AB 1924: Sacramento Regional Transit District.
- Session Year: 2023-2024
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2024-07-15
Current Status:
Passed
(2024-07-15: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2024.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
What does this bill do?
The bill changes who sits on the Sacramento Regional Transit District board: the City of Sacramento may appoint three members, Sacramento County three, Elk Grove two while it is annexed (added to the district), and other member cities or counties one each. It also lets cities or counties that are not annexed become “participating entities” that can appoint a board member if they sign an agreement to pay their share of districtwide rail or transit costs, and clarifies annexation, boundary, and budget reporting rules.
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(1)The Sacramento Regional Transit District Act provides for the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to providing public transit services. The act authorizes the district to comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, the territory of the County of Sacramento that is the same area as the urban service area of the county, and other specified portions of the County of Yolo, provided those cities and counties have agreed to annexation by the district, as specified.
This bill would authorize the district to also comprise the Cities of Galt and Isleton, and the unincorporated portions of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, provided the cities and county agree to annexation, as specified.
(2)The act establishes a board of directors and vests the board with government of the district. The act requires the composition of the first board of directors to consist of 4 members appointed by the City Council of the City of Sacramento and 3 members appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento. The act requires the number of members of the board of directors to be increased, as provided.
This bill would reduce the number of members that may be appointed to the board of directors by the City Council of the City of Sacramento from 4 to 3, would delete obsolete provisions referring to the first board of directors, and would make conforming changes.
(1)The Sacramento Regional Transit District Act provides for the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to providing public transit services. The act authorizes the district to comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, the territory of the County of Sacramento that is the same area as the urban service area of the county, and other specified portions of the County of Yolo, provided those cities and counties have agreed to annexation by the district, as specified.
This bill would authorize the district to also comprise the Cities of Galt and Isleton, and the unincorporated portions of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, provided the cities and county agree to annexation, as specified.
(2)The act establishes a board of directors and vests the board with government of the district. The act requires the composition of the first board of directors to consist of 4 members appointed by the City Council of the City of Sacramento and 3 members appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento. The act requires the number of members of the board of directors to be increased, as provided.
This bill would reduce the number of members that may be appointed to the board of directors by the City Council of the City of Sacramento from 4 to 3, would delete obsolete provisions referring to the first board of directors, and would make conforming changes.
(1)The Sacramento Regional Transit District Act provides for the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to providing public transit services. The act authorizes the district to comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, the territory of the County of Sacramento that is the same area as the urban service area of the county, and other specified portions of the County of Yolo, provided those cities and counties have agreed to annexation by the district, as specified.
This bill would authorize the district to also comprise the Cities of Galt and Isleton, and the unincorporated portions of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, provided the cities and county agree to annexation, as specified.
(2)The act establishes a board of directors and vests the board with government of the district. The act requires the composition of the first board of directors to consist of 4 members appointed by the City Council of the City of Sacramento and 3 members appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento. The act requires the number of members of the board of directors to be increased, as provided.
This bill would reduce the number of members that may be appointed to the board of directors by the City Council of the City of Sacramento from 4 to 3, would delete obsolete provisions referring to the first board of directors, and would make conforming changes.
Existing law
The Sacramento Regional Transit District Act provides for the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to providing public transit services. Existing law The act authorizes the district to comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, the territory of the County of Sacramento that is the same area as the urban service area of the county, and other specified portions of the County of Yolo, provided those cities and counties have agreed to annexation by the district, as specified.
This bill would authorize the district to also comprise the Cities of Galt and Isleton, and the unincorporated portions of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, provided the cities and county agree to annexation, as specified.
Existing law provides for the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to providing public transit services. Existing law authorizes the district to comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, the territory of the County of Sacramento that is the same area as the urban service area of the county, and other specified portions of the County of Yolo, provided those cities and counties have agreed to annexation by the district, as specified.
This bill would authorize the district to also comprise the Cities of Galt and Isleton, and the unincorporated portions of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, provided the cities and county agree to annexation, as specified.
Participating entity means a city or county that has entered into an agreement with the district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, but only during the period in which the agreement is in effect. Participating entities means all those cities and counties.
SEC. 2.Section 102051 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102051.(a)The district may comprise any city within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, the Cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and the following described territory of the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo, to the extent the territory is not included in the above-mentioned cities:
(1)That portion of the territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area of the County of Sacramento, as adopted and as hereafter amended, and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
(2)The unincorporated territory of the County of Yolo that may be included is described as follows:
(A)Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., M.D.B. & M.; thence north 1/2 mile along the west line of Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 4 E., to the west 1/4 corner of Sec. 30; thence east1/2 mile to the center of Sec. 30; thence north 1/8 mile, more or less, to the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970, the point being on the centerline of Tule Lake Road; thence northeasterly along the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970 to the centerline of the Sacramento River; thence easterly and southerly down and along the Sacramento River to the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815; thence northwesterly along the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to its southwest corner; thence northeasterly along the west line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to a point where it is intersected by the quarter section line running east and west through Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E.; thence west 3/4 mile, more or less, to the east 1/4 corner of Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 3 E.; thence north 51/2 miles, more or less, to the point of beginning.
(B)Beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route 113 and the Yolo County line southern boundary; thence easterly along the Yolo County line southern boundary to the Davis City Limits; thence meandering along the Davis City Limits to Russell Boulevard; thence westerly along Russell Boulevard to Route 113; thence southerly along Route 113 to the point of beginning.
(b)For purposes of this section, any reference to an avenue, boulevard, highway, railroad, road, or street includes the right-of-way thereof.
SEC. 3.Section 102052.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102052.5.(a)The boundaries of the district shall include all of the following:
(1)The City of Sacramento.
(2)The City of Rancho Cordova.
(3)The unincorporated territory of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, and not otherwise divided from the rest of the unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area by an incorporated city not previously described in this subdivision.
(4)A city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 that has annexed to the district pursuant to the process specified in Section 102055.
(5)A city incorporated on or after January 1, 2016, which city consists entirely of territory that was included in the district before the citys incorporation.
(b)(1)The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city or territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this section.
(2)Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, that territory shall, upon the completion of the annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(3)Where territory is incorporated as a new city, on or after January 1, 2016, and is partly within and partly outside the district, the entire territory shall, upon completion of the incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(4)Where territory that is within the boundaries of the district is annexed to any city that is not a member entity, that territory shall remain part of the district unless, at the time of annexation, both of the following apply:
(A)No transit service is operated by the district within the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory.
(B)No transit service is planned by the district, as evidenced by the districts adopted short-range transit plan, for the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory within five years of the annexation, in which case that territory may be detached from the district if the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission determines, during the annexation proceedings, that the area would be better served by the annexing city than the district. The detachment may be accomplished without proceeding with the detachment process in Section 102056.
(c)Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, that territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property in that territory for general district purposes and for payment of any indebtedness previously or thereafter incurred by the district.
SEC. 4.Section 102055 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102055.(a)Any city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this section.
(b)Annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that requests to be annexed to the district agrees in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for any of the following:
(1)The levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part.
(2)The fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district.
(3)The incurring or assumption of indebtedness.
(4)The making of a payment or payments.
