Amended in Senate January 17, 2014

Amended in Senate January 6, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 471


Introduced by Assembly Members Atkins, Dickinson, Perea, and Ting

(Coauthors: Senators Mitchell, Torres, and Wolk)

February 19, 2013


An act to amend Section 53395.4 of the Government Code, and to amend Sections 34163, 34171, 34177, 34180, 34183, 34191.4, and 34191.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to local government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 471, as amended, Atkins. Local government: redevelopment: successor agencies to redevelopment agencies.

(1) Existing law authorizes the creation of infrastructure financing districts, as defined, for the sole purpose of financing public facilities, subject to adoption of a resolution by the legislative body and affected taxing entities proposed to be subject to the division of taxes and voter approval requirements. Existing law prohibits an infrastructure financing district from including any portion of a redevelopment project area.

This bill would delete that prohibition and would authorize a district to finance a project or portion of a project that is located in, or overlaps with, a redevelopment project area or former redevelopment project area, as specified.

(2) Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things, make payments due for enforceable obligations and to perform obligations required pursuant to any enforceable obligation. Existing law prohibits a successor agency from entering into contracts with, incur obligations, or make commitments to, any entity, as specified, or to amend or modify existing agreements, obligations, or commitments with any entity, for any purpose.

This bill would authorize a successor agency to amend an existing contract or agreement related to long-term enforceable obligations, or enter into a new contract or agreement in furtherance of an existing contract or agreement, for the purpose of administering projects in connection with long-term enforceable obligations, if the existing contract or agreement has been approved by the Department of Finance as an enforceable obligation on a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, and the existing contract or agreement has received a final and conclusive determination. The bill would prohibit any amendment of an existing contract or agreement, or any new contract or agreement, from committing any new funding from any source beyond the funding that was previously authorized in the existing contract or agreement. The bill would also prohibit the amendment of an existing contract or agreement, or any new contract or agreement, from otherwise adversely affecting the flow of property tax revenues, or payments made to taxing entities, as specified.

(3) Existing law requires a successor agency to submit a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to the Department of Finance, and requires the successor agency to make payments pursuant to that schedule.

This bill would authorize the successor agency to schedule Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule payments beyond the existing Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule cycle upon a showing that a lender requires cash on hand beyond the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule cycle, or when a payment is shown to be due during the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule period. The bill would authorize the successor agency to utilize reasonable estimates and projections to support payment amounts where a payment is shown to be due during the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule period but an invoice or other billing document has not been received, if the successor agency submits appropriate supporting documentation for the basis of the estimate or projection to the department. The bill would provide that a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule may also include appropriation of moneys from bonds subject to passage during the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule cycle when an enforceable obligation requires the agency to issue the bonds and use the proceeds to pay for project expenditures.

(4) Existing law requires that specified actions of a successor agency be first approved by its oversight board, including, among others, the establishment of a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.

This bill would require a successor agency to notify the board 10 days prior to entering into a contract or agreement for the use or disposition of specified properties. The bill would authorize the board to notify the successor agency during that 10-day period that the board intends to conduct a hearing to determine whether the contract or agreement is consistent with the successor agency’s long-range property management plan and would require the board to hold the hearing and issue findings within 30 days after it so notified the successor agency.

(5) Existing law requires the county auditor-controller to determine the amount of property taxes that would have been allocated to each redevelopment agency if it had not been dissolved and to deposit this amount in a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund in the county. Existing law requires the conducting of a due diligence review to determine the unobligated balances available for transfer to affected taxing entities. Existing law requires the county auditor-controller for each fiscal year to allocate moneys in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund for passthrough payment obligations, enforceable obligations of the dissolved redevelopment agency, and administrative costs, as specified. Any remaining moneys in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund are required to be distributed as local property tax revenues to local agencies and school entities, as specified.

This bill would require that, on January 2, 2014, and twice yearly thereafter until June 1, 2018, funds be allocated to cover the housing entity administrative cost allowance of a local housing authority that has assumed the housing duties of the former redevelopment agency, as specified, before remaining moneys are distributed to local agencies and school entities. The bill would define “housing entity administrative cost allowance” for these purposes. This bill would also exclude from the calculation of the amount distributed to taxing entities during the 2012-13 base year the amounts distributed to taxing entities pursuant to the due diligence review process. By imposing additional duties upon local public officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.

