BILL NUMBER: AB 952	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Gordon   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 185025 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to high-speed rail.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 952, as amended, Jones. High-speed rail.
   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified
powers and duties relative to development and implementation of a
high-speed train system. The authority is composed of 9 members,
including 5 members appointed by the Governor. Members of the
authority are subject to the Political Reform Act of 1974.
   This bill would prohibit a member, employee, or consultant of the
authority from being the recipient of any gift, as defined, in a
specified provision of the act. The bill would prohibit a
construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, or
any other company, vendor, or business entity with a contract or
seeking a contract with the authority, or subcontractor of any of the
foregoing, or owner, employee, or any member of their immediate
families of any of these companies, firms, vendors, entities, or
subcontractors, from making any gift to a member, employee, or
consultant of the authority, or to any member of their immediate
families.  The bill would authorize the authority itself to
receive gifts, and to transfer those gifts as specified, with the
written approval of the Department of Finance. 
   This bill  , with certain exceptions,  would prohibit a
member, employee, or consultant of the authority from appearing
before the authority on behalf of, or in any way representing before
the authority, any individual or private or public entity for 3 years
after termination of the employment or contract relationship with
the authority.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 185025 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   185025.  (a) No member, employee, or consultant of the authority
shall be the recipient of any gift, as defined in Section 82028 of
the Government Code. No construction company, engineering firm,
consultant, legal firm, or any other company, vendor, or business
entity with a contract or seeking a contract with the authority, or
subcontractor of any of the foregoing, or owner, employee, or any
member of their immediate families of any of these companies, firms,
vendors, entities, or subcontractors, shall make any gift to a
member, employee, or consultant of the authority, or to any member of
their immediate families.  The authority itself may receive
gifts, subject to written approval of the    
Department of Finance. The authority may transfer the gifts it
receives to any person subject to this section only with the written
approval of the Department of Finance. 
   (b) A member, employee, or consultant of the authority shall not,
for compensation, appear before the authority on behalf of, or in any
way represent before the authority, any individual or private or
public entity for a period of three years after termination of the
person's relationship with the authority.  This prohibition shall
not apply to a state employee or officer, or an elected local
official, who appears before the authority in his or her official
capacity on behalf of the public entity that the employee, officer,
or official represents. 
   (c) The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the
Attorney General, district attorney, or city attorney with
jurisdiction, pursuant to the rules and penalties set forth in the
Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)
of the Government Code).