BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 455
Author: Lowenthal (D)
Amended: 8/19/10
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-1, 4/21/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
NOES: Hollingsworth
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-4, 5/26/09
AYES: Kehoe, Corbett, Denham, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Leno,
Oropeza, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Cox, Runner, Walters, Wyland
SENATE FLOOR : 32-5, 6/2/09
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Benoit, Calderon,
Cedillo, Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Denham, DeSaulnier,
Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Harman, Kehoe, Leno, Liu,
Lowenthal, Maldonado, Oropeza, Padilla, Pavley, Romero,
Runner, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Wiggins, Wolk,
Wright, Yee
NOES: Cox, Dutton, Hollingsworth, Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Huff, Negrete McLeod, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 72-5, 8/30/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : High-speed rail
SOURCE : Author
CONTINUED
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DIGEST : This bill requires the five gubernatorial
appointees to the High-Speed Rail Authority be confirmed by
the Senate.
Assembly Amendments strike existing provisions of this bill
with the exception of the provision requiring Senate
confirmation of the Governor's appointees to the California
High-Speed Rail Authority.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Creates the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) with a nine
member governing board, including five members appointed
by the Governor, two members appointed by the Senate
Rules Committee, and two members appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly.
2. Authorizes the HSRA to develop a high-speed rail system
extending from San Diego to Sacramento with Phase I
being between Anaheim-Los Angeles Union
Station-Bakersfield-Fresno-San Jose-San Francisco
Transbay Terminal. Proposition 1A, the Safe, Reliable
High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st
Century, approved by the voters in November 2008,
provides up to $9 billion for the development of the
high-speed rail system.
3. Requires the approval of the Department of General
Services (DGS) before a state agency may acquire, or
dispose, of real property but exempts real property
obtained for highway purposes by the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans).
4. Assigns various authorities to the Department of Finance
(DOF), to DGS, and to the State Public Works Board
(SPWB) related to the acquisition of property and the
development of infrastructure projects, but exempts
Caltrans and other large state agencies from these
authorities.
5. Requires DGS to inventory state-owned property, other
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than property owned by Caltrans.
6. Requires the approval of DOF and SPWB before a state
agency may expend funds from an appropriation for
capital outlay purposes, but exempts Caltrans, the
University of California, the California State
University, and the community colleges from this
provision.
This bill requires the five gubernatorial appointees to the
HSRA be confirmed by the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,
Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande, V.
Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Gaines, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Miller, Vacancy, Vacancy
JJA:mw 8/31/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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