Bill Text: CA SB268 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-05 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. [SB268 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB268-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  May 26, 2017

Amended  IN  Senate  May 01, 2017

Amended  IN  Senate  March 28, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 268

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Introduced by Senator Mendoza

February 08, 2017

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An act to amend Section 130051 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 268, as amended, Mendoza. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning, programming, and operations in the County of Los Angeles. The authority is governed by a 14-member board of directors that consists of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, 2 public members and one Los Angeles City Council member appointed by the mayor, 4 members appointed from the other cities in the county, the 5 members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and a nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.

Existing law requires the authority to submit a plan to the Legislature for revising the composition of the authority, if the number of members of the board of supervisors is increased, within 60 days of the increase.

This bill would delete this requirement and would add the county auditor as a nonvoting member of the board of directors. requirement. The bill would also reduce the number of members of the board of supervisors on the board of directors of the authority from 5 to 2 members and would require that one supervisor represent the largest population in the unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles. The bill would delete the appointment of 2 public members and require the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles to appoint 5 members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles who represent contiguous clusters of 3 council districts. The bill would require the city council to determine contiguity. The bill would provide for 7 members to be appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee to represent the other cities in the County of Los Angeles from 4 specified sectors. The bill would require every appointee to serve a 4-year term without limitation or until the expiration of the term of his or her elected office.

By imposing new duties on local government within the County of Los Angeles, 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.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 130051 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

130051.

 The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority consists of 14 16 members, as follows:

(a) Two members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. One supervisor shall represent the largest population in the unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles.

(b) The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.

(c) Five members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles, appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, who represent contiguous clusters of three council districts. The city council shall determine contiguity.

(d) (1) Four Seven members, each of whom shall be a mayor or a member of a city council, appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee. For purposes of the selection of these four seven members, the County of Los Angeles, excluding the City of Los Angeles, shall be divided into the following four sectors:

(A) The North County/San Fernando Valley sector.

(B) The Southwest Corridor sector.

(C) The San Gabriel Valley sector.

(D) The Southeast Long Beach sector.

(2) The League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division, shall define the sectors. Every city within a sector shall be entitled to vote to nominate one or more candidates from that sector for consideration for appointment by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee. A city’s vote shall be weighted in the same proportion that its population bears to the total population of all cities within the sector.

(3) The members appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee upon an affirmative vote of its members who represent a majority of the population of all cities within the county, excluding the City of Los Angeles.

(e) One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.

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(f) All members appointed pursuant to this section shall serve four-year terms, with no limitation on the number of terms that may be served by any individual, or until the expiration of the term of the elected office.

(e)One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.

(f)The county auditor shall serve as a nonvoting member.

SEC. 2.

 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.