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                                                                  SB 1348
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          Date of Hearing:   June 30, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                  SB 1348 (Steinberg) - As Amended:  June 17, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                               
          TransportationVote:12-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill codifies the process by which the California  
          Transportation Commission (CTC) is to adopt guidelines.  The  
          process is to include review by the commission's legal counsel,  
          presentation of proposed guidelines at a commission meeting for  
          both oral and written comments, staff review of public comments,  
          including recommended modifications to guidelines, and  
          commission consideration, at a subsequent meeting, of the staff  
          review and oral public comments at that meeting prior to the  
          commission voting to adopt the guidelines.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Absorbable costs to the CTC, which indicates that the bill's  
          requirements are generally in line with current practice.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  The author contends that, on some occasions, the CTC's  
          adoption of guidelines has lacked transparency and has not  
          provided the public with ample opportunity to fully review and  
          comment proposed guidelines. This bill codifies a process for  
          CTC to follow when proposing and adopting guidelines.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081