Amended in Assembly August 20, 2015

Amended in Senate April 16, 2015

Senate Bill No. 626

Introduced by Senator McGuire

(Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)

February 27, 2015

An act to add Section 105033 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transit districts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 626, as amended, McGuire. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District: police force.

Existing law creates the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, governed by a 12-member board of directors. Existing law requires the district to work with specified authorities to achieve a safe, efficient, and compatible system of passenger and freight rail service and authorizes the district to own, operate, manage, and maintain a passenger rail system within the territory of the district. Existing law requires the board to appoint a general manager for the district and authorizes the general manager to, among other things, appoint, supervise, suspend, or remove district officers, other than members of the board and officers appointed by the board.

This bill would authorize the board to establish the position of chief of police, subject to specified requirements. If the board determines that more than one begin insert peace end insert officer is needed, the bill would begin delete authorize end delete begin insert require end insert the board to contract begin delete for any additional law enforcement services from end delete begin insert with end insert law enforcement agencies located within the County of Marin or the County of begin delete Sonoma. end delete begin insert Sonoma for the additional law enforcement services of one or more peace officers. end insert

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.  

Section 105033 is added to the Public Utilities
Code, to read:

105033.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The board is authorized to establish the position
of chief of police. The chief of police shall be a duly sworn peace
officer begin insert who shall be end insert appointed by the board and who begin delete meets end delete begin insert shall
meet end insert the current requirements of the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with
Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code. begin delete If end delete

begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert If end insert the board determines that more than one begin insert peace end insert officer is
needed, the board begin delete may end delete begin insert shall end insert contract begin delete for any additional law
enforcement services from end delete begin insert with end insert law enforcement agencies located
within the County of Marin or the County of begin delete Sonoma. end delete begin insert Sonoma for
the additional law enforcement services of one or more duly sworn
peace officers who shall meet the current requirements of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant
to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal
Code. end insert