ARTICLE 2. Organization and Governance [132351. - 132351.6.]

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 2.

in effect

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351. Section 132351.

The consolidation of SANDAG and the transit boards will consolidate responsibilities under the organization and governance structure and with the powers, duties, functions, and authority as set forth herein.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351.1. Section 132351.1.

(a) A board of directors consisting of 21 members shall govern the consolidated agency. (b) For purposes of this chapter, “governing body” means the board of supervisors, council, council and mayor where the mayor is not a member of the council, authority, trustees, director, commission, committee, or other policymaking body, as appropriate, that exercises authority over an entity represented on the board of the consolidated agency. (c) All powers, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon the consolidated agency shall be exercised and performed by and through a board of directors provided, however, that the exercise of all executive, administrative, and ministerial power may be delegated and redelegated by the board, to any of the offices, officers, or committees created pursuant to this chapter or created by the board acting pursuant to this chapter. (d) The board shall be composed of one primary representative selected by the governing body of each city in the county and a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. However, the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego shall each have a primary and secondary representative, which for the City of San Diego shall be the mayor of the City of San Diego and the president of the city council. Each director shall be a mayor, councilperson, or supervisor, as applicable, of the governing body that selected him or her, and shall serve until recalled by the governing body of the city or county. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as originally selected. Each city or county shall also select one alternate to serve on the board when the primary or secondary representative, if applicable, is not available. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the representative for whom he or she is substituting. The alternate shall be a mayor, councilperson, or supervisor, as applicable, of his or her governing body. (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), in those years when the primary representative of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is from a district that is substantially an incorporated area, a supervisor who represents a district that is substantially an unincorporated area shall be appointed to the board as the secondary representative. Alternatively, in those years when the primary representative of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is from a district that is substantially an unincorporated area, a supervisor who represents a district that is substantially an incorporated area shall be appointed to the board as the secondary representative. (f) At its discretion, each city or county may select a second alternate, in the same manner as the first alternate, to serve on the board in the event that neither the primary representative nor the first alternate is able to attend a meeting of the board. This alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary representative. (g) The board may allow for the appointment of advisory representatives to sit with the board but in no event shall those representatives be allowed a vote. The current advisory representatives to the San Diego Association of Governments may continue their advisory representation on the consolidated agency at the discretion of their governing body. The governing bodies of the County of Imperial and the cities in that county may collectively designate an advisory representative to sit with the board.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351.2. Section 132351.2.

(a) A majority of the member agencies constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In order to act on any item, the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board present is required. However, after a vote of the members is taken, a weighted vote may be called by the members of any two jurisdictions. (b) The governing body of the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego shall allocate their weighted votes equally between their primary and secondary members. (c) For the weighted vote, there shall be a total of 100 votes, except additional votes shall be allowed pursuant to subdivision (h). Each member agency shall have that number of votes determined by the following apportionment formula, provided that each agency shall have at least one vote, no agency shall have more than 50 votes, and there shall be no fractional votes: (1) If any agency has 50 percent or more of the total population of the San Diego County region, allocate 50 votes to that agency and follow paragraph (2), and if not, follow paragraph (3). (2) Total the population of the remaining agencies determined in paragraph (1) and compute the percentage of this total that each agency has. (A) Multiply each percentage derived above by 50 to determine fractional shares. (B) Boost fractions that are less than one to one and add the whole numbers. (C) If the answer to subparagraph (B) is 50, drop all fractions and the whole numbers are the votes for each agency. (D) If the answer to subparagraph (B) is less than 50, the remaining vote is allocated one each to the agency having the highest fraction excepting those whose vote was increased to one pursuant to subparagraph (B). (E) If the answer to subparagraph (B) is more than 50, the excess vote is taken one each from the agency with the lowest fraction. In no case shall a vote be reduced to less than one. (3) Total the population determined in paragraph (1) and compute the percentage of this total that each agency has. (A) Boost fractions that are less than one to one and add the whole numbers. (B) If the answer to subparagraph (A) is 100, drop all fractions and the whole numbers are the votes for each agency. (C) If the answer to subparagraph (A) is less than 100, the remaining vote is allocated one each to the agency having the highest fraction excepting those whose vote was increased to one pursuant to subparagraph (A). (D) If the answer to subparagraph (A) is more than 100, the excess vote is taken one each from the agency with the lowest fraction. In no case shall a vote be reduced to less than one. (d) When a weighted vote is taken on any item that requires more than a majority vote of the board, it shall also require the supermajority percentage of the weighted vote. (e) Approval under the weighted vote procedure requires the vote of not less than four members representing separate jurisdictions and not less than 51 percent of the total weighted vote to supersede the original action of the board. (f) For purposes of subdivision (c), the population of the County of San Diego is the population in the unincorporated area of the county. (g) The weighted vote formula under subdivision (c) shall be recomputed every July 1. (h) Any newly incorporated city shall receive one vote under the weighted vote procedure until the next recomputation of the weighted vote formula under subdivision (c), at which time the new agency shall receive votes in accordance with the recomputed formula. Until this recomputation, the total weighted vote may exceed 100.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351.3. Section 132351.3.

