AB 2382, as introduced, Lopez. High-Speed Rail Authority: membership.
Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to development and implementation of a high-speed rail system. The authority is comprised of 9 members, with 5 members appointed by the Governor and 4 members appointed by the Legislature.
This bill would require at least one member appointed by the Governor to be a person who works directly with communities in the state that are most significantly burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 185020 of the Public Utilities Code is
2amended to read:
(a) There is in the Transportation Agency a
4High-Speed Rail Authority.
P2 1(b) (1) The authority is composed of nine members as follows:
2(A) Five members appointed by the Governor.begin insert At least one
3memberend insertbegin insert appointed by the Governor shall be a person who works
4directly with communities in the state that are most significantly
5burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution, including,
6but not limited to, communities with diverse racial and ethnic
7populations and communities with low-income
populations.end insert
8(B) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
9(C) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
10(2) For the purposes of making appointments to the authority,
11the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of
12the Assembly shall take into consideration geographical diversity
13to ensure that all regions of the state are adequately represented.
14(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), and until their
15successors are appointed, members of the authority shall hold
16office for terms of four years. A vacancy shall be filled by the
17appointing power making the original appointment, by appointing
18a member to serve the remainder of the term.
19(d) (1) On and after January 1, 2001, the terms of all persons
20who are then members of the authority shall expire, but those
21members may continue to serve until they are reappointed or until
22their successors are appointed. In order to provide for evenly
23staggered terms, persons appointed or reappointed to the authority
24after January 1, 2001, shall be appointed to initial terms to expire
25as follows:
26(A) Of the five persons appointed by the Governor, one shall
27be appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2002, one
28shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2003,
29one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31,
302004, and two shall be appointed to terms which expires on
31December 31, 2005.
32(B) Of the two persons appointed by the Senate Committee on
33Rules, one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December
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31, 2002, and one shall be appointed to a term which expires on
35December 31, 2004.
36(C) Of the two persons appointed by the Speaker of the
37Assembly, one shall be appointed to a term which expires on
38December 31, 2003, and one shall be appointed to a term which
39expires on December 31, 2005.
P3 1(2) Following expiration of each of the initial terms provided
2for in this subdivision, the term shall expire every four years
3thereafter on December 31.
4(e) Members of the authority are subject to the Political Reform
5Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)).
6(f) From among its members, the authority shall elect a
7chairperson, who shall preside at all meetings of the authority, and
8a vice chairperson to preside in the absence of the chairperson.
9The
chairperson shall serve a term of one year.
10(g) Five members of the authority constitute a quorum for taking
11any action by the authority.
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