BILL NUMBER: AB 710 CHAPTERED 09/10/04 CHAPTER 469 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 25, 2004 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 23, 2004 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2004 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 22, 2004 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 10, 2004 AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2003 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 29, 2003 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Correa FEBRUARY 19, 2003 An act to amend Section 130052 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 710, Correa. Orange County Transportation Authority. Existing law establishes the Orange County Transportation Authority which is composed of 12 members, including 4 members of the board of supervisors and 6 city members appointed by the Orange County City Selection Committee. Existing law provides for the appointment of alternate members of the authority. This bill would increase the size of the authority to 18 members. The bill would provide that all 5 county supervisors serve on the authority, would provide that 10 city members be elected by certain members of the Orange County City Selection Committee, and would provide for 2 public members. The bill would delete the provisions relating to appointment of alternate members. The bill would make other related changes. By expanding the membership of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the bill would 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 130052 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 130052. The Orange County Transportation Commission shall be known as the Orange County Transportation Authority and shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 18 members appointed as follows: (a) Five members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors appointed by that board. Terms of office of the five members of the board of supervisors shall be determined by the board of supervisors. A board of supervisors member's term shall cease if he or she no longer serves as a member of the board of supervisors. (b) (1) (A) Five city members, with one from each of the five supervisorial districts, elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee members within each supervisorial district on a population-weighted voting basis. (B) Five city members, with one from each of the five supervisorial districts, elected on a "one city, one vote" basis by the Orange County City Selection Committee members within each supervisorial district. (2) A city that is within more than one supervisorial district shall be considered part of the district where the highest percentage of the city's population resides. Under this circumstance, the entire city's population shall be used for population-weighted voting purposes. Each city member shall be a mayor or a city council member serving within the county. Terms of office of each city member shall be determined by the Orange County City Selection Committee. A city member's term shall cease if he or she no longer serves as a member of a city council or as the mayor of a city. (3) A city member serving on the authority on the effective date of the act amending this section in the 2003-04 Regular Session shall continue to serve until the earliest of either the expiration of his or her term or until he or she no longer serves as a mayor or member of a city council. (c) Two public members appointed by a majority vote of the other 15 voting members of the authority. Each public member shall be a resident of Orange County who is not then serving, and has not within the last four years served, as an elected official of a city within the county, as an elected official of any agency or special district within Orange County, or as an elected official of the county. Each public member shall serve for a term of four years. (d) The Director of Transportation, District 12, who shall be appointed by the Governor as a nonvoting member. The member shall serve for a term of four years. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.