BILL NUMBER: SB 1010	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Section 7701 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to rail service assistance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1010, as introduced, Florez.   Rail service assistance: state
rail plan.
   Existing law makes the Department of Transportation, in
cooperation with the Public Utilities Commission, responsible for the
preparation and periodic update of the state rail plan.
   This bill would make the department, in cooperation with the
commission, responsible for the preparation and regular update of the
state rail plan.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 7701 of the  Public Utilities Code  is amended
to read:
   7701.  The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the
commission and other affected state and local agencies, shall be
responsible for the preparation and  periodic  
regular  update of the state rail plan required by the act.