BILL NUMBER: AB 782	CHAPTERED  07/24/06

	CHAPTER  113
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 24, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 24, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

   An act to amend Sections 33030 and 33320.1 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to redevelopment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 782, Mullin  Redevelopment: project area.
   The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of
redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of
blight, as defined, in those communities. That law also specifies
both the physical and economic conditions that cause blight and
defines a project area as a "predominantly urbanized" area of a
community that is a blighted area. One criterion of blight is that
the land in the project area is characterized by the existence of
subdivided lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for
proper usefulness and development that are in multiple ownership.
   This bill would delete this criterion from the definition of
"blight" for purposes of these provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 33030 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   33030.  (a)  It is found and declared that there exist in many
communities blighted areas which constitute physical and economic
liabilities, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health,
safety, and general welfare of the people of these communities and of
the state.
   (b)  A blighted area is one that contains both of the following:
   (1)  An area that is predominantly urbanized, as that term is
defined in Section 33320.1, and is an area in which the combination
of conditions set forth in Section 33031 is so prevalent and so
substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper
utilization of the area to such an extent that it constitutes a
serious physical and economic burden on the community which cannot
reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private
enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment.
   (2)  An area that is characterized by one or more conditions set
forth in any paragraph of subdivision (a) of Section 33031 and one or
more conditions set forth in any paragraph of subdivision (b) of
Section 33031.
   (c)  A blighted area also may be one that contains the conditions
described in subdivision (b) and is, in addition, characterized by
the existence of inadequate public improvements, parking facilities,
or utilities.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33320.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   33320.1.  (a)  "Project area" means, except as provided in Section
33320.2, 33320.3, 33320.4, or 33492.3, a predominantly urbanized
area of a community that is a blighted area, the redevelopment of
which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in this
part, and that is selected by the planning commission pursuant to
Section 33322.
   (b) As used in this section, "predominantly urbanized" means that
not less than 80 percent of the land in the project area is either of
the following:
   (1) Has been or is developed for urban uses.
   (2) Is an integral part of one or more areas developed for urban
uses that are surrounded or substantially surrounded by parcels that
have been or are developed for urban uses. Parcels separated by only
an improved right-of-way shall be deemed adjacent for the purpose of
this subdivision.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, a parcel of property as
shown on the official maps of the county assessor is developed if
that parcel is developed in a manner that is either consistent with
zoning or is otherwise permitted under law.
   (d) The requirement that a project be predominantly urbanized
shall apply only to a project area for which a final redevelopment
plan is adopted on or after January 1, 1984, or to an area that is
added to a project area by an amendment to a redevelopment plan,
which amendment is adopted on or after January 1, 1984.