AB 2762, as introduced, Baker. High-Speed Rail Authority.
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 appointed by the Governor and the Legislature.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. 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.
5(b) (1) The authority is composed of nine members as follows:
6(A) Five members appointed by the Governor.
7(B) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
8(C) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
9(2) For the purposes of making appointments to the authority,
10the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of
P2 1the Assembly shall take into consideration geographical diversity
2to
ensure that all regions of the state are adequately represented.
3(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), and until their
4successors are appointed, members of the authority shall hold
5office for terms of four years. A vacancy shall be filled by the
6appointing power making the original appointment, by appointing
7a member to serve the remainder of the term.
8(d) (1) On and after January 1, 2001, the terms of all persons
9who are then members of the authority shall expire, but those
10members may continue to serve until they are reappointed or until
11their successors are appointed. In order to provide for evenly
12staggered terms, persons appointed or reappointed to the authority
13after January 1, 2001, shall be appointed to initial terms to expire
14as follows:
15(A) Of the five persons appointed by the
Governor, one shall
16be appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2002, one
17shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31, 2003,
18one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December 31,
192004, and two shall be appointed to terms which expires on
20December 31, 2005.
21(B) Of the two persons appointed by the Senate Committee on
22Rules, one shall be appointed to a term which expires on December
2331, 2002, and one shall be appointed to a term which expires on
24December 31, 2004.
25(C) Of the two persons appointed by the Speaker of the
26Assembly, one shall be appointed to a term which expires on
27December 31, 2003, and one shall be appointed to a term which
28expires on December 31, 2005.
29(2) Following expiration of each of the initial terms provided
30for in this subdivision, the term shall expire every four
years
31thereafter on December 31.
32(e) Members of the authority are subject to the Political Reform
33Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Sectionbegin delete 81000)).end deletebegin insert 81000)
34of the Government Code).end insert
35(f) From among its members, the authority shall elect a
36chairperson, who shall preside at all meetings of the authority, and
37a vice chairperson to preside in the absence of the chairperson.
38The chairperson shall serve a term of one year.
P3 1(g) Five members of the authority constitute a quorum for taking
2any action by the authority.
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