BILL NUMBER: SB 1920	CHAPTERED  07/09/02

	CHAPTER  132
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 9, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 9, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 24, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 8, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 7, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Section 40131 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1920, Knight.  Air resources:  air pollution control districts
and air quality management districts:  budget adoption.
   Existing law provides for the establishment of air pollution
control districts and air quality management districts.  Each
district is required to adopt its annual budget in accordance with
certain requirements, including that the district provide notice of
and hold a public hearing for the exclusive purpose of reviewing its
budget and of providing the public with the opportunity to comment
upon the proposed district budget.  Existing law requires the public
hearing for reviewing and commenting on the budget to be separate
from the hearing at which the district adopts its budget.
   This bill would require the public hearing for reviewing and
commenting to be separated, by a period of not less than two weeks,
from the hearing at which the budget is adopted, and would exclude
districts with a population of 1,000,000 persons or less from the
requirement that the public hearing for reviewing and commenting on
the budget be held exclusively for those purposes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 40131 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   40131.  (a) Each district shall adopt its annual budget in
accordance with the following requirements:
   (1) The district shall prepare, and make available to the public
at least 30 days prior to public hearing, a summary of its budget and
any supporting documents, including, but not limited to, a schedule
of fees to be imposed by the district to fund its programs.
   (2) The district shall notify each person who was subject to fees
imposed by the district in the preceding year of the availability of
the information described in paragraph (1).
   (3) (A) The district shall notice and hold a public hearing for
the exclusive purpose of reviewing its budget and of providing the
public with the opportunity to comment upon the proposed district
budget.
   (B) The public hearing required to be held pursuant to this
paragraph shall be  held separately, by a period of not less than two
weeks, from the hearing at which the district adopts its budget.
   (C) In districts with a population of 1,000,000 persons or less,
the hearing required under this paragraph may include other matters
in addition to those required under subparagraph (A).
   (b) This article does not apply to the south coast district, which
shall be governed by Article 8 (commencing with Section 40520) of
Chapter 5.5.