Bill Text: CA SB626 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 626 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District: police force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 492, Statutes of 2015. [SB626 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB626-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 626	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  492
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 4, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 4, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 105033 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transit districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 626, McGuire. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District: police
force.
   Existing law creates the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District,
within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, governed by a 12-member
board of directors. Existing law requires the district to work with
specified authorities to achieve a safe, efficient, and compatible
system of passenger and freight rail service and authorizes the
district to own, operate, manage, and maintain a passenger rail
system within the territory of the district. Existing law requires
the board to appoint a general manager for the district and
authorizes the general manager to, among other things, appoint,
supervise, suspend, or remove district officers, other than members
of the board and officers appointed by the board.
   This bill would authorize the board to establish the position of
chief of police, subject to specified requirements. If the board
determines that more than one peace officer is needed, the bill would
require the board to contract with law enforcement agencies located
within the County of Marin or the County of Sonoma for the additional
law enforcement services of one or more peace officers.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 105033 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   105033.  (a) The board is authorized to establish the position of
chief of police. The chief of police shall be a duly sworn peace
officer who shall be appointed by the board and who shall meet the
current requirements of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part
4 of the Penal Code.
   (b) If the board determines that more than one peace officer is
needed, the board shall contract with law enforcement agencies
located within the County of Marin or the County of Sonoma for the
additional law enforcement services of one or more duly sworn peace
officers who shall meet the current requirements of the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing
with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code.