BILL NUMBER: SB 310	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act relating to transit villages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 310, as introduced, Hancock. Transit villages.
   Existing law requires cities and counties to implement certain
planning and zoning plans for the orderly development of communities.

   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require cities and counties to adopt
permitting procedures for transit village green pathways
developments, as specified.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require cities and counties to adopt
permitting procedures for transit village green pathways
developments, in order to facilitate the implementation of Senate
Bill 375 of the 2007-08 Regular Session, by encouraging economic
development within transit villages, reducing vehicle miles traveled,
promoting the construction of Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) certified buildings, and providing incentives to
developers to construct housing in transit villages.