BILL NUMBER: AB 2433	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  305
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 66540.12 of the Government Code, relating
to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation
Authority.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2433, Hill. San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency
Transportation Authority: terms of board members.
   Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Water
Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) with specified powers and
duties, including, but not limited to, the authority to coordinate
the emergency activities of all water transportation and related
facilities within the bay area region, as defined.
   Existing law provides for a board of directors who serve 6-year
terms, 3 members of which are appointed by the Governor and one each
by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly.
   This bill would change the terms of directors appointed by the
Governor and the Legislature, with respect to the appointments next
following the expiration of the initial terms, to between 2 and 6
years, as specified, in order to stagger the expiration dates.
Directors appointed to the board thereafter would serve 6-year terms.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66540.12 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   66540.12.  (a) The authority shall be governed by a board composed
of five members, as follows:
   (1) Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to
confirmation by the Senate. The Governor shall make the initial
appointment of these members of the board no later than January 11,
2008.
   (2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules.
   (3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (b) Each member of the board shall be a resident of a county in
the bay area region.
   (c) Public officers associated with an area of government,
including planning or water, whether elected or appointed, may be
appointed to serve contemporaneously as members of the board. A
public agency shall not have more than one representative on the
board of the authority.
   (d) The Governor shall designate one member as the chairperson of
the board and one member as the vice chairperson of the board.
   (e) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the term of a member of
the board shall be six years.
   (f) (1) The appointments next following the expiration of the
terms of the initial appointments shall be for the following terms:
   (A) Two of the members appointed by the Governor shall serve terms
of two years and one shall serve a term of six years.
   (B) The member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules shall
serve a term of four years.
   (C) The member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly shall
serve a term of four years.
   (2) Each member appointed after the expiration of the terms set
forth in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) shall
serve a term of six years.
   (g) Vacancies shall be filled immediately by the appointing power
for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.