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            |SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES        |2005-06 Regular          |
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            SENATOR DON PERATA, CHAIRMAN
            _____________________staff analysis
                                                       Fiscal:  Yes
            Hearing:   06/28/06
                                                       Urgency: No


            BILL NO:   AB 2495
            AUTHOR:    Nunez
            AMENDED: 05/26/06 


             SUBJECT  :  California Transportation Commission

             SOURCE  :  Author

             DIGEST  :  This bill adds two legislative appointments to the  
            California Transportation Commission.

             ANALYSIS  :
             
            Existing Law

             1.Establishes an 11-member California Transportation  
              Commission (CTC), nine of whom are empowered to vote.

            2.Requires the nine voting members to be appointed by the  
              Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

            3.Requires one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate  
              Rules Committee and one member of the Assembly appointed  
              by the Speaker of the Assembly to be non-voting ex  
              officio members of the CTC and to participate in its  
              activities to the extent that such participation is not  
              incompatible with their positions as members of the  
              Legislature.
             
             This bill:









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             1.Increases the membership of the CTC from 11 to 13.

            2.Adds one member to be appointed by the Senate Rules  
              Committee and one to be appointed by the Speaker of the  
              Assembly.

            3.Specifies that neither of these appointments is subject  
              to Senate confirmation and that they both shall hold  
              office for terms of four years and until their successors  
              are appointed.  

            Comments

             The CTC is responsible for programming and allocating funds  
            used in the construction of highway, intercity passenger  
            rail and transit improvements throughout California.  It  
            also advises the Secretary of the Business, Transportation  
            and Housing Agency and the Legislature in formulating and  
            evaluating state policies and plans for California's  
            transportation programs.

            Since its establishment in 1978, the CTC has been composed  
            of nine voting members appointed by the Governor and two  
            ex-officio, non-voting members, who are, traditionally, the  
            chairs of the Senate and Assembly Transportation  
            Committees.  The terms of the voting members are four years  
            in length and are staggered.

            The CTC carries out several important responsibilities  
            related to establishing policies regarding the expenditure  
            of state transportation revenues, including the adoption of  
            the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and the  
            State Highway Operations and Protection Program (SHOPP).   
            When projects in the STIP, SHOPP, and the  
            statutorily-established Traffic Congestion Relief Program  
            are ready to go to bid, the CTC allocates revenues to them.  
             The CTC's other responsibilities include the adoption of  
            the fund estimate used by the Department of Transportation  
            and the regional transportation planning agencies to  
            prepare the regional transportation improvement programs  
            and the STIP, and the adoption of guidelines used by the  
            regions to prepare the regional transportation plans.









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             RECOMMENDED CONSENT
             
             SUPPORT  : (Verified 06/27/06)
            Mayor Villaraigosa, Los Angeles
             
            OPPOSE  : (Verified 06/27/06)
            None received

            SENATE RULES COMMITTEE:  Sandy Kenyon/651-4153