(5)The transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city or county.
SEC. 5.Section 102100.2 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.SEC. 6.Section 102100.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:102100.2.(a)The board of directors shall consist of members as follows:
(1)The City Council of the City of Sacramento may appoint three members to the board.
(2)The Board of Supervisors for the County of Sacramento may appoint three members to the board.
(3)For as long as the City of Elk Grove is annexed into the district, the City of Elk Grove may appoint two members to the board.
(4)A member entity that is not identified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) may appoint one member to the board.
(b)A city or county that is not annexed to the district may become a participating entity that may appoint at least one member to the board if the participating entity enters into an agreement with the district that provides for all of the following:
(1)The participating entity agrees to pay its proportionate share of the districts cost to provide rail or other districtwide transit services.
(2)The district agrees to maintain a specified level of rail or other districtwide transit services.
(3)The district is not obligated to provide transit services to any particular location or along any particular route.
SEC. 7.Section 102100.3 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.SEC. 8.Section 102100.4 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.4.The appointing authority of a participating entity under subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, and the term of its appointee to the board, shall terminate upon termination or cancellation of the agreement provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, and that agreement shall automatically terminate upon the effective date of the entitys annexation to the district pursuant to Section 102051 or 102055.
SEC. 9.Section 102100.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.5.Each voting entity shall have the right to appoint fewer members than it is entitled to appoint under Section 102100.2, except that each voting entity shall appoint at least one member. Each voting entity shall determine, effective July 1 of each year, how many members it will appoint for the upcoming fiscal year. The legislative body of each voting entity shall provide written notification to the secretary of the board not more than 60 days and not less than 15 days before July 1 of the number of appointments it will make for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1. Unless and until that notification is provided, the number of appointments made during the prior year shall govern.
SEC. 10.Section 102100.6 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.6.An action by the board shall not be void or voidable if it is determined, subsequent to an action in which a member representing a participating entity casts a vote, that the agreement for that participating entity did not comply with subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2.
SEC. 11.Section 102100.10 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.10.Each voting entity appointing members to the board in accordance with Section 102100.2 may also select, in the same manner as the primary member or members, one or more alternates, as the case may be, to serve on the board when the primary member or members are not available. Each alternate shall be appointed to serve for a specific member. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and shall have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary member. The legislative body of any voting entity appointing an alternate shall provide written notification to the secretary of the board of each appointment of an alternate in order for the appointment to be effective.
SEC. 12.Section 102205 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102205.(a)The district shall annually submit its tentative or proposed budget to the legislative body of each voting entity, within the time and in the manner required in this section.
(b)The tentative or proposed budget and the final adopted budget shall, at a minimum, include the following information for the applicable fiscal year:
(1)The projected cost of service.
(2)The projected revenue from fares.
(3)The Transportation Development Act allocation for each member entity that is reserved for the district for operating purposes, as set forth in the finding of apportionment by the applicable transportation planning agency.
(4)The projected revenue from any contract of the type described in subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2.
(5)The projected revenue from any other local funds made available to the district by a voting entity for the operation of public transit service.
(6)The amount of the federal formula grant funds that was available and eligible for use during the prior fiscal year for operating purposes within the Sacramento urbanized area, including funds for cities and counties that are not represented on the board.
(7)The amount of the federal formula grant funds described in paragraph (6) that was allocated to entities other than the district.
(8)The amount obtained by subtracting the amount described in paragraph (7) from the amount described in paragraph (6), which amount represents the federal formula grant funds that were available and eligible for use by the district for operating purposes during the prior fiscal year.
(9)A projection of the revenue from any other source that will be available to the district for operating purposes during the fiscal year.
(10)The population of each voting entity, as measured by the population statistics used by the applicable transportation planning agency to allocate Transportation Development Act funds for the same fiscal year for which the budget is adopted.
(c)The tentative or proposed budget shall be submitted to the legislative body of each voting entity not less than 60 days before its adoption by the board. It shall be submitted for review and comment. The board may adopt the budget after submission to the legislative body of each voting entity, but shall consider any comments made by those legislative bodies on the budget.
(d)Concurrent with adoption of the budget, the board shall make an affirmative finding that the proposed level of service, reflected in the statement of proposed operation and level of service, to be rendered in any voting entity, is commensurate with the level of tax or financial support to be derived from each such voting entity. In determining the level of service, the board shall consider user benefits and community benefits, in terms of one or more of the following factors:
(1)Availability of service.
(2)Patronage.
(3)Population.
(4)Capital improvements.
(e)The board shall adopt its budget at a public hearing held after the submission of the tentative or proposed budget. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code and shall be made not later than the 15th day before the date of the hearing.
Participating entity means a city or county that has entered into an agreement with the district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, but only during the period in which the agreement is in effect. Participating entities means all those cities and counties.
SEC. 2.Section 102051 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102051.(a)The district may comprise any city within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, the Cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and the following described territory of the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo, to the extent the territory is not included in the above-mentioned cities:
(1)That portion of the territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area of the County of Sacramento, as adopted and as hereafter amended, and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
(2)The unincorporated territory of the County of Yolo that may be included is described as follows:
(A)Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., M.D.B. & M.; thence north 1/2 mile along the west line of Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 4 E., to the west 1/4 corner of Sec. 30; thence east1/2 mile to the center of Sec. 30; thence north 1/8 mile, more or less, to the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970, the point being on the centerline of Tule Lake Road; thence northeasterly along the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970 to the centerline of the Sacramento River; thence easterly and southerly down and along the Sacramento River to the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815; thence northwesterly along the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to its southwest corner; thence northeasterly along the west line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to a point where it is intersected by the quarter section line running east and west through Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E.; thence west 3/4 mile, more or less, to the east 1/4 corner of Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 3 E.; thence north 51/2 miles, more or less, to the point of beginning.
(B)Beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route 113 and the Yolo County line southern boundary; thence easterly along the Yolo County line southern boundary to the Davis City Limits; thence meandering along the Davis City Limits to Russell Boulevard; thence westerly along Russell Boulevard to Route 113; thence southerly along Route 113 to the point of beginning.
(b)For purposes of this section, any reference to an avenue, boulevard, highway, railroad, road, or street includes the right-of-way thereof.
SEC. 3.Section 102052.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102052.5.(a)The boundaries of the district shall include all of the following:
(1)The City of Sacramento.
(2)The City of Rancho Cordova.
(3)The unincorporated territory of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, and not otherwise divided from the rest of the unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area by an incorporated city not previously described in this subdivision.
(4)A city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 that has annexed to the district pursuant to the process specified in Section 102055.
(5)A city incorporated on or after January 1, 2016, which city consists entirely of territory that was included in the district before the citys incorporation.
(b)(1)The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city or territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this section.
(2)Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, that territory shall, upon the completion of the annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(3)Where territory is incorporated as a new city, on or after January 1, 2016, and is partly within and partly outside the district, the entire territory shall, upon completion of the incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(4)Where territory that is within the boundaries of the district is annexed to any city that is not a member entity, that territory shall remain part of the district unless, at the time of annexation, both of the following apply:
(A)No transit service is operated by the district within the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory.
