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AB-1240 Riverside County Transportation Commission: design-build contracts.(2007-2008)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1240

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Benoit

February 23, 2007

An act to add and repeal Section 130232.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1240, as introduced, Benoit. Riverside County Transportation Commission: design-build contracts.
Existing law establishes various regional transportation commissions, including, but not limited to, the Riverside County Transportation Commission. Existing law requires a commission to, among other things, award a contract for the purchase of all supplies and the construction of all facilities and works to the lowest responsible bidder when the expenditure exceeds $25,000.
Existing law, until January 1, 2011, authorizes transit operators, as defined, to enter into design-build contracts, as defined, according to specified procedures.
This bill would authorize the Riverside County Transportation Commission to enter into those design-build contracts for the purpose of constructing commuter rail lines and would designate that commission as a transit operator for those purposes. This bill would make these provisions inoperative and repealed on January 1, 2011.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 130232.1 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

130232.1.
 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Riverside County Transportation Commission may enter into design-build contracts, in accordance with Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 20209.5) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, for the purpose of constructing commuter rail lines. For purposes of entering into those contracts, the commission is a “transit operator” within the meaning of Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 20209.5) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. In addition to the design-build procurement method, the commission may utilize any other procurement method authorized by the Federal Transit Administration.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends that date.