BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1058
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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Airport Authority Act which are now outdated and obsolete.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.
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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