(6) Existing law requires a successor agency to prepare a long-range property management plan that addresses the disposition and use of the real properties of a former redevelopment agency and requires a transfer of the property to the city, county, or city and county if the plan directs the use or liquidation of the property for a project identified in an approved redevelopment plan, as specified.

This bill would specify that the term “identified in an approved redevelopment plan” includes properties listed in a community plan or a 5-year implementation plan.

(7) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

(8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: 23. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 53395.4 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:

3

53395.4.  

(a) A district may finance only the facilities or
4services authorized in this chapter to the extent that the facilities
5or services are in addition to those provided in the territory of the
6district before the district was created. The additional facilities or
7services may not supplant facilities or services already available
8within that territory when the district was created but may
9supplement those facilities and services as needed to serve new
10developments.

11(b) A district may include areas that are not contiguous.

12(c) A district may finance a project or portion of a project that
13is located in, or overlaps with, a redevelopment project area or
14former redevelopment project area. The successor agency to the
15former redevelopment agency shall receive a certificate of
16completion, as defined in Section 34179.7 of the Health and Safety
17Code, prior to the district financing any project or portion of a
18project under this subdivision.

P5    1(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), any debt or obligation of
2a district shall be subordinate to an enforceable obligation of a
3former redevelopment agency, as defined in Section 34171 of the
4Health and Safety Code. For the purposes of this chapter, the
5division of taxes allocated to the district pursuant to subdivision
6(b) of Section 53396 shall not include any taxes required to be
7deposited by the county auditor-controller into the Redevelopment
8Property Tax Trust Fund created pursuant to subdivision (b) of
9Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

10(e) The legislative body of the citybegin insert or countyend insert forming the district
11may choose to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue to
12the district through the financing plan described in Section
1353395.14.

14(f) For the purposes of this section, “net available revenue”
15means periodic distributions to the citybegin insert or countyend insert from the
16Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, created pursuant to
17Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code, that are available
18 to the citybegin insert or countyend insert after all preexisting legal commitments and
19statutory obligations funded from that revenue are made pursuant
20to Part 1.85 (commencing with Section 34170) of Division 24 of
21the Health and Safety Code. Net available revenue shall not include
22any funds deposited by the county auditor-controller into the
23Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund or funds remaining in
24the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund prior to distribution.
25Net available revenues shall not include any moneys payable to a
26school district that maintains kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
27inclusive, community college districts, or to the Educational
28Revenue Augmentation Fund, pursuant to paragraph (4) of
29subdivision (a) of Section 34183 of the Health and Safety Code.

30

SEC. 2.  

Section 34163 of the Health and Safety Code is
31amended to read:

32

34163.  

Notwithstanding Part 1 (commencing with Section
3333000), Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 34000), Part 1.6
34(commencing with Section 34050), and Part 1.7 (commencing
35with Section 34100), or any other law, commencing on the effective
36date of this part, an agency shall not have the authority to, and
37shall not, do any of the following:

38(a) Make loans or advances or grant or enter into agreements
39to provide funds or provide financial assistance of any sort to any
P6    1entity or person for any purpose, including, but not limited to, all
2of the following:

3(1) Loans of moneys or any other thing of value or commitments
4to provide financing to nonprofit organizations to provide those
5organizations with financing for the acquisition, construction,
6rehabilitation, refinancing, or development of multifamily rental
7housing or the acquisition of commercial property for lease, each
8pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 33741) of Part
91.

10(2) Loans of moneys or any other thing of value for residential
11construction, improvement, or rehabilitation pursuant to Chapter
128 (commencing with Section 33750) of Part 1. These include, but
13are not limited to, construction loans to purchasers of residential
14housing, mortgage loans to purchasers of residential housing, and
15loans to mortgage lenders, or any other entity, to aid in financing
16pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 33750).

17(3) The purchase, by an agency, of mortgage or construction
18loans from mortgage lenders or from any other entities.

