BILL NUMBER: SB 1208INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Bates FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to amend Section 14521 of the Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1208, as introduced, Bates. California Transportation Commission. Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with specified powers and duties relative to programming of transportation capital improvement projects and other related matters. Existing law authorizes the commission to request and review reports of the Department of Transportation and other entities pertaining to transportation issues and concerns that the commission determines need special study. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision. 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 14521 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14521. The commission may request and review reports of the department and of other entitieswhich pertainpertaining to transportation issues and concerns that the commission determines need special study.