CA AB292

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to appoint a 9-member agricultural advisory committee from nominees recommended by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture

Mandates the authority consult with the committee before adopting agriculture-related policies and reflect the committee's comments in board action items, with written responses provided to both the board and committee

Committee members must be active in farming or agricultural enterprises with technical expertise in areas such as irrigation systems, well drilling, animal husbandry, harvesting, and agricultural transportation, representing areas affected by high-speed rail planning phases

Declares the act an urgency statute taking effect immediately to allow the committee to influence planning before the authority meets federal deadlines for construction contracts by September 2012