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SB 915 Senate Bill - AMENDED Page I of 6 BILL NUMBER: SB 915 AMENDED � ✓ - 3 BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 21, 2003 INTRODUCED BY Senators Perata, Burton, and Torlakson (Coauthors: Assembly Members Leno, Mullin, and Wiggins) FEBRUARY 21, 2003 An act to amend Sections 66540.14, 66540.16, 66540.20, 66540.22, 66540.40, and 66540.72 of, to add Section 66540.29 to, and to repeal Section 66540.23 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 915, as amended, Perata. San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority. Existing law creates the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority with specified powers and duties relative to the development of a plan for implementation and operation of a water transit system on San Francisco Bay. Existing law provides that the authority may not operate a water transit system until the plan has been statutorily approved by the Legislature. Existing law also provides that the authority shall be funded from appropriations in the annual Budget Act and imposes restrictions on the regional transportation funds that the authority may apply for to fund operation of the water transit system. This bill would delete the requirement F es .. that the authority's plan be statutorily approved prior to commencement of operation of the water transit system. The bill would delete the requirement to fund the authority through the annual Budget Act and would reouire that the authority be funded from -p-Q increases in bridge tolls as proposed by SB 916 The bill would revise other provisions relating to safety of vessel operations and air quality standards of vessels operated by the authority. mom,. ..: , , ., ,, _ «,.,. r.Q - ..,._:... _ _ F,. - +_ The bill would make other related changes. Because the bill would impose requirements on the authority , it would 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, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000. 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: maiority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. 4..._. - :..r_ 1., 11 ._. '._..1_2'11 -. I.1. onn, nnrn'.I Mr 1 - - 11 "nn "n+ " , ,