BILL NUMBER: SB 1117	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

   An act to add Section 14537 to the Government Code, relating to
transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1117, as introduced, DeSaulnier. California Transportation
Commission: passenger rail planning.
   Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to
submit an annual report to the Legislature summarizing the prior year'
s transportation capital outlay appropriations and transportation
issues facing the state.
   This bill would require the commission to also prepare a statewide
passenger rail transportation plan.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14537 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   14537.  The commission shall prepare a statewide passenger rail
transportation plan.