Bill Text: CA AB1237 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Swimming pool safety: building codes: condominium units.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2026-08-13 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1237 Detail]
Download: California-2025-AB1237-Amended.html
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Bill Title: Swimming pool safety: building codes: condominium units.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2026-08-13 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1237 Detail]
Download: California-2025-AB1237-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1237
| Introduced by Assembly Member McKinnor |
February 21, 2025 |
An act to add Sections 100116 and 130051.29 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. transportation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1237, as amended, McKinnor.
Counties of Los Angeles and Santa Clara: sporting events: ticket charge: public transit.
Existing law creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of Santa Clara.
This bill would authorize VTA to impose a charge of up to $5 on the purchaser of a ticket from a ticket vendor to a sporting event in the County of Santa Clara held as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup or the 2026 NCAA Men’s or Women’s Basketball Championship, as specified. The bill would require VTA to use any revenues collected from the charge to support its transit operations. The bill would require VTA, if it imposes the charge, to allow any person to use its transit services at no charge on the day of one of those sporting events if the person presents a ticket to that sporting event at the location where VTA collects fares for transit services. The bill
would require VTA, if it imposes the charge, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, that includes specified information regarding implementation of the bill.
Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning, programming, and operations in the County of Los Angeles.
This bill would authorize LA Metro to impose a charge of up to $5 on the purchaser of a ticket from a ticket vendor to a sporting event in the County of Los Angeles held as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as specified. The bill would require LA Metro to use any revenues collected from the charge to support its transit operations. The bill would require LA Metro, if it imposes the charge, to allow any person to use its transit services at no charge on the day a match is held as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup if
the person presents a ticket to the match at the location where LA Metro collects fares for transit services. The bill would require LA Metro, if it imposes the charge, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, that includes specified information regarding implementation of the bill.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Digest Key
Vote:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 100116 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:100116.
(a) The VTA may impose a charge of up to five dollars ($5) on the purchaser of a ticket from a ticket vendor to a sporting event in the County of Santa Clara. The VTA may only impose the charge on the initial purchase of the ticket and shall not impose the charge on any subsequent resale of the ticket. A ticket vendor shall be responsible for collecting the charge from the purchaser and remitting the revenues from that charge to the VTA.(b) The VTA shall use any revenues collected pursuant to subdivision (a) to support its transit operations.
(c) If the VTA imposes a charge pursuant to subdivision (a), the VTA
shall allow any person to use its transit services at no charge on the day of a sporting event in the County of Santa Clara if the person presents a ticket to that sporting event at the location where the VTA collects fares for transit services.
(d) (1) If the VTA imposes a charge in accordance with this section, it shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, that includes all of the following information:
(A) The amount of the charge authorized and the amount of revenue collected as a result of the charge.
(B) The number of free trips taken as a result of presenting a ticket to the VTA.
(C) The
amount of money spent and a detailed account of additional transit services provided to serve the sporting events.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) For purposes of this section, “sporting event” means any match held as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup or any game held as part of the 2026 NCAA Men’s or Women’s Basketball Championship.
SEC. 2.
Section 130051.29 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:130051.29.
(a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may impose a charge of up to five dollars ($5) on the purchaser of a ticket from a ticket vendor to a sporting event in the County of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may only impose the charge on the initial purchase of the ticket and shall not impose the charge on any subsequent resale of the ticket. A ticket vendor shall be responsible for collecting the charge from the purchaser and remitting the revenues from that charge to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.(b) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
shall use any revenues collected pursuant to subdivision (a) to support its transit operations.
(c) If the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority imposes a charge pursuant to subdivision (a), it shall allow any person to use its transit services at no charge on the day of a sporting event if the person presents a ticket to that sporting event at the location where the authority collects fares for transit services.
(d) (1) If the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority imposes a charge in accordance with this section, it shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, that includes all of the following information:
(A) The
amount of the charge authorized and the amount of revenue collected as a result of the charge.
(B) The number of free trips taken as a result of presenting a ticket to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
(C) The amount of money spent and a detailed account of additional transit services provided to serve the sporting events.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) For purposes of this section, “sporting event” means any match held as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
SEC. 3.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:To protect and promote continued growth in California’s sports and entertainment industries by enabling early sales of tickets to 2026 FIFA World Cup games, it is necessary for this act to take immediate effect.
