BILL NUMBER: SB 751	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 751, as introduced, Yee. Local planning: metropolitan planning
organizations.
   Existing law establishes various regional agencies for the purpose
of addressing planning issues, including transportation planning.
Certain of these agencies are designated, pursuant to federal law, as
metropolitan planning organizations, and are charged with specified
transportation planning duties.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to ensure transparency in connection with the functioning
of metropolitan planning organizations, including, but not limited
to, the individual voting records of their members.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to ensure transparency in connection with the functioning
of metropolitan planning organizations, including, but not limited
to, the individual voting records of their members.