(B)No transit service is planned by the district, as evidenced by the districts adopted short-range transit plan, for the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory within five years of the annexation, in which case that territory may be detached from the district if the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission determines, during the annexation proceedings, that the area would be better served by the annexing city than the district. The detachment may be accomplished without proceeding with the detachment process in Section 102056.
(c)Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, that territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property in that territory for general district purposes and for payment of any indebtedness previously or thereafter incurred by the district.
SEC. 4.Section 102055 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102055.(a)Any city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this section.
(b)Annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that requests to be annexed to the district agrees in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for any of the following:
(1)The levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part.
(2)The fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district.
(3)The incurring or assumption of indebtedness.
(4)The making of a payment or payments.
(5)The transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city or county.
SEC. 5.Section 102100.2 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.SEC. 6.Section 102100.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:102100.2.(a)The board of directors shall consist of members as follows:
(1)The City Council of the City of Sacramento may appoint three members to the board.
(2)The Board of Supervisors for the County of Sacramento may appoint three members to the board.
(3)For as long as the City of Elk Grove is annexed into the district, the City of Elk Grove may appoint two members to the board.
(4)A member entity that is not identified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) may appoint one member to the board.
(b)A city or county that is not annexed to the district may become a participating entity that may appoint at least one member to the board if the participating entity enters into an agreement with the district that provides for all of the following:
(1)The participating entity agrees to pay its proportionate share of the districts cost to provide rail or other districtwide transit services.
(2)The district agrees to maintain a specified level of rail or other districtwide transit services.
(3)The district is not obligated to provide transit services to any particular location or along any particular route.
SEC. 7.Section 102100.3 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.SEC. 8.Section 102100.4 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.4.The appointing authority of a participating entity under subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, and the term of its appointee to the board, shall terminate upon termination or cancellation of the agreement provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, and that agreement shall automatically terminate upon the effective date of the entitys annexation to the district pursuant to Section 102051 or 102055.
SEC. 9.Section 102100.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.5.Each voting entity shall have the right to appoint fewer members than it is entitled to appoint under Section 102100.2, except that each voting entity shall appoint at least one member. Each voting entity shall determine, effective July 1 of each year, how many members it will appoint for the upcoming fiscal year. The legislative body of each voting entity shall provide written notification to the secretary of the board not more than 60 days and not less than 15 days before July 1 of the number of appointments it will make for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1. Unless and until that notification is provided, the number of appointments made during the prior year shall govern.
SEC. 10.Section 102100.6 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.6.An action by the board shall not be void or voidable if it is determined, subsequent to an action in which a member representing a participating entity casts a vote, that the agreement for that participating entity did not comply with subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2.
SEC. 11.Section 102100.10 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.10.Each voting entity appointing members to the board in accordance with Section 102100.2 may also select, in the same manner as the primary member or members, one or more alternates, as the case may be, to serve on the board when the primary member or members are not available. Each alternate shall be appointed to serve for a specific member. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and shall have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary member. The legislative body of any voting entity appointing an alternate shall provide written notification to the secretary of the board of each appointment of an alternate in order for the appointment to be effective.
SEC. 12.Section 102205 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102205.(a)The district shall annually submit its tentative or proposed budget to the legislative body of each voting entity, within the time and in the manner required in this section.
(b)The tentative or proposed budget and the final adopted budget shall, at a minimum, include the following information for the applicable fiscal year:
(1)The projected cost of service.
(2)The projected revenue from fares.
(3)The Transportation Development Act allocation for each member entity that is reserved for the district for operating purposes, as set forth in the finding of apportionment by the applicable transportation planning agency.
(4)The projected revenue from any contract of the type described in subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2.
(5)The projected revenue from any other local funds made available to the district by a voting entity for the operation of public transit service.
(6)The amount of the federal formula grant funds that was available and eligible for use during the prior fiscal year for operating purposes within the Sacramento urbanized area, including funds for cities and counties that are not represented on the board.
(7)The amount of the federal formula grant funds described in paragraph (6) that was allocated to entities other than the district.
(8)The amount obtained by subtracting the amount described in paragraph (7) from the amount described in paragraph (6), which amount represents the federal formula grant funds that were available and eligible for use by the district for operating purposes during the prior fiscal year.
(9)A projection of the revenue from any other source that will be available to the district for operating purposes during the fiscal year.
(10)The population of each voting entity, as measured by the population statistics used by the applicable transportation planning agency to allocate Transportation Development Act funds for the same fiscal year for which the budget is adopted.
(c)The tentative or proposed budget shall be submitted to the legislative body of each voting entity not less than 60 days before its adoption by the board. It shall be submitted for review and comment. The board may adopt the budget after submission to the legislative body of each voting entity, but shall consider any comments made by those legislative bodies on the budget.
(d)Concurrent with adoption of the budget, the board shall make an affirmative finding that the proposed level of service, reflected in the statement of proposed operation and level of service, to be rendered in any voting entity, is commensurate with the level of tax or financial support to be derived from each such voting entity. In determining the level of service, the board shall consider user benefits and community benefits, in terms of one or more of the following factors:
(1)Availability of service.
(2)Patronage.
(3)Population.
(4)Capital improvements.
(e)The board shall adopt its budget at a public hearing held after the submission of the tentative or proposed budget. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code and shall be made not later than the 15th day before the date of the hearing.
Participating entity means a city or county that has entered into an agreement with the district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 102100.3, 102100.2, but only during the period in which the agreement is in effect. Participating entities means all those cities and counties.
SECTION 1.SEC. 2.Section 102051 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102051.(a)The district may comprise any city within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, the Cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and the following described territory of the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo, to the extent the territory is not included in the above-mentioned cities:
(1)That portion of the territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area of the County of Sacramento, as adopted and as hereafter amended, and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
(2)The unincorporated territory of the County of Yolo that may be included is described as follows:
(A)Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., M.D.B. & M.; thence north 1/2 mile along the west line of Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 4 E., to the west 1/4 corner of Sec. 30; thence east1/2 mile to the center of Sec. 30; thence north 1/8 mile, more or less, to the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970, the point being on the centerline of Tule Lake Road; thence northeasterly along the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970 to the centerline of the Sacramento River; thence easterly and southerly down and along the Sacramento River to the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815; thence northwesterly along the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to its southwest corner; thence northeasterly along the west line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to a point where it is intersected by the quarter section line running east and west through Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E.; thence west 3/4 mile, more or less, to the east 1/4 corner of Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 3 E.; thence north 51/2 miles, more or less, to the point of beginning.
(B)Beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route 113 and the Yolo County line southern boundary; thence easterly along the Yolo County line southern boundary to the Davis City Limits; thence meandering along the Davis City Limits to Russell Boulevard; thence westerly along Russell Boulevard to Route 113; thence southerly along Route 113 to the point of beginning.
(b)For purposes of this section, any reference to an avenue, boulevard, highway, railroad, road, or street includes the right-of-way thereof.
SEC. 2.SEC. 3.Section 102052.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102052.5.(a)The boundaries of the district shall include all of the following:
(1)The City of Sacramento.
(2)The City of Rancho Cordova.
(3)The unincorporated territory of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, and not otherwise divided from the rest of the unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area by an incorporated city not previously described in this subdivision.
