EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

JANUARY  17, 2002

SUBJECT:            STATE LEGISLATION

ACTION:            APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON STATE LEGISLATION

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the MTA Board of Directors consider the following positions:

A.    Proposition 42 (Dutra) – Proposition 42 would permanently dedicate the sales tax on gasoline to transportation purposes.  SUPPORT

B.    AB 629 (Oropeza) – AB 629 would require two-way communication devices on specified public transit vehicles.   SUPPORT – WORK  WITH AUTHOR

ISSUE

Staff reviews numerous transportation-related bills throughout the legislative session.  The attached analyses identify two significant bills which staff believes the MTA Board of Directors should take positions.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachments A & B:                 Legislative Analyses

Attachment C:                             SB 18

Prepared by:                             Michael Turner
                                                Administrator, Government Relations

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Claudette A. Moody                                          Roger Snoble
Director, Government Relations                          Chief Executive Officer