BILL NUMBER: AB 2038	CHAPTERED  06/30/02

	CHAPTER  82
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 30, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 28, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 17, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to amend Section 25210.9c of the Government Code, relating
to county service areas, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2038, Ashburn.  County service areas.
   Existing law permits the board of supervisors by a 4/5 vote to
appropriate up to $1,000,000 of its available moneys to a revolving
fund for specified uses relating to county service areas under
prescribed conditions, including a requirement that the revolving
fund be reimbursed.  Existing law also authorizes the Board of
Supervisors of Santa Barbara County to disburse money from the
revolving fund to county service areas without the requirement of
reimbursement.
   This bill would grant the same authority to the Board of
Supervisors of Tulare County.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 25210.9c of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   25210.9c.  (a) Pursuant to a resolution adopted by a four-fifths
vote of all the members of its board of supervisors, a county may
appropriate any of its available moneys to a revolving fund not to
exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) to be used for the
acquisition of real or personal property, environmental impact
studies, fiscal analysis, engineering services, salaries, wages,
services, supplies, or the construction of structures or improvements
needed in whole or in part to provide one or more extended services
to a county service area located wholly within the county.  The
revolving fund shall be reimbursed from service fees, connection
charges, tax revenues, or other moneys available from the service
area, and no sums shall be disbursed from the fund until the board
has, by resolution, established the method by and the term, not
exceeding 10 years, within which the county service area is to
reimburse the fund.  The service area shall reimburse the fund for
any amount disbursed to the service area within 10 years after
disbursement, together with interest at the current rate per annum
received on similar types of investments by the county as determined
by the county treasurer.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Santa Barbara or the County of Tulare may disburse
money from the revolving fund to county service areas without
complying with the requirement for reimbursement.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for the County of Tulare to meet the financial needs of
county service areas at the earliest possible time, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.