Bill Text: CA AB531 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Southern California Port Congestion Authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB531 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB531-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 531	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member O'Donnell
    (   Coauthors:  
Assembly Members   Gray   
 and Quirk   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 1780) to Division
6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to ports.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 531, as amended, O'Donnell. Southern California Port Congestion
Authority.
   Existing law prescribes procedures for the formation of port
districts and regulates the operation and development of ports in the
state, including the operation of port facilities, equipment, and
certain sea-going vessels.
   This bill would establish the Southern California Port Congestion
Authority and would require that the authority be governed by a board
consisting of 7 members appointed by the Secretary of
Transportation. The bill would authorize the authority to plan,
develop, and implement measures and projects necessary to alleviate
congestion in the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, as
specified. The bill would require each marine terminal operator at
the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach to report to the
authority specified information with respect to traffic at the ports.
The bill would also require the authority to hold quarterly public
hearings to discuss the results of these reports.
    To the extent that the bill would impose new duties upon local
government entities, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

   (2)The 
    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 these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 1780) is added to
Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, to read:

      PART 2.5.  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PORT CONGESTION AUTHORITY


   1780.  For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Agency" means the Transportation Agency.
   (b) "Authority" means the Southern California Port Congestion
Authority, established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1781.
   (c) "Board" means the governing board of the authority.
   (d) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a vehicle defined in
subdivision (b) of Section 15210 of the Vehicle Code.
   (e) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
   1781.  (a) The Southern California Port Congestion Authority is
hereby established.
   (b) The authority shall be governed by a board  consisting
  comprised  of the following seven members,
appointed by and serving for indefinite terms at the pleasure of the
secretary:
   (1) One member representing the Port of Los Angeles.
   (2) One member representing the Port of Long Beach.
   (3) One member representing longshore workers at the Port of Los
Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
   (4) One member of the Los Angeles City Council.
   (5) One member of the Long Beach City Council.
   (6) One member representing commercial truck drivers at the Port
of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
   (7) One member representing a community or neighborhood
organization at, or adjacent to, either the Port of Los Angeles or
the Port of Long Beach.
   (c) Vacancies to the board shall be filled by the secretary.
   (d) The geographic jurisdiction of the authority is limited to the
Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
   1782.  The authority has the power to plan, develop, and implement
projects and measures necessary to alleviate congestion in the Port
of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, including, but not limited
to, regulating hours by access to the ports by commercial motor
vehicles, establishing maximum fees that may be charged by marine
terminal operators for cargo movement at the ports, and implementing
other measures directed at reducing congestion, improving traffic
flow, regulating the scheduling of shipments during other than normal
business hours, repairing, improving, and expanding port
infrastructure, and reducing air pollution at the ports caused by
commercial motor vehicle traffic.
   1783.  Each marine terminal operator at the Port of Los Angeles
and the Port of Long Beach shall report both of the following to the
authority on a quarterly basis:
   (a) The average turn times for each hour of daytime operation and
each hour of off-peak operation.
   (b) The percentage of truck traffic at each terminal during
daytime operations and during off-peak operations.
   1784.  The authority shall hold quarterly public hearings to
report and discuss the results of the reports from the marine
terminal operators submitted pursuant to Section 1783.
  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.