BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1058 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 8, 2013 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Mike Gatto, Chair AB 1058 (Chávez) - As Amended: March 21, 2013 Policy Committee: Local GovernmentVote:9-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: Yes Reimbursable: SUMMARY This bill changes the laws governing the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. 1)Clarifies the number of directors and changes the procedure for selecting the members from the different regional jurisdictions making up the authority. 2)Alters meeting procedures and requires all meetings to be subject to the Brown Act. 3)Makes a number of additional updating, technical, clarifying and conforming changes. FISCAL EFFECT Negligible fiscal impact. COMMENTS 1)Purpose . According to the author, since the establishment of the Airport Authority, the legislation that created the organization, commonly known as the 'Airport Authority Act,' has only been amended to resolve specific policy issues. The author says legislation making all of the identified technical corrections and related changes has not yet been considered. The author states AB 1058 would serve as a clean-up bill, making all of the necessary changes to the act that have been identified by counsel and eliminating several sections of the Airport Authority Act which are now outdated and obsolete. This bill is sponsored by the Authority. AB 1058 Page 2 2)Background . The Legislature created the Authority by approving AB 93 (Wayne), Chapter 946, Statutes of 2001, shifting powers from the Port and the San Diego Association of Governments to create the new Authority for three specific purposes: a) To operate San Diego International Airport. b) To direct a comprehensive study of potential airport sites to serve the San Diego region into the future and to place on the ballot a proposed site no later than November 2006. c) To serve as the Airport Land Use Commission for the 16 civilian and military airports within San Diego County. The Legislature restructured the Authority with passage of SB 10 (Kehoe), Chapter 287, Statutes of 2007, to provide direct accountability, save taxpayer money, improve the Authority's ability to operate the airport and enhance transportation planning in the region by directly linking air and ground transportation planning. 3)There is no registered opposition to this bill. Analysis Prepared by : Roger Dunstan / APPR. / (916) 319-2081