BILL NUMBER: SB 254	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leyva

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to amend Section 30275 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transit districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 254, as introduced, Leyva. Transit districts: ordinances.
   Existing law provides for the creation of the Southern California
Rapid Transit District in and around the County of Los Angeles, with
specified powers and duties relative to providing public transit
service. Existing law requires an ordinance passed by the board of
directors of the district to be published once within 15 days after
passage in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published
in the district.
   This bill would authorize the district to print and publish an
ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation more than once within
15 days after passage. The bill would require the district to also
make an ordinance available online on appropriate Internet Web sites
within 15 days after passage. By requiring a local agency to perform
an additional duty, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30275 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   30275.   All ordinances   An ordinance 
shall be signed by the president or the vice president of the board
and attested by the secretary.  All ordinances  
An ordinance  shall be published  at least  once
within 15 days after passage in a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in the district  and shall also be made
available online on appropriate Internet Web sites within 15 days
after passage  .
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.