BILL NUMBER: AB 1830	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Bonnie Lowenthal   and Solorio   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2010

   An act to add Section 185036.1 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to high-speed rail.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1830, as amended, Galgiani. High-Speed Rail Authority.
   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified
powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of
an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the
Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st
Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for
high-speed rail development and other related purposes.
   This bill would require the authority to make every effort to
purchase high-speed train rolling stock and related equipment that
are manufactured in California  , consistent with federal and
state laws  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 185036.1 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   185036.1.  The authority shall make every effort to purchase
high-speed train rolling stock and related equipment that are
manufactured in California  , consistent with federal law and any
other applicable provision of state law  .