(4)A city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 that has annexed to the district pursuant to the process specified in Section 102055.
(5)A city incorporated on or after January 1, 2016, which city consists entirely of territory that was included in the district before the citys incorporation.
(b)(1)The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city or territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this section.
(2)Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, that territory shall, upon the completion of the annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(3)Where territory is incorporated as a new city, on or after January 1, 2016, and is partly within and partly outside the district, the entire territory shall, upon completion of the incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(4)Where territory that is within the boundaries of the district is annexed to any city that is not a member entity, that territory shall remain part of the district unless, at the time of annexation, both of the following apply:
(A)No transit service is operated by the district within the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory.
(B)No transit service is planned by the district, as evidenced by the districts adopted short-range transit plan, for the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory within five years of the annexation, in which case that territory may be detached from the district if the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission determines, during the annexation proceedings, that the area would be better served by the annexing city than the district. The detachment may be accomplished without proceeding with the detachment process in Section 102056.
(c)Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, that territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property in that territory for general district purposes and for payment of any indebtedness previously or thereafter incurred by the district.
SEC. 3.SEC. 4.Section 102055 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102055.(a)Any city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this section.
(b)Annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that requests to be annexed to the district agrees in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for any of the following:
(1)The levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part.
(2)The fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district.
(3)The incurring or assumption of indebtedness.
(4)The making of a payment or payments.
(5)The transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city or county.
SEC. 5.Section 102100.2 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.102100.2.The first board of directors shall consist of seven members appointed within 30 days after the district is formed as provided in Section 102052. Four members of the first board of directors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Sacramento. Three members of the first board of directors shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.SEC. 6.Section 102100.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:102100.2.(a)The board of directors shall consist of members as follows:
(1)The City Council of the City of Sacramento may appoint three members to the board.
(2)The Board of Supervisors for the County of Sacramento may appoint three members to the board.
(3)For as long as the City of Elk Grove is annexed into the district, the City of Elk Grove may appoint two members to the board.
(4)A member entity that is not identified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) may appoint one member to the board.
(b)A city or county that is not annexed to the district may become a participating entity that may appoint at least one member to the board if the participating entity enters into an agreement with the district that provides for all of the following:
(1)The participating entity agrees to pay its proportionate share of the districts cost to provide rail or other districtwide transit services.
(2)The district agrees to maintain a specified level of rail or other districtwide transit services.
(3)The district is not obligated to provide transit services to any particular location or along any particular route.
SEC. 7.Section 102100.3 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.102100.3.The number of members of the board of directors shall be increased as follows:(a)(1)Each member entity that is annexed after initial formation of the district as set out in Section 102100.2 may appoint one member to the board, except as specified in paragraph (2).(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for so long as the City of Elk Grove remains annexed into the district, the City of Elk Grove may appoint two members to the board.(b)A city or county that is not annexed to the district may become a participating entity that may appoint at least one member to the board if the participating entity enters into an agreement with the district that provides for all of the following:(1)The participating entity agrees to pay its proportionate share of the districts cost to provide rail or other districtwide transit services.(2)The district agrees to maintain a specified level of rail or other districtwide transit services.(3)The district is not obligated to provide transit services to any particular location or along any particular route.SEC. 8.Section 102100.4 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.4.The appointing authority of a participating entity under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 102100.3, subdivision (b) of Section 102100.2, and the term of its appointee to the board, shall terminate upon termination or cancellation of the agreement provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 102100.3, 102100.2, and that agreement shall automatically terminate upon the effective date of the entitys annexation to the district pursuant to Section 102051 or 102055.
SEC. 9.Section 102100.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.5.After initial formation of the district, each Each voting entity shall have the right to appoint fewer members than it is entitled to appoint under Sections 102100.2 and 102100.3, provided Section 102100.2, except that each voting entity shall appoint at least one member. Each voting entity shall determine, effective July 1 of each year, how many members it will appoint for the upcoming fiscal year. The legislative body of each voting entity shall provide written notification to the secretary of the board not more than 60 days and not less than 15 days prior to before July 1 of the number of appointments it will make for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1. Unless and until that notification is provided, the number of appointments made during the prior year shall govern.
SEC. 10.Section 102100.6 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.6.An action by the board shall not be void or voidable if it is determined, subsequent to an action in which a member representing a participating entity casts a vote, that the agreement for that participating entity did not comply with subdivision (b) of Section 102100.3. 102100.2.
SEC. 11.Section 102100.10 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102100.10.Each voting entity appointing members to the board in accordance with Section 102100.2 or 102100.3 may also select, in the same manner as the primary member or members, one or more alternates, as the case may be, to serve on the board when the primary member or members are not available. Each alternate shall be appointed to serve for a specific member. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and shall have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary member. The legislative body of any voting entity appointing an alternate shall provide written notification to the secretary of the board of each appointment of an alternate in order for the appointment to be effective.
SEC. 12.Section 102205 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102205.(a)The district shall annually submit its tentative or proposed budget to the legislative body of each voting entity, within the time and in the manner required in this section.
(b)The tentative or proposed budget and the final adopted budget shall, at a minimum, include the following information for the applicable fiscal year:
(1)The projected cost of service.
(2)The projected revenue from fares.
(3)The Transportation Development Act allocation for each member entity that is reserved for the district for operating purposes, as set forth in the finding of apportionment by the applicable transportation planning agency.
(4)The projected revenue from any contract of the type described in subdivision (b) of Section 102100.3. 102100.2.
(5)The projected revenue from any other local funds made available to the district by a voting entity for the operation of public transit service.
(6)The amount of the federal formula grant funds that was available and eligible for use during the prior fiscal year for operating purposes within the Sacramento urbanized area, including funds for cities and counties that are not represented on the board.
(7)The amount of the federal formula grant funds described in paragraph (6) that was allocated to entities other than the district.
(8)The amount obtained by subtracting the amount described in paragraph (7) from the amount described in paragraph (6), which amount represents the federal formula grant
funds that were available and eligible for use by the district for operating purposes during the prior fiscal year.
(9)A projection of the revenue from any other source that will be available to the district for operating purposes during the fiscal year.
(10)The population of each voting entity, as measured by the population statistics used by the applicable transportation planning agency to allocate Transportation Development Act funds for the same fiscal year for which the budget is adopted.
(c)The tentative or proposed budget shall be submitted to the legislative body of each voting entity not less than 60 days prior to before its adoption by the board. It shall be submitted for review and comment. The board may adopt the budget after submission to the legislative body of each voting entity, but shall consider any comments made by those legislative bodies on the budget.
(d)Concurrent with adoption of the budget, the board shall make an affirmative finding that the proposed level of service, reflected in the statement of proposed operation and level of service, to be rendered in any voting entity, is commensurate with the level of tax or financial support to be derived from each such voting entity. In determining the level of service, the board shall consider user benefits and community benefits, in terms of one or more of the following factors: availability
(1)Availability of service, patronage, population, and capital improvements. service.
(2)Patronage.
(3)Population.
(4)Capital improvements.
(e)The board shall adopt its budget at a public hearing held after the submission of the tentative or proposed budget. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code and shall be made not later than the 15th day prior to before the date of the hearing.
