Bill Text: CA AB179 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: California Transportation Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 737, Statutes of 2017. [AB179 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB179-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: California Transportation Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 737, Statutes of 2017. [AB179 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB179-Enrolled.html
Enrolled
September 07, 2017 |
Passed
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Senate
August 31, 2017 |
Passed
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Assembly
September 05, 2017 |
Amended
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Senate
July 13, 2017 |
Amended
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Senate
June 08, 2017 |
Amended
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Assembly
April 20, 2017 |
Amended
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Assembly
February 14, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 179 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, and Holden) (Coauthor: Senator Roth) |
January 18, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 14504 of, and to add Section 14516 to, the Government Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 179, Cervantes.
California Transportation Commission.
Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various powers and duties relative to the programming of transportation capital projects and allocation of funds to those projects pursuant to the state transportation improvement program and various other transportation funding programs. Under existing law, the commission consists of 13 members, 9 of whom are to be appointed by the Governor in consultation with the Senate. Existing law requires the Governor, in appointing members, to use every effort to ensure geographic balance of representation.
This bill would additionally require the Governor, in appointing members, to use every effort to ensure that the commission has a diverse membership with expertise in transportation issues, taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, socioeconomic background and professional experience, which may include experience working in, or representing, disadvantaged communities.
This bill would require the commission and the State Air Resources Board to hold at least 2 joint meetings per calendar year to coordinate their implementation of transportation policies.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14504 of the Government Code is amended to read:14504.
(a) In appointing members, the Governor shall make every effort to ensure both of the following:(1) That
there is a geographic balance of representation on the commission as a whole, with members from the northern and southern areas and from the urban and rural areas of the state.
(2) That the commission has a diverse membership with expertise in transportation issues, taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, socioeconomic background and professional experience, which may include experience working in, or representing, disadvantaged communities.
(b) Each member of the commission shall represent the state at large.