BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1010
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Date of Hearing: June 28, 2006
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Simon Salinas, Chair
SB 1010 (Florez) - As Amended: June 26, 2006
SENATE VOTE : 33-3
SUBJECT : Rail service: City of Shafter.
SUMMARY : Authorizes the City of Shafter to assign the functions
of an intermodal rail facility to an intermodal rail commission.
Specifically, this bill :
1)States that the legislative body of the City of Shafter may,
by ordinance, assign the functions of an intermodal rail
facility to an intermodal rail commission (Commission).
2)Specifies that the Commission will serve as an advisory body
of the City of Shafter in all matters pertaining to the
California Integrated Logistics Center or other intermodal
rail facilities operated by the City of Shafter.
3)Requires the Commission to perform the following functions:
a) Evaluate and recommend operating and capital
expenditures;
b) Evaluate and recommend capital improvement projects;
c) Evaluate and recommend business expansion or
contraction;
d) Undertake strategic planning regarding the operation and
maintenance of the California Integrated Logistics Center
or other intermodal rail facilities operated by the City of
Shafter;
e) Evaluate and recommend changes to rates or related
rate-setting matters; and
f) Represent the City of Shafter at private and public
meetings and conferences.
4)States that the legislative body of the City of Shafter may
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specify the membership of the Commission.
5)Requires that terms of office, qualifications, and method of
appointment and removal of Commissioners be established by
ordinance.
6)Specifies that the Commission shall consist of at least five
members, all of whom shall act in the public interest.
7)Authorizes the legislative body of the City of Shafter to
establish rules, procedures, or standards for the Commission
that do not conflict with state or federal laws.
8)Specifies that Commissioners shall receive reimbursement for
their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of official duties.
9)Specifies that the Legislative body may provide a stipend to
Commissioners that shall not exceed $75 per meeting.
10)Prohibits Commissioners from receiving a stipend for more
than two meetings per month.
11)Requires the City of Shafter to provide the funds, equipment,
and accommodations necessary or appropriate for the work of
the Commission.
12)Specifies that if the City of Shafter establishes any fees to
support the work of an intermodal rail commission, the fees
may not exceed the reasonable costs of providing a service for
which the fee is charged.
13)Requires the operations of the Commission to follow the Ralph
M. Brown Act.
14)Makes all documents of the Commission subject to the Public
Records Act.
15)Specifies that the Commission is subject to the Political
Reform Act.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Specifies that a city council may not provide additional
compensation, beyond the salary city council members currently
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receive, to any of its members unless that additional
compensation is authorized by statute and limits the amount of
compensation a commissioner may receive for serving on a
community development commission.
2)Authorizes a city council to establish a planning commission
and other advisory bodies.
3)Requires, under the Ralph M. Brown Act, that meetings and
actions taken by a local government be done in public.
4)Authorizes municipal corporations to acquire, construct, own,
operate, or lease any public utility and defines public
utility as including the transportation of persons or
property.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS :
1)The California Integrated Logistics Center (CILC) is located
in Shafter, California. According to the author's office, the
CILC is being designed to serve as a state-of-the-art
intermodal transportation facility that will allow businesses
throughout Central California to import and export goods to
the state's respective ports (Los Angeles, Long Beach and
Oakland). CILC is an inland hub that could serve as a vital
resource in California's continuing advancement and
development in the arena of goods movement. Distribution
centers such as Ikea, Sears, Wal-Mart, VF Factory Stores, as
well as the region's dairy farmers and growers, would all
benefit from the CILC through their use of freight trains to
get goods out in a faster fashion.
2)The City of Shafter claims that it needs a commission to
govern the day-to-day operations
of the CILC. It envisions the CILC to become a major intermodal
transportation import-export operation. Shafter city
officials believe a commission is necessary to ensure that the
operations stay focused and professional.
3)AB 1768 (Oropeza), Chapter 1127, Statutes of 2002,
appropriated $5 million to CalTrans
for a local assistance grant to Shafter to construct the
Southern San Joaquin Valley Intermodal Facility, a part of the
CILC. This past December, ground was broken on the switching
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and rail spur for that project. Shafter estimates project
completion by November 2006.
4)This bill has been double-referred to the Committees on
Utilities and Commerce, where it passed with a 10-1 vote on
June 19, 2006, and Local Government.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
City of Shafter
Tejon Ranch Company
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Katie Kolitsos / L. GOV. / (916)
319-3958