AB 2015 — Sacramento Regional Transit District: board of directors: voting procedures: contracting authority: retirement board.

Summary

Existing law authorizes the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law vests the government of the district in a board of directors, and provides for the appointment of the 7 members of the initial board of directors by the governing boards of the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento, as specified. Existing law prescribes procedures for increasing the number of members of the board of directors, including authorizing each member entity to make one appointment to the board. Existing law requires the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the board for each official act of the board. This bill would specify that only a member entity that is annexed after the initial formation of the district, as provided, is authorized to make an appointment to the board in addition to those appointments of the City and County of Sacramento governing boards. The bill would explicitly exempt from the rule that a majority vote suffices for an official act of the board those acts for which a higher vote threshold is required by law. Existing law authorizes a city or county that is not annexed to the district to become a participating entity, as provided, and establishes that execution of a participating entity agreement by the district and the City of Elk Grove serves as a complete defense in specified proceedings. This bill would repeal the provision establishing the City of Elk Grove participating entity agreement as a complete defense in those proceedings. Existing law requires the district to award contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of $100,000 to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding, or to the responsible bidder that provides the best value, as provided, except when an emergency is declared by the board, as specified. Existing law requires the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, as provided, that permit prices and terms to be compared, whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds $3,000 but does not exceed $100,000. This bill would increase to $125,000 the monetary threshold for contracts above which the board must award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, or to the responsible bidder that provides the best value, as provided. The bill would also require the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, as provided, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds $3,000 but does not exceed $125,000. By imposing new duties on the district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes the district to provide for a retirement system and requires that any retirement system covering those employees of the district represented by a labor organization be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, as provided. This bill would, if the district chooses to establish a retirement board for the retirement system, authorize board members and district employees to serve on the retirement board. Existing law prescribes requirements the district must comply with before establishing any transit service or system that may substantially divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any privately owned transit or intercity route existing before June 1, 1971, as provided. Existing law prescribes other requirements for the district in purchasing existing systems, as provided. This bill would repeal those requirements. 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 the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 08/26/22 - Chaptered Current pdf August 26, 2022
• Enrolled 08/09/22 - Enrolled pdf August 09, 2022
• Amended 03/21/22 - Amended Assembly pdf March 21, 2022
• Introduced 02/14/22 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2022
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Action History

1. August 26, 2022

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2022.

2. August 26, 2022

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 16, 2022

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

4. August 08, 2022

   In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

5. August 08, 2022

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4681.).

6. August 02, 2022

   Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

7. August 01, 2022

   From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

8. June 29, 2022

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

9. June 15, 2022

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

10. May 25, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L., P.E. & R.

11. May 12, 2022

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

12. May 12, 2022

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.)

13. May 05, 2022

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

14. May 04, 2022

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4).

15. April 20, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

16. April 06, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

17. March 22, 2022

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

18. March 21, 2022

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

19. February 24, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and P.E. & R.

20. February 15, 2022

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

21. February 14, 2022

    Read first time. To print.

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• Cooley · Primary

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