BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 133
Author: Smyth (R)
Amended: 5/20/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE : 3-0, 6/9/10
AYES: Kehoe, DeSaulnier, Price
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox, Aanestad
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 71-0, 1/19/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Subdivisions: major thoroughfares
SOURCE : County of Los Angeles
DIGEST : This bill allows city officials in certain
situations and Los Angeles County officials to spend bridge
and major thoroughfare subdivision fees on construction
costs that include design, acquisition of rights-of-way,
contract administration, and actual construction. This
bill caps spending on "reasonable administrative expenses"
at $300,000 a year, adjusted after 1986, for changes in the
consumer price index.
ANALYSIS : Current law, as a condition of approving
subdivisions under the Subdivision Map Act, cities and
counties can impose fees to pay for the costs of public
works projects that are related to those subdivisions.
Local officials can also impose subdivision fees to pay for
new bridges and major thoroughfares, but they must put the
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revenues into a fund for each bridge or major thoroughfare
project. Local officials can spend the fee revenues only
for construction or to reimburse construction costs.
This bill allows city officials in certain situations and
Los Angeles County officials to spend bridge and major
thoroughfare subdivision fees on construction costs that
include design, acquisition of rights-of-way, contract
administration, and actual construction. This bill caps
spending on "reasonable administrative expenses" at
$300,000 a year, adjusted after 1986, for changes in the
consumer price index.
The bill applies to construction:
1. In the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.
2. Where the area of benefit and all of the improvements
lie within both a city in Los Angeles County and the
County's unincorporated area.
3. Where all of the area of benefit and all of the
improvements lie completely within a city in Los Angeles
County.
Comments
San Diego County has special statutory permission to spend
its bridge and major thoroughfare fees on the costs of
design, right-of-way acquisition, and actual construction
which includes direct and indirect environmental,
engineering, accounting, legal, and contract administration
costs. San Diego County can also pay for "reasonable
administrative expenses," up to $300,000 a year, adjusted
for changes in the consumer price index. Administrative
expenses include office, personnel, and other management
expenses (AB 4351 [Cortese], Chapter 1408, Statutes of
1987).
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/10/10)
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County of Los Angeles (source)
City of Santa Clarita
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Buchanan, Caballero, Chesbro, Conway, Cook,
Coto, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,
Lieu, Logue, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Brownley, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Davis, Hall, Bonnie Lowenthal, Bass
AGB:do 6/10/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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