BILL NUMBER: AB 2259	CHAPTERED  09/25/06

	CHAPTER  460
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 14, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salinas

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2006

   An act to amend Section 56434 of the Government Code, relating to
local agency formation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2259, Salinas  Local agency formation: extension of services.
   Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government
Reorganization Act of 2000, authorizes a local agency formation
commission, until January 1, 2007, to review and approve a proposal
that extends services into previously unserved territory within
unincorporated areas and to review the creation of new service
providers to extend urban type development into previously unserved
territory within unincorporated areas to ensure that the proposed
extension is consistent with the policies of the commission and
certain policies under state law.
   This bill, until January 1, 2013, would instead permit the
commission to review and comment on the extension of services into
previously unserved territory within unincorporated areas and the
creation of new service providers to extend urban type development
into previously unserved areas to ensure that the proposed extension
is consistent with the policies of the commission and certain
policies under state law.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 56434 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   56434.  (a) The commission may review and comment upon both of the
following:
   (1) The extension of services into previously unserved territory
within unincorporated areas.
   (2) The creation of new service providers to extend urban type
development into previously unserved territory within unincorporated
areas.
   (b) The purpose of the review authorized by this section shall be
to ensure that the proposed extension of services or creation of new
service providers is consistent with the policies of Sections 56001,
56300, 56301, and the adopted policies of the commission implementing
these sections, including promoting orderly development,
discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open space and prime
agricultural lands, providing housing for persons and families of all
incomes, and the efficient extension of governmental services.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.