(a)The district may comprise any city within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, the Cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and the following described territory of the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo, to the extent the territory is not included in the above-mentioned cities:
(1)That portion of the territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area of the County of Sacramento, as adopted and as hereafter amended, and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
(2)The unincorporated territory of the County of Yolo that may be included is described as follows:
(A)Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., M.D.B. & M.; thence north 1/2 mile along the west line of Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 4 E., to the west 1/4 corner of Sec. 30; thence east1/2 mile to the center of Sec. 30; thence north 1/8 mile, more or less, to the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970, the point being on the centerline of Tule Lake Road; thence northeasterly along the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970 to the centerline of the Sacramento River; thence easterly and southerly down and along the Sacramento River to the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815; thence northwesterly along the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to its southwest corner; thence northeasterly along the west line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to a point where it is intersected by the quarter section line running east and west through Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E.; thence west 3/4 mile, more or less, to the east 1/4 corner of Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 3 E.; thence north 51/2 miles, more or less, to the point of beginning.
(B)Beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route 113 and the Yolo County line southern boundary; thence easterly along the Yolo County line southern boundary to the Davis City Limits; thence meandering along the Davis City Limits to Russell Boulevard; thence westerly along Russell Boulevard to Route 113; thence southerly along Route 113 to the point of beginning.
(b)For purposes of this section, any reference to an avenue, boulevard, highway, railroad, road, or street includes the right-of-way thereof.
SEC. 2.Section 102052.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102052.5.(a)The boundaries of the district shall include all of the following:
(1)The City of Sacramento.
(2)The City of Rancho Cordova.
(3)The unincorporated territory of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, and not otherwise divided from the rest of the unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area by an incorporated city not previously described in this subdivision.
(4)A city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 that has annexed to the district pursuant to the process specified in Section 102055.
(5)A city incorporated on or after January 1, 2016, which city consists entirely of territory that was included in the district before the citys incorporation.
(b)(1)The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city or territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this section.
(2)Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, that territory shall, upon the completion of the annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(3)Where territory is incorporated as a new city, on or after January 1, 2016, and is partly within and partly outside the district, the entire territory shall, upon completion of the incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(4)Where territory that is within the boundaries of the district is annexed to any city that is not a member entity, that territory shall remain part of the district unless, at the time of annexation, both of the following apply:
(A)No transit service is operated by the district within the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory.
(B)No transit service is planned by the district, as evidenced by the districts adopted short-range transit plan, for the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory within five years of the annexation, in which case that territory may be detached from the district if the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission determines, during the annexation proceedings, that the area would be better served by the annexing city than the district. The detachment may be accomplished without proceeding with the detachment process in Section 102056.
(c)Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, that territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property in that territory for general district purposes and for payment of any indebtedness previously or thereafter incurred by the district.
SEC. 3.Section 102055 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102055.(a)Any city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this section.
(b)The legislative body of the city or county proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, Annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that requests to be annexed to the district agrees in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for any of the following:
(1)The levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part.
(2)The fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district.
(3)The incurring or assumption of indebtedness.
(4)The making of a payment or payments.
(5)The transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city or county.
The district may comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Davis, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, any city within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, the Cities of Davis, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and the following described territory of the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo, to the extent the territory is not included in the above-mentioned cities:
(a)The(1)That portion of the territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento that may be included in the district is the same area as the is within the urban service area of the County of Sacramento, as adopted and as hereafter amended. amended, and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
(b)(2)The unincorporated territory of the County of Yolo that may be included is described as follows:
(1)(A)Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., M.D.B. & M.; thence north 1/2 mile along the west line of Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 4 E., to the west 1/4 corner of Sec. 30; thence east1/2 mile to the center of Sec. 30; thence north 1/8 mile, more or less, to the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970, the point being on the centerline of Tule Lake Road; thence northeasterly along the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970 to the centerline of the Sacramento River; thence easterly and southerly down and along the Sacramento River to the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815; thence northwesterly along the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to its southwest corner; thence northeasterly along the west line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to a point where it is intersected by the quarter section line running east and west through Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E.; thence west 3/4 mile, more or less, to the east 1/4 corner of Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 3 E.; thence north 51/2 miles, more or less, to the point of beginning.
(2)(B)Beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route 113 and the Yolo County line southern boundary; thence easterly along the Yolo County line southern boundary to the Davis City Limits; thence meandering along the Davis City Limits to Russell Boulevard; thence westerly along Russell Boulevard to Route 113; thence southerly along Route 113 to the point of beginning.
For(b)For purposes of this section, any reference to an avenue, boulevard, highway, railroad, road, or street includes the right-of-way thereof.
SEC. 2.Section 102052.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102052.5.(a)The boundaries of the district shall include (1) the City all of the following:
(1)The City of Sacramento and the Sacramento.
(2)The City of Rancho Cordova; (2) the Cordova.
(3)The unincorporated territory of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, and not otherwise divided from the rest of the unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area by an incorporated city not previously described in this subdivision; (3) a subdivision.
(4)A city or county listed in authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 that has annexed to the district pursuant to the process specified in Section 102055; and (4) a 102055.
(5)A city incorporated on or after January 1, 2016, which city consists entirely of territory that was included in the district prior to before the citys incorporation.
(b)(1)The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city or territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this section.
(2)Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, that territory shall, upon the completion of the annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(3)Where territory is incorporated as a new city, on or after January 1, 2016, and is partly within and partly outside the district, the entire territory shall, upon completion of the incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.
(4)Where territory that is within the boundaries of the district is annexed to any city that is not a member entity, that territory shall remain part of the district unless, at the time of annexation, (A) no both of the following apply:
(A)No transit service is operated by the district within the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory and (B) no territory.
(B)No transit service is planned by the district, as evidenced by the districts adopted short-range transit plan, for the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory within five years of the annexation, in which case that territory may be detached from the district if the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission determines, during the annexation proceedings, that the area would be better served by the annexing city than the district. The detachment may be accomplished without proceeding with the detachment process in Section 102056.
(c)Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, that territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property in that territory for general district purposes and for payment of any indebtedness previously or thereafter incurred by the district.
SEC. 3.Section 102055 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:102055.(a)Any city or county listed in authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this section.
(b)The legislative body of the city or county proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for the any of the following:
(1)The levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part; the part.
(2)The fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district; the district.
(3)The incurring or assumption of indebtedness; the indebtedness.
(4)The making of a payment or payments; or the payments.
(5)The transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city or county.
