Amended in Assembly May 18, 2015

Amended in Assembly May 11, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1455

Introduced by Assembly Members Rodriguez and Gomez

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Medina)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members begin insert Travis  end insert begin insert Allen, Brough, end insert Brown, Burke, Chang, Chau, Daly, Roger Hernández, begin insert Lackey, end insert Linder, begin delete Mayes, end delete begin insert Mullin, end insert Melendez, Obernolte, begin delete and Steinorth) end delete begin insert Steinorth, and Waldron) end insert

(Coauthors: Senators Huff, Leyva, Morrell, and Stone)

February 27, 2015

An act to add Division 17.5 (commencing with Section 175000) to the Public Utilities Code, relating to airports.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1455, as amended, Rodriguez. Ontario International Airport.

The California Airport District Act provides for creation of airport districts having responsibility for the development of airports, spaceports, and air navigation facilities within or including the territories of one or more counties or cities.

This bill would authorize the City of Ontario to issue revenue bonds, for the purpose of financing the acquisition of the Ontario International Airport from the City of Los Angeles, that are secured solely by the revenues and charges at the Ontario International Airport. The bill would require a public agency that acquires the Ontario International Airport to comply with specified conditions relating to incumbent workers, except as provided.

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.  

Division 17.5 (commencing with Section 175000)
is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

 

Division 17.5.  ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 

175000.  

The City of Ontario may issue revenue bonds for the
purpose of financing the acquisition of the Ontario International
Airport from the City of Los Angeles. The revenue bonds shall be
secured solely by future revenues and charges from that airport.

175001.  

(a) For purposes of this division, the public agency
that acquires the Ontario International Airport from the City of
Los Angeles shall be referred to as the successor agency.

(b) The following conditions shall apply to the successor agency:

(1) The successor agency and successor contractors shall hire
or retain incumbent workers who have been employed for the
preceding twelve months or longer by Los Angeles World Airports
or contractors at the Ontario International Airport.

(2) Incumbent workers shall be retained for a period of at least
ninety (90) days unless there is cause to terminate their employment
earlier.

(3) Incumbent workers shall be employed under the terms and
conditions established by the successor agency and successor
contractors, or as required by law.

(4) The successor agency and successor contractors shall
maintain a preferential hiring list of incumbent workers begin insert who were end insert
not initially hired or retained.

(c) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) A successor contractor that is a small business that operates
with less than ten employees.

(2) Management positions.

(3) Specialized skill positions.