California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2690


Introduced by Assembly Member Mullin

(Principal coauthor: Senator Hill)

February 21, 2014


An act to amend Section 66509 of the Government Code, relating to transportation planning.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2690, as introduced, Mullin. Regional transportation plan.

Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as the transportation planning agency for the 9-county Bay Area, with various transportation planning and programming responsibilities. Existing law requires each transportation planning agency to develop and adopt a regional transportation plan. Existing law requires the commission, when developing the regional transportation plan for the Bay Area region, to consider various matters as well as the plans of other agencies.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 66509 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:

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66509.  

In developing the regional transportation plan, the
4commission shall consider:

P2    1(a) The plan recommended by the Bay Area Transportation
2Study Commission, withbegin delete suchend delete modificationsbegin insert asend insert recommended by
3the Regional Transportation Planning Committee.

4(b) The ecological, economic, and social impact of existing and
5future regional transportation systems upon various facets of the
6region, including, but not limited to, housing, employment,
7recreation,begin delete environmentend deletebegin insert environmental qualityend insert, land-use policies,
8and the economically disadvantaged.

9(c) The regional plans prepared and adopted by organizations
10concerned with policies and programs designed to meet the near-
11and long-term planning needs of the region. begin deleteSuch end deletebegin insertThat end insert
12consideration by the commission shall include, but not be limited
13to, plans prepared and adopted by the Association of Bay Area
14Governments, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
15Development Commission, and thebegin delete Stateend deletebegin insert stateend insert Office of Planning
16begin insert and Researchend insert.



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