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| Jul 15, 2024 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2024. |
| Jul 15, 2024 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Enrolled measure version corrected. |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 5946.). |
| Jun 6, 2024 | In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4354.). |
| May 30, 2024 | Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. |
| May 29, 2024 | From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). |
| May 13, 2024 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| May 1, 2024 | Referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| Apr 8, 2024 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4658.) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Mar 20, 2024 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. |
| Mar 6, 2024 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Referred to Com. on L. GOV. |
| Jan 26, 2024 | From printer. May be heard in committee February 25. |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Read first time. To print. |
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| Jun 20, 2024 | AB 1924 Stephanie Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments | Assembly Floor |
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| Jun 6, 2024 | Consent Calendar 2nd AB1924 Stephanie Nguyen et | Senate Floor |
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| May 28, 2024 | Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar | Senate Standing Committee on Transportation |
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| Apr 8, 2024 | AB 1924 Stephanie Nguyen Assembly Third Reading | Assembly Floor |
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| Mar 20, 2024 | Do pass. | Assembly Standing Committee on Local Government |
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| Sacramento Regional Transit District | * Support | Mar 20, 2024 |
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
CSA1 Bill Id:AB 1924
Author:(Stephanie Nguyen)
As Amended Ver:May 13, 2024
Majority vote
SUMMARY
Allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to expand its service area to any city within Sacramento County and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, and reduces the number of board members that may be appointed by the City of Sacramento from four to three.
Senate Amendments
- Reduces the number of Board members that may be appointed by the City of Sacramento from four to three.
- Makes numerous technical and clarifying changes to SacRT law.
COMMENTS
Sacramento Regional Transit District. SacRT was established by SB 1477 (Rodda), Chapter 1374, Statutes of 1971. SacRT serves citizens in the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova, by operating over 82 bus routes (fixed-route, microtransit, and dial-a-ride), 43 miles of light rail serving 53 light rail stations and ADA paratransit services across an approximately 440 square-mile service area.
SacRT is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors comprised of directors that are appointed by the different jurisdictions: three members by Sacramento County, four members by the City of Sacramento, two members by the City of Elk Grove, and one member each from the cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. Areas currently authorized to join, but have yet to, are the cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and specified parts of Yolo County.
According to the Author
"Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is the public transit provider for most of Sacramento County. The current service territory includes several of the incorporated cities and much of the unincorporated Sacramento County area. Over the past decade, SacRT has expanded to provide transit services to the local governments of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova at their respective requests and authorizations. Sacramento County anticipating future needs, approached SacRT about potentially expanding their service to the city of Galt. This bill would allow SacRT to expand transit services to other local governments within Sacramento County, if approved by those local governments. This bill would enable greater connectivity for the region and provide a clean transportation option to those without efficient access to transportation."
Arguments in Support
According to SacRT, "Galt is the southern-most incorporated city in Sacramento County, and home to more than 25,000 residents. While it retains its agricultural roots and rural charm, Galt is a growing city in the southern portion of the County. The city's population doubled from 1999 to 2009 and is looking toward continued growth in the future.
"Over the past five years several cities in Sacramento County (Folsom, Elk Grove, and Citrus Heights) have annexed their transit services into SacRT. Consolidation of the region's transit agencies has led to economies of scale, better grant competitiveness, and more integrated transit connections and route planning. SacRT's enabling legislation defines its service territory, but currently does not include the city of Galt and other parts of unincorporated Sacramento County.
"Notably, this legislation does not enact any annexation. It merely expands the area that SacRT may serve upon agreement from the local governing body. SacRT fully supports this legislation, and we look forward to working with Galt and Sacramento County to explore the potential for expanding our service to cover Galt, which would improve regional connectivity."
Arguments in Opposition
None on file.
FISCAL COMMENTS
None.
VOTES:
ASM LOCAL GOVERNMENT: 8-0-1
YES: Juan Carrillo, Waldron, Haney, Kalra, Pacheco, Ramos, Ward, Wilson
ABS, ABST OR NV: Essayli
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0-4
YES: Addis, Aguiar-Curry, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Bains, Bennett, Berman, Boerner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Juan Carrillo, Wendy Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Connolly, Davies, Dixon, Essayli, Flora, Mike Fong, Vince Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gipson, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Holden, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Kalra, Lackey, Lee, Low, Lowenthal, Maienschein, McCarty, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Stephanie Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Jim Patterson, Joe Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Sanchez, Santiago, Schiavo, Soria, Ta, Ting, Valencia, Villapudua, Waldron, Wallis, Ward, Weber, Wicks, Wilson, Wood, Zbur, Robert Rivas
ABS, ABST OR NV: Bauer-Kahan, Megan Dahle, Jones-Sawyer, Mathis
SENATE FLOOR: 32-0-8
YES: Alvarado-Gil, Ashby, Atkins, Blakespear, Bradford, Caballero, Cortese, Dahle, Durazo, Eggman, Grove, Hurtado, Jones, Laird, McGuire, Menjivar, Min, Newman, Nguyen, Niello, Padilla, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Seyarto, Skinner, Smallwood-Cuevas, Stern, Umberg, Wahab, Wiener, Wilk
ABS, ABST OR NV: Allen, Archuleta, Becker, Dodd, Glazer, Gonzalez, Limón, Ochoa Bogh
UPDATED
VERSION: May 13, 2024
CONSULTANT: Jimmy MacDonald / L. GOV. / (916) 319-3958 FN: 0003498
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE Office of Senate Floor Analyses (916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) 327-4478 | AB 1924 |
CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1924
Author: Stephanie Nguyen (D), et al.
Amended: 5/13/24 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 12-0, 5/28/24
AYES: Cortese, Niello, Archuleta, Becker, Dodd, Gonzalez, Limón, Newman, Nguyen, Portantino, Seyarto, Umberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Blakespear, Dahle
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 4/8/24 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Sacramento Regional Transit District
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST:
This bill allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to expand its service area to any city within Sacramento County and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
- Establishes the SacRT Act, which governs the powers and functions of SacRT; establishes SacRT's territory, and planning duties; and, authorizes SacRT to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds, as specified. [Public Utilities Code (PUC) § 102000 et. seq.]
- Provides that each appointee to the SacRT board shall serve a four-year term, unless earlier removed (PUC § 102100.1).
- Initially establishes a seven member SacRT governing board with four members appointed by the City of Sacramento and three members appointed by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. (PUC §102100.2)
- Provides that the board shall be increased with one member from each city that joins SacRT except that the City of Elk Grove may appoint two members.
This bill:
- Specifies that SacRT may include any city within the boundaries of Sacramento County and any portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for SacRT to operate.
- Reduces the number of Board members that may be appointed by the City of Sacramento from four to three.
- Makes numerous technical and clarifying changes to SacRT law.
Comments
- Author’s Statement. “Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is the public transit provider for most of Sacramento County. The current service territory includes several of the incorporated cities and much of the unincorporated Sacramento County area. Over the past decade, SacRT has expanded to provide transit services to the local governments of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova at their respective requests and authorizations. Sacramento County anticipating future needs, approached SacRT about potentially expanding their service to the city of Galt. This bill would allow SacRT to expand transit services to other local governments within Sacramento County, if approved by those local governments. This bill would enable greater connectivity for the region and provide a clean transportation option to those without efficient access to transportation.”
- Background. SacRT was established by SB 1477 (Rodda, Chapter 1374, Statutes of 1971). SacRT serves the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova, by operating over 82 bus routes (fixed-route, microtransit, and dial-a-ride), 43 miles of light rail serving 53 light rail stations and ADA paratransit services across an approximately 440 square-mile service area.
SacRT is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors comprised of directors that are appointed by the different jurisdictions: three members by Sacramento County, four members by the City of Sacramento, one member each from the cities of Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. Areas currently authorized to join, but have yet to, are the cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and specified parts of Yolo County.
