Bill Text: CA SB1472 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-30 - Died on the inactive file. [SB1472 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1472-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1472	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 11, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Senator   Mendoza 
 Senators   Mendoza   and Lara 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1472, 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, including 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 board of supervisors, and one nonvoting member
appointed by the Governor.
   This bill would expand the board of directors to  16
  22  members by adding 2 members that reside in
the County of Los Angeles, one member appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly and one member appointed by the Senate Committee on
 Rules   Rules, selected from a list of
candidates submitted by the Los Angeles County City Selection
Committee,  and would prohibit these members from residing in
the same city as another member of the authority, as specified. 
The bill would instead provide for the appointment of 8 members from
the other c   ities in the county, 2 from each sector, as
prescribed. The bill would also add as members of the board of
directors the Mayor of the City of Long Beach and one additional
public member. 
   By requiring the board membership to be expanded, the bill would
thereby 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 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.  Section 130051 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   130051.  The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority consists of  16   22  members, as
follows:
   (a) Five members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
   If the number of members of the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors is increased, the authority shall, within 60 days of the
increase, submit a plan to the Legislature for revising the
composition of the authority.
   (b) The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
   (c)  Two   Three  public members and one
member of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles appointed by
the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles. 
   (d) The Mayor of the City of Long Beach.  
   (d) Four 
    (e)     Eight  members,  two from
each sector,  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
  eight  members, the County of Los Angeles,
excluding the City of  Los Angeles,   Los
Angeles and the City of Long Beach,  shall be divided into the
following four sectors:
   (1) The North County/San Fernando Valley sector.
   (2) The Southwest Corridor sector.
   (3) The San Gabriel Valley sector.
   (4) The Southeast  Long Beach  sector.
   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.
   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 which represent a majority of the
population of all cities within the county, excluding the City of
 Los Angeles.   Los Angeles and the City of Long
Beach. 
   The members selected by the city selection committee shall serve
four-year terms with no limitation on the number of terms that may be
served by any individual. The city selection committee may shorten
the initial four-year term for one or more of the members for the
purpose of ensuring that the members will serve staggered terms.

   (e) 
    (f)  If the population of the City of Los Angeles, at
any time, becomes less than 35 percent of the combined population of
all cities in the county, the position of one of the  two
  three  public members appointed pursuant to
subdivision (c), as determined by the Mayor of the City of Los
Angeles by lot, shall be vacated, and the vacant position shall be
filled by appointment by the city selection committee pursuant to
subdivision  (d)   (e)  from a city not
represented by any other member appointed pursuant to subdivision
 (d).   (e).  
   (f) 
    (g)  Two members that reside in the County of Los
Angeles, one member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one
member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. At the time a
member is appointed pursuant to this subdivision, the member shall
not reside in the same city as another member of the authority. 
These members shall be selected from a list submitted by the Los
Angeles County City Selection Committee that contains two or more
candidates from each sector. The Los Angeles County City Selection
Committee shall submit lists of candidates to the Senate Committee on
Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly until the appointments are
made.  
   (g) 
    (h)  One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.
  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.