BILL NUMBER: SB 481	CHAPTERED  09/27/99

	CHAPTER   515
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 26, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 16, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 12, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Baca
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Leonard, Longville, and Soto)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 1999

   An act to add and repeal Section 15330.05 of the Government Code,
relating to commerce.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 481, Baca.  Commerce:  Inland Empire Distribution Center.
   Existing law requires the Trade and Commerce Agency to be the
principal state agency responsible for, among other things,
coordinating federal, state, and local relationships in economic
development.
   This bill would require the agency, in consultation with the Ports
of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the Southern California Association
of Governments, the San Bernardino Associated Governments, the
Federal Maritime Administration, and representatives from the
railroad industry, the private sector, colleges and universities, and
other interested parties, as specified, to study the efficiency and
economic benefits of establishing an Inland Empire Distribution
Center, as compared to the distribution system that is currently in
existence in the Inland Empire, and quantify any efficiencies and
economic benefits that would result from establishing that new
distribution center.
   The bill would require the agency to prepare and submit to the
Legislature, not later than July 1, 2001, a report detailing the
findings made under the study.
   The bill would authorize the agency to promulgate a request for
proposals for completion of the study and report by one or more
entities that are experts in the area and submit the resulting report
in satisfaction of the specified reporting requirement.  The bill
would require the request for proposals to require any entity awarded
the grant to provide funds to match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis,
the amount provided under the grant.
   The bill would repeal the above provisions on January 1, 2002.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 15330.05 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   15330.05.  (a) The agency, in consultation with the Ports of Long
Beach and Los Angeles, the Southern California Association of
Governments, the San Bernardino Associated Governments, the Federal
Maritime Administration, and representatives from the railroad
industry, the private sector, colleges and universities, and other
interested parties, including, but not limited to, agencies and
organizations from San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles
Counties, shall study the efficiency and economic benefits of
establishing an Inland Empire Distribution Center, as compared to the
distribution system that is currently in existence in the Inland
Empire, and quantify any efficiencies and economic benefits that
would result from establishing that new distribution center.  The
study may include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the
need for increasing capacity through grade separations, highway and
road improvements, and other improvements.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, the
agency shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, not later than
July 1, 2001, a report detailing the findings made under the study
required under subdivision (a).
   (c) The agency may promulgate a request for proposals for
completion of the study and report required under subdivisions (a)
and (b) by one or more entities that are experts in the area and
submit the resulting report in satisfaction of the requirement
imposed under subdivision (b).  The request for proposals shall
require any entity awarded the grant to provide funds to match, on a
dollar-for-dollar basis, the amount provided under the grant.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2002, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted on or before January 1, 2002, deletes or
extends that date.