Bill Text: CA AB2382 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2382 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: High-Speed Rail Authority: membership.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2382 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2382-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2382	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Lopez and Lackey
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Wilk)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 185020 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to high-speed rail.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2382, as amended, Lopez. High-Speed Rail Authority: membership.

   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified
powers and duties relative to development and implementation of a
high-speed rail system. The authority is comprised of 9 members, with
5 members appointed by the Governor and 4 members appointed by the
Legislature.
   This bill would require at least one member appointed by the
Governor  beginning with an available vacancy on and after
January 1, 2017,  to be a person who  works directly
with communities in the state that are most significantly burdened
by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution   is
from a   disadvantaged community, as defined  .
   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 185020 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   185020.  (a) There is in the Transportation Agency a High-Speed
Rail Authority.
   (b) (1) The authority is composed of nine members as follows:
   (A) Five members appointed by the Governor. At least one member
appointed by the Governor  beginning with an available vacancy on
and after January 1, 2017,  shall be a  person
  person, other than a current or former elected
official,  who  works directly with communities in the
state that are most significantly burdened by, and vulnerable to,
high levels of pollution, including, but not limited to, communities
with diverse racial and ethnic populations and communities with
low-income populations   is from a disadvantaged
community  .  "Dis   a   dvantaged
community" means an area identified as among the most disadvantaged
25 percent of areas in the state according to the California
Environmental Protection Agency, based on the latest version of the
California Communities Environmental Health Screeni   ng
Tool (CalEnviroScreen) scores. 
   (B) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (C) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (2) For the purposes of making appointments to the authority, the
Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the
Assembly shall take into consideration geographical diversity to
ensure that all regions of the state are adequately represented.
   (c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), and until their
successors are appointed, members of the authority shall hold office
for terms of four years. A vacancy shall be filled by the appointing
power making the original appointment, by appointing a member to
serve the remainder of the term.
   (d) (1) On and after January 1, 2001, the terms of all persons who
are then members of the authority shall expire, but those members
may continue to serve until they are reappointed or until their
successors are appointed. In order to provide for evenly staggered
terms, persons appointed or reappointed to the authority after
January 1, 2001, shall be appointed to initial terms to expire as
follows:
   (A) Of the five persons appointed by the Governor, one shall be
appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2002, one shall be
appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2003, one shall be
appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2004, and two shall
be appointed to terms which  expires   expire
 on December 31, 2005.
   (B) Of the two persons appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules,
one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2002,
and one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31,
2004.
   (C) Of the two persons appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly,
one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2003,
and one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31,
2005.
   (2) Following expiration of each of the initial terms provided for
in this subdivision, the term shall expire every four years
thereafter on December 31.
   (e) Members of the authority are subject to the Political Reform
Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)).
   (f) From among its members, the authority shall elect a
chairperson, who shall preside at all meetings of the authority, and
a vice chairperson to preside in the absence of the chairperson. The
chairperson shall serve a term of one year.
   (g) Five members of the authority constitute a quorum for taking
any action by the authority.