Amended in Assembly March 24, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1941

Introduced by Assembly Member Holden

February 19, 2014

An act to amend Section 130051 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1941, as amended, Holden. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning, programming, and operations in Los Angeles County. The authority is governed by a 14-member board of directors, including the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, 2 public members and one Los Angeles city council member appointed by the mayor, 4 members appointed from the other cities in the county, the 5 members of the board of supervisors, and a nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.

This bill would begin delete expand end delete begin insert provide that end insert the board of directors begin delete to 16 members by adding members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules. end delete begin insert consists of an unspecified number of members, including an unspecified number of public members appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and an unspecified number of members appointed from other cities in the county. end insert

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By requiring

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begin insert To the extent the bill would require end insert the board membership to be expanded, the bill would begin delete thereby end delete impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 130051 of the Public Utilities Code is
amended to read:

130051.  

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority consists of begin delete 16 end delete begin insert ____ end insert members, as follows:

(a) Five members of the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors.

If the number of members of the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors is increased, the authority shall, within 60 days of the
increase, submit a plan to the Legislature for revising the
composition of the authority.

(b) The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.

(c)  begin delete Two end delete begin insert _____ end insert public members and one member of the City
Council of the City of Los Angeles appointed by the Mayor of the
City of Los Angeles.

(d)  begin delete Four end delete begin insert ____ end insert members, each of whom shall be a mayor or a
member of a city council, appointed by the Los Angeles County
City Selection Committee. For purposes of the selection of these
begin delete four end delete members, the County of Los Angeles, excluding the City of
Los Angeles, shall be divided into the following four sectors:

(1) The North County/San Fernando Valley sector.

(2) The Southwest Corridor sector.

(3) The San Gabriel Valley sector.

(4) The Southeast Long Beach sector.

The League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division,
shall define the sectors. Every city within a sector shall be entitled
to vote to nominate one or more candidates from that sector for
consideration for appointment by the Los Angeles County City
Selection Committee. A city’s vote shall be weighted in the same
proportion that its population bears to the total population of all
cities within the sector.

The members appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be
appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee
upon an affirmative vote of its members which represent a majority
of the population of all cities within the county, excluding the City
of Los Angeles.

The members selected by the city selection committee shall serve
four-year terms with no limitation on the number of terms that
may be served by any individual. The city selection committee
may shorten the initial four-year term for one or more of the
members for the purpose of ensuring that the members will serve
staggered terms.

(e) If the population of the City of Los Angeles, at any time,
becomes less than 35 percent of the combined population of all
cities in the county, the position of one of the begin delete two end delete public members
appointed pursuant to subdivision (c), as determined by the Mayor
of the City of Los Angeles by lot, shall be vacated, and the vacant
position shall be filled by appointment by the city selection
committee pursuant to subdivision (d) from a city not represented
by any other member appointed pursuant to subdivision (d).

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(f) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

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(g) One member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

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(h)

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begin insert (f) end insert  One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor.

SEC. 2.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.