishes in the state government the
Transportation Agency, which includes various departments and state
entities, including the California Transportation Commission.
Existing law vests the California Transportation Commission with
specified powers, duties, and functions relative to transportation
matters. Existing law requires the commission to retain independent
authority to perform the duties and functions prescribed to it under
any provision of law.
   This bill would exclude the California Transportation Commission
from the Transportation Agency and establish it as an entity in the
state government. The bill would also make conforming changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13975 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   13975.  There is in the state government the Transportation
Agency. The agency consists of the Department of the California
Highway Patrol,  the California Transportation Commission,
 the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of
Transportation, the High-Speed Rail Authority, and the Board of Pilot
Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14500 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   14500.  There is in the  Transportation Agency 
 state government  a California Transportation Commission.
  SEC. 3.  Section 14534.1 of the Government Code is repealed.

   14534.1.  Notwithstanding Section 12850.6 or subdivision (b) of
Section 12800, as added to this code by the Governor's Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 2012 during the 2011-12 Regular Session, the
commission shall retain independent authority to perform those duties
and functions prescribed to it under any provision of law.