BILL NUMBER: AB 266	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2011

   An act relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 266, as introduced, Ammiano. State government: sports
authority.
   Existing law exempts from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act and specified local planning requirements
the development, planning, design, site acquisition, subdivision,
financing, leasing, construction, operation, or maintenance of a
specified stadium complex and associated development, and
infrastructure improvements associated with that stadium complex and
associated development.
   This bill would set forth the findings and declarations of the
Legislature with respect to obtaining and retaining professional
sports teams within the state, and state the intent of the
Legislature to enact legislation that will create a Statewide Sports
Authority for the purposes of eliminating intrastate conflicts in the
procurement of sports teams, coordinating efforts to procure and
retain professional sports teams within the state, and helping to
finance sports arenas within the state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) California is home to five Major League Baseball teams, three
National Football League teams, and numerous other professional
sports teams, including soccer and hockey teams.
   (2) The hosting of professional sports teams and large-scale
sports events brings in millions of dollars to local economies each
year, and California is in competition with the rest of the nation to
secure and keep professional sports teams, many of which have become
part of the state's identity.
   (3) Currently, California has several local sports authorities,
which sometimes work in competition with each other, and this creates
the possibility of the state losing out to other states for sports
arenas and team locations.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
will create a Statewide Sports Authority for the purposes of
eliminating intrastate conflicts in the procurement of sports teams,
coordinating efforts to procure and retain professional sports teams
within the state, and helping to finance sports arenas within the
state.