- Checking in. This bill reduces the number of City of Sacramento appointees to the SacRT board. The City of Sacramento does not object to this bill.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 5/29/24)
City of Galt
PAT Hume, Sacramento County Supervisor, District 5
Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County Supervisor District 2
Rich Desmond, Sacramento County Supervisor District 3
Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost
Sacramento Regional Transit District
Supervisor Phil Serna, Sacramento County
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/29/24)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 4/8/24
AYES: Addis, Aguiar-Curry, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Bains, Bennett, Berman, Boerner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Juan Carrillo, Wendy Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Connolly, Davies, Dixon, Essayli, Flora, Mike Fong, Vince Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gipson, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Holden, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Kalra, Lackey, Lee, Low, Lowenthal, Maienschein, McCarty, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Stephanie Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Jim Patterson, Joe Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Sanchez, Santiago, Schiavo, Soria, Ta, Ting, Valencia, Villapudua, Waldron, Wallis, Ward, Weber, Wicks, Wilson, Wood, Zbur, Robert Rivas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bauer-Kahan, Megan Dahle, Jones-Sawyer, Mathis
Prepared by: Randy Chinn / TRANS. / (916) 651-4121
5/29/24 14:37:15
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Senator Dave Cortese, Chair
2023 - 2024 Regular
Bill No: Hearing Date: 5/28/2024
Author: | Stephanie Nguyen | ||
Version: | 5/13/2024 Amended | ||
Urgency: | No | Fiscal: | No |
Consultant: | Randy Chinn | ||
SUBJECT:
DIGEST: This bill allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to expand its service area to any city within Sacramento County and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
- Establishes the SacRT Act, which governs the powers and functions of SacRT; establishes SacRT's territory, and planning duties; and, authorizes SacRT to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds, as specified. [Public Utilities Code (PUC) § 102000 et. seq.]
- Provides that each appointee to the SacRT board shall serve a four-year term, unless earlier removed (PUC § 102100.1).
- Initially establishes a seven member SacRT governing board with four members appointed by the City of Sacramento and three members appointed by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. (PUC §102100.2)
- Provides that the board shall be increased with one member from each city that joins SacRT except that the City of Elk Grove may appoint two members.
This bill:
- Specifies that SacRT may include any city within the boundaries of Sacramento County and any portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for SacRT to operate.
- Reduces the number of Board members that may be appointed by the City of Sacramento from four to three.
- Makes numerous technical and clarifying changes to SacRT law.
COMMENTS:
- Author’s Statement. “Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is the public transit provider for most of Sacramento County. The current service territory includes several of the incorporated cities and much of the unincorporated Sacramento County area. Over the past decade, SacRT has expanded to provide transit services to the local governments of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova at their respective requests and authorizations. Sacramento County anticipating future needs, approached SacRT about potentially expanding their service to the city of Galt. This bill would allow SacRT to expand transit services to other local governments within Sacramento County, if approved by those local governments. This bill would enable greater connectivity for the region and provide a clean transportation option to those without efficient access to transportation.”
- Background. SacRT was established by SB 1477 (Rodda), Chapter 1374, Statutes of 1971. SacRT serves the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova, by operating over 82 bus routes (fixed-route, microtransit, and dial-a-ride), 43 miles of light rail serving 53 light rail stations and ADA paratransit services across an approximately 440 square-mile service area.
SacRT is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors comprised of directors that are appointed by the different jurisdictions: three members by Sacramento County, four members by the City of Sacramento, one member each from the cities of Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. Areas currently authorized to join, but have yet to, are the cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and specified parts of Yolo County.
- Checking in. This bill reduces the number of City of Sacramento appointees to the SacRT board. The committee has checked with the City and they do not object to the bill.
Related Legislation:
AB 1052 (McCarty), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2023, made changes to the taxing authority for SacRT.
AB 354 (Nguyen), Chapter 35, Statutes of 2023, authorized the City of Elk Grove to appoint two members to the SacRT board instead of one.
AB 2015 (Cooley), Chapter 182, Statutes of 2022, increased, from $100,000 to $125,000, the bid threshold for SacRT’s purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials. This bill also specified that if SacRT establishes a retirement board for the retirement system, board members and employees of the district may serve on its retirement board, and deleted obsolete language in the SacRT Act.
AB 1196 (Cooley), Chapter 272, Statutes of 2021, changed the voting structure for SacRT from a weighted voting structure to a “one member, one vote” voting structure. This bill also removed the code sections pertaining to the weighted voting structure and made other technical and clarifying changes.
AB 709 (McCarty), Chapter 522, Statutes of 2018, made numerous changes to the SacRT Act, including clarifying SacRT’s geographic area and adding a one-eighth of one percent sales tax-rate increment to SacRT’s taxation authority.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on Wednesday,
May 22, 2024.)
SUPPORT:
City of Galt
PAT Hume, Sacramento County Supervisor, District 5
Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County Supervisor District 2
Rich Desmond, Sacramento County Supervisor District 3
Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost
Sacramento Regional Transit District (Sponsor)
Supervisor Phil Serna, Sacramento County
OPPOSITION:
None received
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ATR Bill Id:AB 1924
Author:(Stephanie Nguyen)
As Amended Ver:March 6, 2024
Majority vote
SUMMARY
Allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to expand its service area to any city within Sacramento County and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.
Major Provisions
- Specifies that SacRT may comprise any city within the boundaries of Sacramento County.
- Provides that SacRT may comprise any portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for SacRT to operate.
- Clarifies that annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that request to be annexed to SacRT agrees in writing with SacRT upon the terms and conditions of annexation.
COMMENTS
Sacramento Regional Transit District. SacRT was established by SB 1477 (Rodda), Chapter 1374, Statutes of 1971. SacRT serves citizens in the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova, by operating over 82 bus routes (fixed-route, microtransit, and dial-a-ride), 43 miles of light rail serving 53 light rail stations and ADA paratransit services across an approximately 440 square-mile service area.
SacRT is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors comprised of directors that are appointed by the different jurisdictions: three members by Sacramento County, four members by the City of Sacramento, two members by the City of Elk Grove, and one member each from the cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. Areas currently authorized to join, but have yet to, are the cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and specified parts of Yolo County.
According to the Author
According to the author, "Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is the public transit provider for most of Sacramento County. The current service territory includes several of the incorporated cities and much of the unincorporated Sacramento County area. Over the past decade, SacRT has expanded to provide transit services to the local governments of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova at their respective requests and authorizations. Sacramento County anticipating future needs, approached SacRT about potentially expanding their service to the city of Galt. This bill would allow SacRT to expand transit services to other local governments within Sacramento County, if approved by those local governments. This bill would enable greater connectivity for the region and provide a clean transportation option to those without efficient access to transportation."
Arguments in Support
According to the sponsors, "We are pursuing this legislation at the behest of local leaders from Sacramento County and the City of Galt who want to consider having SacRT provide their transit service. Galt is the southern-most incorporated city in Sacramento County, and home to more than 25,000 residents. While it retains its agricultural roots and rural charm, Galt is a growing city in the southern portion of the County. The city's population doubled from 1999 to 2009 and is looking toward continued growth in the future.
