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AB 981          (Ma) High-Speed Rail Authority.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Under existing law, the authority is composed of 9 members. Existing law requires the authority to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson to preside in the chairperson's absence. This bill would require the authority to elect one or more vice chairpersons.

AB 1228        (Solorio) Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century.

Existing law provides for submission of the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century to the voters for approval at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election. Subject to voter approval, the act would provide for the issuance of $9.95 billion of general obligation bonds, $9 billion of which would be available in conjunction with any available federal funds for planning and construction of a high-speed train system pursuant to the business plan of the High-Speed Rail Authority, and $950 million of which would be available for capital projects on other passenger rail lines to provide connectivity to the high-speed train system and for capacity enhancements and safety improvements to those lines. Existing law specifies that the initial segment of the high-speed train system to be constructed is San Francisco to Los Angeles, and also specifies certain maximum express service travel times to be achieved for this and future corridors. This bill would instead provide that Anaheim is to be the southern terminus of the initial segment of the high-speed train system. For the Anaheim-Irvine segment, the bill would provide that no general obligation bond funds shall be available for construction, but that those funds shall be available only for eligible planning, environmental, and engineering costs. The bill would make other related changes.

SB 372          (Steinberg) High-speed rail.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with various duties and responsibilities relative to the planning and construction of a high-speed train system between Northern and Southern California. Existing law, pursuant to Chapter 44 of the Statutes of 2006, places a $9.95 billion general obligation bond measure on the November 4, 2008, general election ballot for the purposes of funding construction of a high-speed train system and for other related purposes. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to commission a study on the economic development potential and the career technical education opportunities that would result from the implementation of the high-speed train project.