BILL NUMBER: SB 626	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2015

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  peace  officer is needed, the
bill would  authorize   require  the board
to contract  for any additional law enforcement services
from   with  law enforcement agencies located
within the County of Marin or the County of  Sonoma.
  Sonoma for the additional law enforcement services of
one or more peace officers. 
   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.   (a)    The board is authorized to
establish the position of chief of police. The chief of police shall
be a duly sworn peace officer  who shall be  appointed by
the board and who  meets   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.  If 
    (b)     If  the board determines that
more than one  peace  officer is needed, the board 
may   shall  contract  for any additional
law enforcement services from   with  law
enforcement agencies located within the County of Marin or the County
of  Sonoma.   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.