"Over the past five years several cities in Sacramento County (Folsom, Elk Grove, and Citrus Heights) have annexed their transit services into SacRT. Consolidation of the region's transit agencies has led to economies of scale, better grant competitiveness, and more integrated transit connections and route planning. SacRT's enabling legislation defines its service territory, but currently does not include the city of Galt and other parts of unincorporated Sacramento County.
"Notably, this legislation does not enact any annexation. It merely expands the area that SacRT may serve upon agreement from the local governing body. SacRT fully supports this legislation, and we look forward to working with Galt and Sacramento County to explore the potential for expanding our service to cover Galt, which would improve regional connectivity."
Arguments in Opposition
None on file.
FISCAL COMMENTS
None
VOTES
ASM LOCAL GOVERNMENT: 8-0-1
YES: Juan Carrillo, Waldron, Haney, Kalra, Pacheco, Ramos, Ward, Wilson
ABS, ABST OR NV: Essayli
UPDATED
VERSION: March 6, 2024
CONSULTANT: Jimmy MacDonald / L. GOV. / (916) 319-3958 FN: 0002674
Date of Hearing: March 20, 2024
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Juan Carrillo, Chair
ABPCA Bill Id:AB 1924 (
Author:Stephanie Nguyen) – As Amended Ver:March 6, 2024
SUBJECT: Sacramento Regional Transit District.
SUMMARY: Allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to expand its service area to any city within Sacramento County and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for the district to operate. Specifically, this bill:
- Specifies that SacRT may comprise any city within the boundaries of Sacramento County.
- Provides that SacRT may comprise any portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for SacRT to operate.
- Clarifies that annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that request to be annexed to SacRT agrees in writing with SacRT upon the terms and conditions of annexation.
- Makes numerous technical and clarifying changes to SacRT law.
EXISTING LAW:
- Establishes the SacRT Act, which governs the powers and functions of SacRT; establishes SacRT's territory, and planning duties; and, authorizes SacRT to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds, as specified. [Public Utilities Code (PUC) § 102000 et. Seq.]
- Provides that each appointee to the SacRT board shall serve a four-year term, unless earlier removed (PUC § 1002100.1).
- Requires the number of members of the SacRT board to be increased as follows:
- Each member entity that is annexed after initial formation of SacRT shall be entitled to make one appointment to the SacRT board (PUC § 102100.3).
- A city or county that is not annexed to SacRT may become a participating entity that is entitled to make at least one appointment to the board if the participating entity enters into an agreement with the district that provides for all of the following (PUC § 102100.3):
- The participating entity agrees to pay its proportionate share of SacRT’s cost to provide rail or other districtwide transit services.
- SacRT agrees to maintain a specified level of rail or other districtwide services.
- SacRT is not obligated to provide transit services to any particular location or along any particular route.
- Specifies that any city or county authorized to join SacRT may be annexed to SacRT (PUC § 102055).
- Provides that the legislative body of the city or county proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for the levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to any otherwise specified taxes; the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within SacRT; the incurring or assumption of indebtedness; the making of a payment or payments; or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to SacRT by the city or county (PUC § 102055).
FISCAL EFFECT: None.
COMMENTS:
- Sacramento Regional Transit District. SacRT was established by SB 1477 (Rodda), Chapter 1374, Statutes of 1971. SacRT serves citizens in the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova, by operating over 82 bus routes (fixed-route, microtransit, and dial-a-ride), 43 miles of light rail serving 53 light rail stations and ADA paratransit services across an approximately 440 square-mile service area.
SacRT is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors comprised of directors that are appointed by the different jurisdictions: three members by Sacramento County, four members by the City of Sacramento, two members by the City of Elk Grove, and one member each from the cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. Areas currently authorized to join, but have yet to, are the cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and specified parts of Yolo County.
- Bill Summary and Author’s Statement. This bill allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to expand its service area to any city within Sacramento County and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of Sacramento County where the county has declared a need for the district to operate. This bill also clarifies that annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that request to be annexed to SacRT agrees in writing with SacRT upon the terms and conditions of annexation. SacRT is the sponsor of this bill.
According to the author, “Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is the public transit provider for most of Sacramento County. The current service territory includes several of the incorporated cities and much of the unincorporated Sacramento County area. Over the past decade, SacRT has expanded to provide transit services to the local governments of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova at their respective requests and authorizations. Sacramento County anticipating future needs, approached SacRT about potentially expanding their service to the city of Galt. This bill would allow SacRT to expand transit services to other local governments within Sacramento County, if approved by those local governments. This bill would enable greater connectivity for the region and provide a clean transportation option to those without efficient access to transportation.”
- Previous Legislation. AB 709 (McCarty), Chapter 522, Statutes of 2018, made numerous changes to the SacRT Act, including clarifying SacRT’s geographic area and adding a one-eighth of one percent sales tax-rate increment to SacRT’s taxation authority.
AB 1196 (Cooley), Chapter 272, Statutes of 2021, changed the voting structure for SacRT from a weighted voting structure to a “one member, one vote” voting structure. This bill also removed the code sections pertaining to the weighted voting structure and made other technical and clarifying changes.
AB 2015 (Cooley), Chapter 182, Statutes of 2022, increased, from $100,000 to $125,000, the bid threshold for SacRT’s purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials. This bill also specified that if SacRT establishes a retirement board for the retirement system, board members and employees of the district may serve on its retirement board, and deleted obsolete language in the SacRT Act.
AB 354 (Nguyen), Chapter 35, Statutes of 2023, authorized the City of Elk Grove to appoint two members to the SacRT board instead of one.
AB 1052 (McCarty), Chapter 674, Statutes of 2023, made changes to the taxing authority for SacRT.
- Arguments in Support. According to the sponsors, “We are pursuing this legislation at the behest of local leaders from Sacramento County and the City of Galt who want to consider having SacRT provide their transit service. Galt is the southern-most incorporated city in Sacramento County, and home to more than 25,000 residents. While it retains its agricultural roots and rural charm, Galt is a growing city in the southern portion of the County. The city’s population doubled from 1999 to 2009 and is looking toward continued growth in the future.
“Over the past five years several cities in Sacramento County (Folsom, Elk Grove, and Citrus Heights) have annexed their transit services into SacRT. Consolidation of the region’s transit agencies has led to economies of scale, better grant competitiveness, and more integrated transit connections and route planning. SacRT’s enabling legislation defines its service territory, but currently does not include the city of Galt and other parts of unincorporated Sacramento County.
“Notably, this legislation does not enact any annexation. It merely expands the area that SacRT may serve upon agreement from the local governing body. SacRT fully supports this legislation, and we look forward to working with Galt and Sacramento County to explore the potential for expanding our service to cover Galt, which would improve regional connectivity.”
- Arguments in Opposition. None on file.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Sacramento Regional Transit District [SPONSOR]
City of Galt
Sacramento County Supervisor Pat Hume, District 5
Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy, District 2
Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna, District 1
Sacramento County Supervisor Rich Desmond, District 3
Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost, District 4
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Jimmy MacDonald / L. GOV. / (916) 319-3958
Discussed in Hearing
Assembly Floor
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