BILL NUMBER: SB 1149	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to repeal Section 66508 of the Government Code, relating to
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1149, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.
   Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a
local transportation planning agency.
   Existing law requires that the commission adopt, by June 30, 1973,
a regional transportation plan for the region, as defined, and
authorizes, prior to adoption of the regional transportation plan,
the operation, construction, or modification of transportation
systems without the commission's approval.
   This bill would delete these obsolete provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66508 of the Government Code is repealed.

   66508.  The commission shall adopt, by June 30, 1973, a regional
transportation plan for the region. Prior to the adoption of such a
plan, the operation, construction, and modification of those
transportation systems under the purview of the commission may be
undertaken without the approval of the commission.