BILL NUMBER: AB 959	CHAPTERED  06/15/01

	CHAPTER  19
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 15, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 15, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 4, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 31, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 17, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kelley

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 6530 to the Government Code, relating to
joint powers agreements.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 959, Kelley.  Joint powers agreements:  Salton Sea Authority.
   Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, to
enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the
contracting parties.  The Salton Sea Authority, formed pursuant to
this existing law, is a joint powers authority consisting of the
County of Imperial, the County of Riverside, the Coachella Valley
Water District, and the Imperial Irrigation District.
   This bill would authorize the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla
Indians to enter into a joint powers agreement to participate in the
Salton Sea Authority.  The bill would also provide that on and after
January 1, 2002, the authority shall not have the power to authorize
or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of
1985 unless the funded public improvements will be owned and
maintained by the authority or one or more public agency members and
the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the
authority or one or more of its public agency members.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians are a tribal
entity recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the United
States Department of the Interior.
   (b) The tribe, along with current members of the Salton Sea
Authority, owns land lying under and adjacent to the Salton Sea
within the boundaries of the Salton Sea Authority.
   (c) The tribe has undertaken, and intends to continue to
undertake, environmental restoration projects in and adjacent to the
Salton Sea within the boundaries of the Salton Sea Authority.
   (d) Participation of the tribe in the Salton Sea Authority will
facilitate coordination of environmental restoration activities
related to the Salton Sea.
   (e) Enactment of this act will enable the tribe to participate as
a member of the Salton Sea Authority.
  SEC. 2.  Section 6530 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   6530.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Torres
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians are authorized to enter into a joint
powers agreement to participate in the Salton Sea Authority.
   (b) On and after January 1, 2002, the Salton Sea Authority shall
not have the power to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the
Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with
Section 6584)) unless the public improvements to be funded by the
bonds will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more of
its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay
the bonds derive from the authority or one or more of its public
agency members.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that, due to the unique
circumstances applicable to the Salton Sea Authority, a statute of
general applicability cannot be made applicable within the meaning of
subdivision (b) of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution.