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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 906
Author: Cooper (D)
Amended: 7/16/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 10-1, 7/14/15
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Galgiani, Leyva, McGuire,
Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
NOES: Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 57-17, 6/2/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Sacramento Regional Transit District
SOURCE: City of Elk Grove
DIGEST: This bill deletes the reference in existing law to how
the City of Elk Grove's proportionate share of the costs to
operate a regional transit service is determined.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the Sacramento Regional Transit District
(Sacramento RT) to operate a single unified public
transportation system in the Sacramento region in order to
meet the present and future public transportation, and mass
and rapid transit, needs of the region.
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2)Defines member entities of the Sacramento RT as cities or
counties that are annexed to the district.
3)Defines participating entities of the Sacramento RT as cities
or counties that are not annexed to the district, but that
enter into an agreement with Sacramento RT that includes
appointing a member to the board of directors.
4)Authorizes a participating entity to appoint at least one
member to the Sacramento RT board of directors if it enters
into an agreement providing for the following:
a) The participating entity agrees to pay its proportionate
share of costs to provide rail or other districtwide
transit services.
b) Sacramento RT agrees to maintain a specified level of
service.
c) Sacramento RT is not obligated to provide transit
services to any particular location or along any particular
route.
1)Specifies that the City of Elk Grove's proportionate share is
to be determined in the manner provided by an agreement
between the city and Sacramento RT dated March 17, 2004.
This bill deletes the reference in existing law to how the City
of Elk Grove's proportionate share of the costs to operate a
regional transit service is determined.
Comments
Purpose. According to the author, Elk Grove's proportionate
share payment is based on outdated state law and does not take
into account fiscal contributions from Elk Grove residents
through Measure A, a countywide sales tax measure that provides
roughly $35 million per year for transit service throughout the
county. The author suggests that existing law makes Elk Grove
pay twice for a seat on the Sacramento RT board and that no
other city in the region pays twice for its regional transit
use. This bill seeks to remedy this problem.
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Compromise. This bill initially faced opposition from
Sacramento RT for a number of reasons. This bill, however, was
amended to strike a compromise between Sacramento RT and the
City of Elk Grove. Existing law specifies how Elk Grove's
proportionate share is to be determined, and bases it on an
agreement from 2004. At the time, Elk Grove was much smaller
and Sacramento RT provided all transit service to the city.
Today, Elk Grove is the second largest city in the county and
operates its own transit system. In fact, after September 2015,
Sacramento RT will not operate any service to or in Elk Grove.
This bill strikes a balance and deletes the reference in
existing law to how Elk Grove's proportionate share is
determined and instead allows them to negotiate their
contribution to the Sacramento RT the same way the other
participating entities do. With these amendments, Sacramento RT
removed their opposition to the bill.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/11/15)
City of Elk Grove (source)
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/11/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 57-17, 6/2/15
AYES: Alejo, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia,
Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray, Hadley, Roger Hernández,
Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin,
Nazarian, O'Donnell, Olsen, Perea, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Thurmond, Weber, Wilk,
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Williams, Wood, Atkins
NOES: Achadjian, Travis Allen, Bigelow, Brough, Cooley, Beth
Gaines, Gallagher, Gatto, Gordon, Harper, Jones, McCarty,
Obernolte, Patterson, Mark Stone, Ting, Wagner
NO VOTE RECORDED: Chang, Chávez, Grove, Melendez, Quirk,
Waldron
Prepared by:Alison Dinmore & Eric Thronson / T. & H. / (916)
651-4121
8/13/15 13:10:12
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