The consolidated agency is the successor agency to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and those entities set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 132353). The consolidated agency is a statutorily created regional transportation planning agency under Section 29532.1 of the Government Code. As the successor to SANDAG, the consolidated agency succeeds to, continues, and maintains SANDAG’s federal, state and local designations, including, but not limited to, designation as the Metropolitan Planning Organization, is the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission pursuant to Section 132005, is the congestion management agency, and is the council of governments for the San Diego region.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351.4. Section 132351.4.

(a) The consolidated agency shall have five standing policy advisory committees named the executive, transportation, regional planning, borders, and audit committees. The responsibilities of the committees shall be established by the board. Committee membership may be expanded by the consolidated agency, and shall be selected in accordance with a process established by the consolidated agency. The membership shall be as follows: (1) The executive committee shall consist of six voting members with board members representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, and the representative, or the representative’s alternate in their absence, from the City of San Diego and the county. The chairperson and the vice chairperson of the consolidated agency shall each be one of the six voting members. (2) (A) The transportation committee shall consist of 10 voting members with board members or alternates representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county and the mayor or a council member from the City of San Diego, a supervisor from the County of San Diego, a member of the board of the MTDB appointed by the board of the MTDB, a member of the board of the NCTD appointed by the board of the NCTD, a member of the governing board of the San Diego Unified Port District appointed by the board of the port, and a member of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority appointed by the airport authority. (B) Among its transportation responsibilities, the transportation committee shall provide a strong focus and commitment to meeting the public transit needs of the San Diego region, set transit funding criteria and recommend transit funding levels, and undertake transit responsibilities resulting from consolidation, as delegated by the board. (C) The board shall provide a report, developed by the transportation committee, to the Legislature on or before December 31 of each year that outlines the public transit needs, transit funding criteria, recommended transit funding levels, and additional work on public transit, as delegated to the transportation committee by the board. The report shall specify the funds spent explicitly on public transportation. The report shall be submitted consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (3) The regional planning committee shall consist of six voting members with board members or alternates representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, and the mayor or a council member from the City of San Diego, and a supervisor from the County of San Diego. (4) The borders committee shall consist of seven voting members with board members or alternates representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, the mayor or a council member from the City of San Diego, a supervisor from the County of San Diego, and a mayor, council member, or supervisor from the County of Imperial. (5) The audit committee shall consist of five voting members with two board members and three members of the public to be appointed by the board. The audit committee shall recommend to the board the contract of the firm conducting the annual financial statement audits and the hiring of the independent performance auditor and approve the annual audit plan after discussion with the independent performance auditor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 132354.1. (b) The board may appoint other standing and ad hoc working groups to advise it in carrying out its responsibilities. (c) No board member may serve as a member of more than two standing policy advisory committees at any one time, except those board members serving on the audit committee.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351.5. Section 132351.5.

(a) Each member of the consolidated agency, including alternate members when serving in the absence of a regular member at board meetings, and members, including alternates, of the policy advisory committees of the consolidated agency, shall be compensated as determined by the board, and for his or her necessary and reasonable expenses in performing his or her duties as a consolidated agency or policy advisory committee member. (b) The chairperson shall receive additional monthly compensation in an amount established from time to time by the board.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 132351.6. Section 132351.6.

District 11 of the Department of Transportation shall coordinate with the consolidated agency on transportation planning for all projects within the jurisdiction of the consolidated agency in which the department and the consolidated agency have common planning or programming responsibilities.

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