19(b) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 34191.4,
20enter into contracts with, incur obligations, or make commitments
21to, any entity, whether governmental, tribal, or private, or any
22individual or groups of individuals for any purpose, including, but
23not limited to, loan agreements, passthrough agreements, regulatory
24agreements, services contracts, leases, disposition and development
25agreements, joint exercise of powers agreements, contracts for the
26purchase of capital equipment, agreements for redevelopment
27activities, including, but not limited to, agreements for planning,
28design, redesign, development, demolition, alteration, construction,
29reconstruction, rehabilitation, site remediation, site development
30or improvement, removal of graffiti, land clearance, and seismic
31retrofits.

32(c) Amend or modify existing agreements, obligations, or
33commitments with any entity, for any purpose, including, but not
34limited to, any of the following:

35(1) Renewing or extending term of leases or other agreements,
36except that the agency may extend lease space for its own use to
37a date not to exceed six months after the effective date of the act
38adding this part and for a rate no more than 5 percent above the
39rate the agency currently pays on a monthly basis.

P7    1(2) Modifying terms and conditions of existing agreements,
2obligations, or commitments.

3(3) Forgiving all or any part of the balance owed to the agency
4on existing loans or extend the term or change the terms and
5conditions of existing loans.

6(4) Making any future deposits to the Low and Moderate Income
7Housing Fund created pursuant to Section 33334.3.

8(5) Transferring funds out of the Low and Moderate Income
9Housing Fund, except to meet the minimum housing-related
10obligations that existed as of January 1, 2011, to make required
11payments under Sections 33690 and 33690.5, and to borrow funds
12pursuant to Section 34168.5.

13(d) Dispose of assets by sale, long-term lease, gift, grant,
14exchange, transfer, assignment, or otherwise, for any purpose,
15including, but not limited to, any of the following:

16(1) Assets, including, but not limited to, real property, deeds of
17trust, and mortgages held by the agency, moneys, accounts
18receivable, contract rights, proceeds of insurance claims, grant
19proceeds, settlement payments, rights to receive rents, and any
20other rights to payment of whatever kind.

21(2) Real property, including, but not limited to, land, land under
22water and waterfront property, buildings, structures, fixtures, and
23improvements on the land, any property appurtenant to, or used
24in connection with, the land, every estate, interest, privilege,
25easement, franchise, and right in land, including rights-of-way,
26terms for years, and liens, charges, or encumbrances by way of
27judgment, mortgage, or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured
28by the liens.

29(e) Acquire real property by any means for any purpose,
30including, but not limited to, the purchase, lease, or exercising of
31an option to purchase or lease, exchange, subdivide, transfer,
32assume, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise,
33or otherwise acquire any real property, any interest in real property,
34and any improvements on it, including the repurchase of developed
35property previously owned by the agency and the acquisition of
36real property by eminent domain; provided, however, that nothing
37in this subdivision is intended to prohibit the acceptance or transfer
38of title for real property acquired prior to the effective date of this
39part.

P8    1(f) Transfer, assign, vest, or delegate any of its assets, funds,
2rights, powers, ownership interests, or obligations for any purpose
3to any entity, including, but not limited to, the community, the
4legislative body, another member of a joint powers authority, a
5trustee, a receiver, a partner entity, another agency, a nonprofit
6corporation, a contractual counterparty, a public body, a
7limited-equity housing cooperative, the state, a political subdivision
8of the state, the federal government, any private entity, or an
9individual or group of individuals.

10(g) Accept financial or other assistance from the state or federal
11government or any public or private source if the acceptance
12necessitates or is conditioned upon the agency incurring
13indebtedness as that term is described in this part.

14

SEC. 3.  

Section 34171 of the Health and Safety Code is
15amended to read:

16

34171.  

The following terms shall have the following meanings:

17(a) “Administrative budget” means the budget for administrative
18costs of the successor agencies as provided in Section 34177.

19(b) “Administrative cost allowance” means an amount that,
20subject to the approval of the oversight board, is payable from
21property tax revenues of up to 5 percent of the property tax
22allocated to the successor agency on the Recognized Obligation
23Payment Schedule covering the period January 1, 2012, through
24June 30, 2012, and up to 3 percent of the property tax allocated to
25the Redevelopment Obligation Retirement Fund money that is
26allocated to the successor agency for each fiscal year thereafter;
27provided, however, that the amount shall not be less than two
28hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), unless the oversight
29board reduces this amount, for any fiscal year or such lesser amount
30as agreed to by the successor agency. However, the allowance
31amount shall exclude, and shall not apply to, any administrative
32costs that can be paid from bond proceeds or from sources other
33than property tax. Administrative cost allowances shall exclude
34any litigation expenses related to assets or obligations, settlements
35and judgments, and the costs of maintaining assets prior to
36disposition. Employee costs associated with work on specific
37project implementation activities, including, but not limited to,
38construction inspection, project management, or actual
39construction, shall be considered project-specific costs and shall
40not constitute administrative costs.

