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                                   THIRD READING 


          Bill No:  SB 1305
          Author:   Morrell (R), et al.
          Amended:  5/16/16  
          Vote:     21 

           SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE:  11-0, 4/19/16
           AYES:  Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,  
            McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:  Senate Rule 28.8

           SUBJECT:   San Bernardino County Transportation Authority


          SOURCE:    San Bernardino Associated Governments

          DIGEST:   This bill consolidates a number of local  
          transportation entities in San Bernardino County into the San  
          Bernardino County Transportation Authority.

          Senate Floor Amendments of 5/16/16 make technical changes to  
          avoid any statutory conflicts with AB 1919 (Quirk).

          ANALYSIS:  


          Existing law:
           
          1)Authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or  
            otherwise designate local agencies to carry out various  
            transportation-related functions, including a transportation  
            authority - which may impose a transportation sales tax  
            (subject to voter approval) - a service authority for freeway  








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            emergencies, and a transportation congestion management  
            agency, as specified.

          2)Establishes the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, which authorizes  
            the legislative or other governing bodies of two or more  
            public agencies to jointly exercise, by agreement, any power  
            common to the contracting parties, as specified.

          3)Establishes the County Transportation Commissions Act, which  
            provides for the creation of county transportation commissions  
            in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San  
            Bernardino, and Ventura, with various powers and duties  
            relative to transportation planning and funding, as specified.

          This bill: 

          1)Consolidates the San Bernardino County Transportation  
            Commission, County of San Bernardino local transportation  
            authority, service authority for freeway emergencies, and San  
            Bernardino Local Congestion Management Agency, and establishes  
            the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (Authority)  
            to serve as the successor agency for both the consolidated  
            agencies and the San Bernardino Associated Governments joint  
            powers authority. 

          2)Makes changes in various statutes to ensure the Authority  
            incorporates all roles, responsibilities, debts, obligations,  
            and functions of the abovementioned consolidated agencies.  

          Comments

          1)Purpose.  The author asserts, "The San Bernardino Associated  
            Governments (SANBAG) is comprised of five separate legal  
            entities, some of which have conflicting and duplicative  
            regulatory requirements.  In order to resolve conflicting  
            statutory and Joint Powers Authority requirements and remedy  
            overlapping responsibilities, SB 1305 consolidates four of  
            these entities into one entity to streamline  
            transportation-related functions administered by the SANBAG  
            Board of Directors."

          2)Previous consolidations.  The consolidation of various local  
            transportation agencies has occurred in the past.  Several  
            examples include SB 838 (Bergeson, Chapter 983, Statutes of  







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            1990), which consolidated several transportation entities in  
            Orange County, including the Orange County Transportation  
            Commission, into the Orange County Transportation Authority;  
            and in 2002, SB 1703 (Peace, Chapter 743, Statutes of 2002),  
            which consolidated a number of transportation agencies in San  
            Diego County under the San Diego Association of Governments.   
            This bill simply follows in the footsteps of other local  
            transportation agencies in consolidating multiple  
            transportation agencies into one entity to administer specific  
            transportation-related functions within its jurisdiction.  


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   Yes


          SUPPORT:  (Verified 5/16/16)


          San Bernardino Associated Governments (source)


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified 5/16/16)


          None received


          Prepared by:Manny Leon / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
          5/18/16 16:28:04


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