Assembly Bill 2224 - Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit - Home Page

AB 2224 — 2 —efficient, and compatible system of passenger and freight rail service.The bill would authorize the district to own, operate, manage, andmaintain a passenger rail system within the territory of the district. Thebill would authorize the district to contract for goods and services, toemploy labor, to grant, purchase, lease, condemn for use, or otherwiseuse real or personal property for transit purposes, to imposevoter-approved taxes, to invest revenues, to issue bonds and executeequipment trust certificates, and to create improvement and specialbenefit districts. The bill would require the Public Employee RelationsBoard to perform specified duties relating to collective bargaining. Thebill would also authorize the district to annex territory and to dissolve.The bill would make related changes.Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.State-mandated local program: no.The people of the State of California do enact as follows:1234567891011121314151617181920212223SECTION 1. Section 53090 of the Government Code isamended to read:53090. As used in this article:(a) ‘‘Local agency’’ means an agency of the state for the localperformance of governmental or proprietary function withinlimited boundaries. ‘‘Local agency’’ does not include the state, acity, a county, a rapid transit district, or a rail transit district whoseboard of directors is appointed by public bodies or officers orelected from election districts within the area comprising thedistrict, or a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencingwith Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and HighwaysCode.(b) ‘‘Building ordinances’’ means ordinances of a county orcity regulating building and construction and removal ofbuildings, including ordinances relating to the matters set forth inSection 38660 and similar matters, and including ordinancesrelating to building permits and building inspection.SEC. 2. Section 20216 of the Public Contract Code isamended to read:20216. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, anycontract by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, theSouthern California Rapid Transit District, the Golden GateBridge, Highway and Transportation District, the Sonoma-Marin93