P9    1(c) “Designated local authority” shall mean a public entity
2formed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 34173.

3(d) (1) “Enforceable obligation” means any of the following:

4(A) Bonds, as defined by Section 33602 and bonds issued
5pursuant to Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 5850) of
6Division 6 of Title 1 of the Government Code, including the
7required debt service, reserve set-asides, and any other payments
8required under the indenture or similar documents governing the
9issuance of the outstanding bonds of the former redevelopment
10agency. A reserve may be held when required by the bond
11indenture or when the next property tax allocation will be
12insufficient to pay all obligations due under the provisions of the
13bond for the next payment due in the following half of the calendar
14year.

15(B) Loans of moneys borrowed by the redevelopment agency
16for a lawful purpose, to the extent they are legally required to be
17 repaid pursuant to a required repayment schedule or other
18mandatory loan terms.

19(C) Payments required by the federal government, preexisting
20obligations to the state or obligations imposed by state law, other
21than passthrough payments that are made by the county
22auditor-controller pursuant to Section 34183, or legally enforceable
23payments required in connection with the agencies’ employees,
24including, but not limited to, pension payments, pension obligation
25debt service, unemployment payments, or other obligations
26conferred through a collective bargaining agreement. Costs incurred
27to fulfill collective bargaining agreements for layoffs or
28terminations of city employees who performed work directly on
29behalf of the former redevelopment agency shall be considered
30enforceable obligations payable from property tax funds. The
31obligations to employees specified in this subparagraph shall
32remain enforceable obligations payable from property tax funds
33 for any employee to whom those obligations apply if that employee
34is transferred to the entity assuming the housing functions of the
35former redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 34176. The
36successor agency or designated local authority shall enter into an
37agreement with the housing entity to reimburse it for any costs of
38the employee obligations.

39(D) Judgments or settlements entered by a competent court of
40law or binding arbitration decisions against the former
P10   1redevelopment agency, other than passthrough payments that are
2made by the county auditor-controller pursuant to Section 34183.
3Along with the successor agency, the oversight board shall have
4the authority and standing to appeal any judgment or to set aside
5any settlement or arbitration decision.

6(E) Any legally binding and enforceable agreement or contract
7that is not otherwise void as violating the debt limit or public
8 policy. However, nothing in this act shall prohibit either the
9successor agency, with the approval or at the direction of the
10oversight board, or the oversight board itself from terminating any
11existing agreements or contracts and providing any necessary and
12required compensation or remediation for such termination. Titles
13of or headings used on or in a document shall not be relevant in
14determining the existence of an enforceable obligation.

15(F) Contracts or agreements necessary for the administration or
16operation of the successor agency, in accordance with this part,
17including, but not limited to, agreements concerning litigation
18expenses related to assets or obligations, settlements and
19judgments, and the costs of maintaining assets prior to disposition,
20and agreements to purchase or rent office space, equipment and
21supplies, and pay-related expenses pursuant to Section 33127 and
22for carrying insurance pursuant to Section 33134.

23(G) Amounts borrowed from, or payments owing to, the Low
24and Moderate Income Housing Fund of a redevelopment agency,
25which had been deferred as of the effective date of the act adding
26this part; provided, however, that the repayment schedule is
27approved by the oversight board. Repayments shall be transferred
28to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund established
29pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 34176 as a housing asset
30and shall be used in a manner consistent with the affordable
31housing requirements of the Community Redevelopment Law (Part
321 (commencing with Section 33000)).

33(2) For purposes of this part, “enforceable obligation” does not
34include any agreements, contracts, or arrangements between the
35city, county, or city and county that created the redevelopment
36agency and the former redevelopment agency. However, written
37agreements entered into (A) at the time of issuance, but in no event
38later than December 31, 2010, of indebtedness obligations, and
39(B) solely for the purpose of securing or repaying those
40indebtedness obligations may be deemed enforceable obligations
P11   1for purposes of this part. Notwithstanding this paragraph, loan
2agreements entered into between the redevelopment agency and
3the city, county, or city and county that created it, within two years
4of the date of creation of the redevelopment agency, may be
5deemed to be enforceable obligations.

