California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 935

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Section 66540.12 of the Government Code, relating to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 935, as introduced, Frazier. San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority: terms of board members.

Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) with specified powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the authority to coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, as defined.

Existing law provides for a board of directors, 3 members of which are appointed by the Governor and one each by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly. Directors serve 6-year terms.

This bill would expand the number of members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to 2 members each. The bill would require that the initial terms of the additional members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly pursuant to its provisions shall be 2 years and 6 years, respectively. The bill would also require that one of the members appointed by the Governor be selected from a list of 3 nominees provided by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and one from a list of 3 nominees provided by the San Mateo County Transportation Authority.

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 66540.12 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

66540.12.  

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board
composed of begin delete five end delete begin insert seven end insert members, as follows:

(1) Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject
to confirmation by the Senate. The Governor shall make the initial
appointment of these members of the board no later than January
11, 2008.

begin insert

(A) One member appointed by the Governor shall be a resident
of the County of Contra Costa and shall be selected from a list of
three nominees provided by the Contra Costa Transportation
Authority.

end insert begin insert

(B) One member appointed by the Governor shall be a resident
of the County of San Mateo and shall be selected from a list of
three nominees provided by the San Mateo County Transportation
Authority.

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(2)  begin delete One member end delete begin insert Two members end insert shall be appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules.

(3)  begin delete One member end delete begin insert Two members end insert shall be appointed by the Speaker
of the Assembly.

(b) Each member of the board shall be a resident of a county in
the bay area region.

(c) Public officers associated with an area of government,
including planning or water, whether elected or appointed, may
be appointed to serve contemporaneously as members of the board.
A public agency shall not have more than one representative on
the board of the authority.

(d) The Governor shall designate one member as the chairperson
of the board and one member as the vice chairperson of the board.

(e) Except as provided in begin delete subdivision (f) end delete begin insert subdivisions (f) and
(g) end insert , the term of a member of the board shall be six years.

(f) (1) The appointments next following the expiration of the
terms of the initial appointments shall be for the following terms:

(A) Two of the members appointed by the Governor shall serve
terms of two years and one shall serve a term of six years.

(B) The member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules
shall serve a term of four years.

(C) The member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly
shall serve a term of four years.

(2) Each member appointed after the expiration of the terms set
forth in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) shall
serve a term of six years.

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(g) The initial terms for additional appointees of the Senate
Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly added to the
authority pursuant to the act that added this subdivision shall be
the following:

end insert begin insert

(1) The additional member appointed by the Senate Committee
on Rules shall serve a term of two years.

end insert begin insert

(2) The additional member appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly shall serve a term of six years.

end insert begin delete

(g)

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begin insert (h) end insert  Vacancies shall be filled immediately by the appointing
power for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.