BILL NUMBER: AB 1232	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huffman

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 56430 of the Government Code, relating to
local agency formation commissions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1232, as introduced, Huffman. Local agency formation
commissions: service reviews.
   (1) Existing law establishes in each county a local agency
formation commission. The commission is required to develop and
determine the sphere of influence of each local governmental agency
within the county and to enact policies designed to promote the
logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere. Existing
law requires the commission to conduct a service review of the
municipal services provided in the county or other appropriate area
designated by the commission, make specific determinations, and
prepare a written statement of those determinations.
   This bill would require a commission to make and include in the
written statement projected cost and budget increases associated with
future regulatory requirements, including, but not limited to,
infrastructure replacement and upgrades. By increasing the duties of
a local agency formation commission, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 56430 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   56430.  (a) In order to prepare and to update spheres of influence
in accordance with Section 56425, the commission shall conduct a
service review of the municipal services provided in the county or
other appropriate area designated by the commission. The commission
shall include in the area designated for service review the county,
the region, the subregion, or any other geographic area as is
appropriate for an analysis of the service or services to be
reviewed, and shall prepare a written statement of its determinations
with respect to each of the following:
   (1) Growth and population projections for the affected area.
   (2) Present and planned capacity of public facilities and adequacy
of public services, including infrastructure needs or deficiencies.
   (3) Financial ability of agencies to provide services.
   (4) Status of, and opportunities for, shared facilities.
   (5) Accountability for community service needs, including
governmental structure and operational efficiencies. 
   (6) Projected cost and budget increases associated with future
regulatory requirements, including, but not limited to,
infrastructure replacement and upgrades.  
   (6) 
    (7)  Any other matter related to effective or efficient
service delivery, as required by commission policy.
   (b) In conducting a service review, the commission shall
comprehensively review all of the agencies that provide the
identified service or services within the designated geographic area.

   (c) The commission shall conduct a service review before, or in
conjunction with, but no later than the time it is considering an
action to establish a sphere of influence in accordance with Section
56425 or Section 56426.5 or to update a sphere of influence pursuant
to Section 56425.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.