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SB-437 Orange County Transportation Authority.(2011-2012)



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SB437:v98#DOCUMENT

Amended  IN  Senate  April 25, 2011

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2011–2012 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 437

Introduced  by  Senator Correa

February 16, 2011

An act to amend Section 130052 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 437, as amended, Correa. Orange County Transportation Authority.
Existing law establishes the Orange County Transportation Authority, which is composed of 18 members, including 10 members from the supervisorial districts of the county elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee, as specified.
This bill would, with regard to certain city members of the 10 members elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee, prohibit the city members from serving more than 2 consecutive terms on the authority, except as specified. The bill would also set forth the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require to increase the opportunity for representation cities to be represented on the authority to be provided to all cities of supervisorial districts in Orange County.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require increase the opportunity for representation cities to be represented on the Orange County Transportation Authority to be provided to all cities of supervisorial districts in Orange County, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 130052 of the Public Utilities Code..

SEC. 2.

 Section 130052 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

130052.
 The Orange County Transportation Commission shall be known as the Orange County Transportation Authority and shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 18 members appointed as follows:
(a) Five members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors appointed by that board. Terms of office of the five members of the board of supervisors shall be determined by the board of supervisors. A board of supervisors member’s term shall cease if he or she no longer serves as a member of the board of supervisors.
(b) (1) (A) Five city members, with one from each of the five supervisorial districts, elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee members within each supervisorial district on a population-weighted voting basis.
(B) Five city members, with one from each of the five supervisorial districts, elected on a “one city, one vote” basis by the Orange County City Selection Committee members within each supervisorial district. No city member elected under this subparagraph shall serve more than two consecutive terms unless no other potential city member desires to serve pursuant to this subparagraph.
(2) A city that is within more than one supervisorial district shall be considered part of the district where the highest percentage of the city’s population resides. Under this circumstance, the entire city’s population shall be used for population-weighted voting purposes. Each city member shall be a mayor or a city council member serving within the county. Terms of office of each city member shall be determined by the Orange County City Selection Committee. A city member’s term shall cease if he or she no longer serves as a member of a city council or as the mayor of a city.
(3) A city member serving on the authority on the effective date of the act amending this section in the 2003–04 Regular Session shall continue to serve until the earliest of either the expiration of his or her term or until he or she no longer serves as a mayor or member of a city council.
(c) Two public members appointed by a majority vote of the other 15 voting members of the authority. Each public member shall be a resident of Orange County who is not then serving, and has not within the last four years served, as an elected official of a city within the county, as an elected official of any agency or special district within Orange County, or as an elected official of the county. Each public member shall serve for a term of four years.
(d) The Director of Transportation, District 12, who shall be appointed by the Governor as a nonvoting member. The member shall serve for a term of four years.