BILL NUMBER: AB 1830	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones
   (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, Jones. 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. The federal
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides
funding for allocation nationally to high-speed rail projects.
   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.  The bill would establish a bidding preference of 5%
for rolling stock and related equipment manufactured in California.

   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.  (a) The authority shall make every effort  ,
pursuant to subdivision (b),  to purchase high-speed train
rolling stock and related equipment that are manufactured in
California, as defined in subdivision  (c)   (b)
 , consistent with federal law and any other applicable
provision of state law. 
   (b) The authority shall provide a preference for rolling stock and
related equipment manufactured in California. The preference shall
be 5 percent of the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications.
The preference shall be provided to the extent consistent with
federal law and any other applicable provision of state law.
 
   (c) 
    (b)  For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings:
   (1) "Manufactured in California" means that the rolling stock and
related equipment are manufactured in whole or in substantial part
within California or that the majority of the component parts of the
rolling stock and related equipment were manufactured in whole or in
substantial part in California.
   (2) "Manufactured" means an activity of converting or conditioning
property by changing the form, composition, quality, or character of
the property for ultimate sale at retail or use in the manufacturing
of a product to be ultimately sold at retail.