California Public Utilities Code

§ 99603

PUC § 99603Div. 10 · Part 11.5 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The department shall establish an advisory committee to assist the department in developing specifications for standard state-of-the-art California commuter and intercity rail cars and locomotives. The committee shall consist of representatives from all affected local transportation agencies as well as the department’s Division of Mass Transportation and one consumer representative.

(b)The purpose of the standard equipment is to facilitate joint procurement in economic quantities, to further interchangeability of equipment among corridors, and to reduce maintenance costs by minimizing the need for spare parts inventories.

(c)To the extent possible, the committee shall rely on the department’s existing work in procuring new equipment for CalTrain.

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Legislative history

Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 116.