BILL NUMBER: SB 655	CHAPTERED  09/10/01

	CHAPTER  280
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 8, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Steinberg)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 102240.5 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 655, Machado.  Transportation:  transit districts:  property
acquisition.
   Existing law authorizes the Sacramento Regional Transit District
to take by gift, or take or convey by grant, purchase, devise, or
lease, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind
within or without the district necessary to the full or convenient
exercise of the district's powers.
   This bill would authorize those powers for the district, with
regard to real and personal property of every kind within the
district, as necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for,
transit-oriented joint development projects, as defined, that are
consistent with the general plan, any applicable specific plan, any
applicable transit village plan, and the land-use and development
ordinances of the city or county in which the project is located.
   The bill would prohibit the district from exercising its power of
eminent domain in order to make an acquisition related to
transit-oriented joint development projects.
   The bill would require the district, prior to exercising the
authority granted under the bill, to prepare, and adopt at a public
hearing, written policies and procedures implementing the provisions
of the bill.  The bill would require the district to invite public
comment during the preparation and adoption of the specified policies
and procedures.
   The bill would specify that the provisions of the bill apply only
to acquisitions related to transit-oriented joint development
projects and do not expand the district's existing powers.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 102240.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   102240.5.  (a) As used in this section, "transit-oriented joint
development project" means a development project for commercial,
residential, or mixed-use purposes that is undertaken in connection
with existing, planned, or proposed transit facilities and is located
one-fourth mile or less from the exterior boundary of the parcel on
which that facility is located.
   (b) The district may take by gift, or take or convey by grant,
purchase, devise, or lease, and hold and enjoy, real and personal
property of every kind within the district necessary for, incidental
to, or convenient for, transit-oriented joint development projects.
   (c) Any transit-oriented joint development project undertaken
pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the general plan,
any applicable specific plan, any applicable transit village plan,
and the land-use and development ordinances of the city or county in
which the project is located.
   (d) The district may not exercise its power of eminent domain in
order to make an acquisition under this section.
   (e) (1) Prior to exercising the authority granted under this
section, the district shall prepare, and shall adopt at a public
hearing, written policies and procedures implementing this section.
   (2) The district shall invite public comment during the
preparation and adoption of the policies and procedures required
under paragraph (1), including, but not limited to, soliciting the
input of community members and organizations and publishing notice of
the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation.
   (f) This section applies only to acquisitions related to
transit-oriented joint development projects and does not expand the
district's existing powers.