AB 2382: High-Speed Rail Authority: membership.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to development and implementation of a high-speed rail system. The authority is comprised of 9 members, with 5 members appointed by the Governor and 4 members appointed by the Legislature.

This bill would require at least one member appointed by the Governor beginning with an available vacancy on and after January 1, 2017, to be a person who works directly with communities in the state that are most significantly burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution is from a disadvantaged community, as defined.