Amended in Senate June 30, 2015

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 Travis Allen, Brough, Brown, Burke, Chang, Chau, begin insert Chávez, end insert Daly, begin insert Eduardo Garcia, end insert begin insert Gatto, end insert Roger Hernández, begin insert Kim, end insert Lackey, Linder, begin delete Mullin, end delete Melendez, begin insert Mullin, end insert Obernolte, begin insert Rendon, Santiago, end insert Steinorth, and Waldron)

(Coauthors: Senators begin insert Bates, end insert Huff, Leyva, Morrell, begin insert Nielsen, end insert 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 begin delete twelve end delete begin insert 12 end insert 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 begin delete ninety (90) end delete begin insert 90 end insert 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 who were
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 begin delete less end delete begin insert fewer end insert than begin delete ten end delete begin insert 10 end insert employees.

(2) Management positions.

(3) Specialized skill positions.