BILL NUMBER: AB 1097INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to add Section 13985 to the Government Code, relating to transit. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1097, as introduced, Skinner. Transit projects: domestic content. Existing law creates the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency with various departments of state government that report to the agency secretary. Existing law provides various sources of funding for transit projects. This bill would require the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to adopt, by regulation, a policy that specifically authorizes providing a preference on a transit project receiving funding from the Federal Transit Administration to a bidder that uses, for the project, a higher percentage of domestic contents in the materials, supplies, and equipment than otherwise required by federal law. The bill would require the secretary to consult with affected local and regional transportation agencies in that regard. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 13985 is added to the Government Code, to read: 13985. The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing shall adopt, by regulation, a policy that specifically authorizes providing a preference on a transit project receiving funding from the Federal Transit Administration to a bidder that uses, for the project, a higher percentage of domestic contents in the materials, supplies, and equipment than otherwise required by federal law. In formulating the policy, the secretary shall consult with affected local and regional transportation agencies.