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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
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SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE REMARKS
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION
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RECEIVE AND FILE status report on State and Federal Legislative Remarks.
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This report was prepared on September 3, 2015 and will be updated with more current information at the Executive Management Committee meeting.
Special Session Continues to Consider Proposed Transportation-Related Measures*
Debates on the transportation funding proposals continue in the first extraordinary session of the State Legislature. Pursuant to Board direction, staff has continued to advocate that transit state of good repair needs be addressed in the special session and to advocate for authority for Metro to pursue public private partnerships.
Earlier this month a coalition of legislators (State Senators Jerry Hill and Ben Allen and Assemblymembers Adrin Nazarian, David Chiu, and Richard Bloom), transit stakeholders, unions, and environment advocates to urge passage of two bills (SBX17 & SBX18) that combined would provide over $600 million annually for critically needed public transit funding in California. The State Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Development Committee voted to approve SBX17 - Diesel Sales Tax Increase & SBX18 - Cap and Trade Adjustment. The coalition urged the State Assembly to also consider similar measures before that body: ABX17 - Cap and Trade Adjustment & ABX18 - Diesel Sales Tax Measure. In addition, Assembly Member Nazarian introduced AB 1X 12 which would authorize Metro to pursue public private partnerships on the state highway system.
The Legislature is scheduled to finish this year's session on Friday, September 11, 2015.
Metro's Orange Line Improvement Legislation Moves Forward *
AB 726 (Nazarian) is Metro's sponsored bill which would authorize us to operate up to 82 feet buses on the Metro Orange Line route in Los ...
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