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SB 915 Senate Bill -AMENDED q'D -4 State - mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 66540.14 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66540.14. There shall be a community advisory committee, which shall meet on a regular basis and which shall include one member representing each local jurisdiction in which a water transit terminal exists or is proposed, and one member representing each special district providing public water transit services. Unless appointed under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 66540.2, one member shall be appointed by the city council of each city in which a water transit terminal is located or is proposed to be located, or by the county board of supervisors if the terminal is located or is proposed to be located in an unincorporated area, with one member by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. The community advisory committee shall appoint one of its members to the board. SEC. 2. Section 66540.16 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66540.16. (a) There shall be a technical advisory committee, which shall meet on a regular basis, and which shall consist of members representing local, regional, state, and federal agencies, operating ground transportation agencies, and operating water transit services. (b) Additional members shall include at least one member who represents each of the following interests: fish and wildlife, recreational boating, private environmental protection entities, business, real estate development, architecture, urban planning, private sector vessel operators, and organized labor, as well as the public at large. SEC. 3. Section 66540.20 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66540.20. (a) The authority shall prepare , adopt, and update as required a San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Implementation and Operations Plan. The plan shall include all appropriate landside, vessel, and support elements, operational and performance standards, and policies. Plan updates shall be subject to public hearings. Following the authority's submission of a preliminary draft to the Legislature for review on December 12, 2002, the procedure regarding _he plan shall continue as follows: (1? On or after the date of completion of all programmatic environmental impact reports in connection with adoption of the final plan, the authority shall submit the final plan to the Legislature for review. (2, Thereafter, the authority shall be authorized to operate a comprehensive San Francisco Bay area regional public water transit system consistent with Section 66540.24. (b) The plan shall investigate and provide for terminal locations throughout the San Francisco Bay area. (c) The primary focus of the authority and the plan shall be to provide new or expanded water transit services and related ground transportation terminal access services that were not in operation as of June 30, 1999. The authority shall seek to cooperatively involve in the implementation, planning, and operations all existing water transit services and related ground transportation agencies in whose jurisdictions existing or planned water transit terminals are Page 2 of 6