California Senate Bill SB1472 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1472AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 1, 2016 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 11, 2016 INTRODUCED BY  Senator   Mendoza   Senators   Mendoza   and Lara  FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 130051 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1472, as amended, Mendoza. 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 the County of Los Angeles. 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 one nonvoting member appointed by the Governor. This bill would expand the board of directors to  16   22  members by adding 2 members that reside in the County of Los Angeles, one member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one member appointed by the Senate Committee on  Rules   Rules, selected from a list of candidates submitted by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee,  and would prohibit these members from residing in the same city as another member of the authority, as specified.  The bill would instead provide for the appointment of 8 members from the other c   ities in the county, 2 from each sector, as prescribed. The bill would also add as members of the board of directors the Mayor of the City of Long Beach and one additional public member.  By requiring the board membership to be expanded, the bill would thereby 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  16   22  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)  Two   Three  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) The Mayor of the City of Long Beach.   (d) Four   (e)     Eight  members,  two from each sector,  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  four   eight  members, the County of Los Angeles, excluding the City of  Los Angeles,   Los Angeles and the City of Long Beach,  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.   Los Angeles and the City of Long Beach.  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)   (f)  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  two   three  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)   (e)  from a city not represented by any other member appointed pursuant to subdivision  (d).   (e).   (f)   (g)  Two members that reside in the County of Los Angeles, one member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. At the time a member is appointed pursuant to this subdivision, the member shall not reside in the same city as another member of the authority.  These members shall be selected from a list submitted by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee that contains two or more candidates from each sector. The Los Angeles County City Selection Committee shall submit lists of candidates to the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly until the appointments are made.   (g)   (h)  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.