BILL NUMBER: AB 102	CHAPTERED  07/21/00

	CHAPTER   145
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 21, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 16, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 25, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Wildman and Hertzberg

                        DECEMBER 21, 1998

   An act to amend Section 30630.5 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to public utilities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 102, Wildman.  Southern California Rapid Transit District:
charter service.
   Existing law authorizes the Southern California Rapid Transit
District to operate charter bus service, subject to certain
limitations.
   This bill would authorize the district to provide charter service
for a national political convention to be held in Los Angeles in
August 2000, to the extent that private charter-party carriers are
not capable of providing that service, as defined.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 30630.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   30630.5.  The district may operate charter bus service, subject to
all of the following limitations:
   (a) No bus equipment  that is designed solely for charter service
shall be purchased.  A bus equipped with a toilet or underfloor
baggage compartment shall be deemed to be bus equipment  that is
designed solely for charter service.
   (b) Except as provided in  subdivisions (d) and (e), the board
shall hold a public hearing prior to adopting a charter rate schedule
or any amendment thereto.  Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to
each charter-party carrier operating within the district at least 30
days prior to the date of the hearing.  The notice shall include the
proposed charter rate schedule.  At the close of the public hearing,
the board may adopt charter rate schedules, which shall not be less
than the average for the three largest private  charter-party
carriers operating similar service in the district.
   (c) Charter service operations by the district shall originate and
terminate within the area served by the district, unless a private
charter-party carrier requests the district to provide service beyond
that area.
   (d) The district may establish a schedule of rates for charter bus
services that are incidental to the holding of the Olympic Games in
Los Angeles.  The rates for charter-party bus services established
under this subdivision shall be sufficient to pay all fully allocated
costs related to those charter bus services and shall contribute
financially to the reduction of deficits incurred by the district in
the operation of scheduled route services.  The rates shall be at
least equal to the average of the lowest rates charged by the three
largest private  charter-party carriers operating similar service in
Los Angeles County.  The schedule of rates shall be effective from
May 1, 1984, to September 30, 1984, inclusive.
   (e) The district may provide charter service for a national
political convention to be held in Los Angeles in August 2000, to the
extent that private charter-party carriers are not capable of
providing that service.  As used in this subdivision, the phrase "not
capable of providing that service" includes, but is not limited to,
the inability to meet requirements including, but not limited to,
requirements with regard to unique equipment, fuel type, number of
doors, accommodations for standing passengers, handicap
accessibility, or the nature of the service.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to allow the Southern California Rapid Transit District
to provide charter bus service for the 2000 Democratic National
Convention, to be held in Los Angeles in August 2000, it is necessary
that this act take immediate effect.