BILL NUMBER: AB 691	CHAPTERED  09/22/05

	CHAPTER  309
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

   An act to amend Section 65460.7 of, and to add Section 65460.11
to, the Government Code, relating to transit village plans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 691, Hancock  Transit village plans.
   The Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 authorizes a
city or county to prepare a transit village plan for a transit
village development district that includes all land within not less
than 1/4 mile of the exterior boundary of the parcel on which is
located a transit station and addresses specified characteristics,
including all of the demonstrable public benefits that are specified.
Existing law provides that a transit village plan shall be prepared,
adopted, and amended in the same manner as a general plan.
   This bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to
declare that a previously adopted specific plan or redevelopment plan
that conforms to specified requirements constitutes a village
transit plan, after publishing a notice stating the intent to make
the declaration, describing the general location of the proposed
plan, and stating the time, date, and place of the public meeting.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 65460.7 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65460.7.  (a) A transit village plan shall be prepared, adopted,
and amended in the same manner as a general plan, except for plans
qualified as transit village plans pursuant to Section 65460.11.
   (b) A transit village plan may be repealed in the same manner as
it is required to be amended.
  SEC. 2.  Section 65460.11 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   65460.11.  Any portion of a specific plan or redevelopment plan
adopted prior to January 1, 2006, that conforms to the requirements
set forth in Section 65460.2, as amended by Chapter 42 of the
Statutes of 2004, may be declared a transit village plan by a city,
county, or city and county if that entity does both of the following:

   (a) After publishing a notice pursuant to Section 6061, in at
least one newspaper of general circulation within the entity's
jurisdiction at least 10 days prior to the public meeting, makes
findings and declarations demonstrating the conformity of the
existing plan to Section 65460.2, as amended by Chapter 42 of the
Statutes of 2004. The notice shall state the entity's intent to
declare a portion of the existing plan as a transit village plan,
describe the general location of the proposed transit village plan,
and state the date, time, and place of the public meeting.
   (b) Takes action prior to December 31, 2006, to declare that the
conforming plan constitutes its transit village plan.