BILL NUMBER: AB 1097	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 13985 to the Government Code, relating to
transit.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1097, as amended, Skinner. Transit projects: domestic content.
   Existing law creates the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency with various departments of state government that report to
the agency secretary. Existing law provides various sources of
funding for transit projects.
   This bill would require the Secretary of Business, Transportation
and Housing to  adopt, by regulation, a policy that
specifically authorizes providing a preference on a transit project
receiving funding from the Federal Transit Administration to a bidder
that uses, for the project, a higher percentage of domestic contents
in the materials, supplies, and equipment than otherwise required by
federal law. The bill would require the secretary to consult with
affected local and regional transportation agencies in that regard.
  specifically   authorize a state or local
agency receiving state funds for transit purposes to provide a
bidding preference to a bidder if the bidder meets or exceeds Buy
America requirements applicable to federally funded transit projects.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13985 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   13985.  The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing
 shall adopt, by regulation, a policy that specifically
authorizes providing a preference on a transit project receiving
funding from the Federal Transit Administration to a bidder that
uses, for the project, a higher percentage of domestic contents in
the materials, supplies, and equipment than otherwise required by
federal law. In formulating the policy, the secretary shall consult
with affected local and regional transportation agencies. 
 shall authorize a state or local agency receiving state funds
for transit purposes to provide a bidding preference to a bidder if
the   bidder meets or exceeds Buy America requirements
applicable to federally funded transit projects.