6(3) Contracts or agreements between the former redevelopment
7agency and other public agencies, to perform services or provide
8funding for governmental or private services or capital projects
9outside of redevelopment project areas that do not provide benefit
10to the redevelopment project and thus were not properly authorized
11under Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) shall be deemed
12void on the effective date of this part; provided, however, that such
13 contracts or agreements for the provision of housing properly
14authorized under Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) shall
15not be deemed void.

16(e) “Indebtedness obligations” means bonds, notes, certificates
17of participation, or other evidence of indebtedness, issued or
18delivered by the redevelopment agency, or by a joint exercise of
19powers authority created by the redevelopment agency, to
20third-party investors or bondholders to finance or refinance
21redevelopment projects undertaken by the redevelopment agency
22in compliance with the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1
23(commencing with Section 33000)).

24(f) “Oversight board” shall mean each entity established pursuant
25to Section 34179.

26(g) “Recognized obligation” means an obligation listed in the
27Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.

28(h) “Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule” means the
29document setting forth the minimum payment amounts and due
30dates of payments required by enforceable obligations for each
31six-month fiscal period as provided in subdivision (m) of Section
3234177.

33(i) “School entity” means any entity defined as such in
34subdivision (f) of Section 95 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

35(j) “Successor agency” means the successor entity to the former
36redevelopment agency as described in Section 34173.

37(k) “Taxing entities” means cities, counties, a city and county,
38special districts, and school entities, as defined in subdivision (f)
39of Section 95 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that receive
P12   1passthrough payments and distributions of property taxes pursuant
2to the provisions of this part.

3(l) “Property taxes” include all property tax revenues, including
4those from unitary and supplemental and roll corrections applicable
5to tax increment.

6(m) “Department” means the Department of Finance unless the
7context clearly refers to another state agency.

8(n) “Sponsoring entity” means the city, county, or city and
9county, or other entity that authorized the creation of each
10redevelopment agency.

11(o) “Final judicial determination” means a final judicial
12determination made by any state court that is not appealed, or by
13a court of appellate jurisdiction that is not further appealed, in an
14action by any party.

15(p) From January 2, 2014, to June 1, 2018, inclusive, “housing
16 entity administrative cost allowance” means an amount of up to 1
17percent of the property tax allocated to the Redevelopment
18Obligation Retirement Fund on behalf of the successor agency for
19each applicable fiscal year, but not less than one hundred fifty
20thousand dollars ($150,000) per fiscal year.

21(1) The housing entity administrative cost allowance shall be
22listed by the successor agency on the Recognized Obligation
23Payment Schedule. Upon approval of the Recognized Obligation
24Payment Schedule by the oversight board and the department, the
25housing entity administrative cost allowance shall be remitted by
26the county auditor-controller on each January 2 and June 1 to the
27local housing authority that assumed the housing functions of the
28former redevelopment agency pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of
29subdivision (b) of Section 34176. To assist the county
30auditor-controller in this duty, the successor agency shall notify
31the county auditor-controller by March 1, 2014, of the identity of
32the entity that has assumed the housing functions of the former
33redevelopment agency.

34(2) If there are insufficient moneys in the Redevelopment
35Obligations Retirement Fund in a given fiscal year to make the
36payment authorized by this subdivision, the unfunded amount may
37be listed on each subsequent Recognized Obligation Payment
38Schedule until it has been paid in full. In these cases the five-year
39time limit on the payments shall not apply.

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SEC. 4.  

Section 34177 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:

3

34177.  

Successor agencies are required to do all of the
4following:

5(a) Continue to make payments due for enforceable obligations.

6(1) On and after February 1, 2012, and until a Recognized
7Obligation Payment Schedule becomes operative, only payments
8required pursuant to an enforceable obligations payment schedule
9shall be made. The initial enforceable obligation payment schedule
10shall be the last schedule adopted by the redevelopment agency
11under Section 34169. However, payments associated with
12obligations excluded from the definition of enforceable obligations
13by paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 34171 shall be
14excluded from the enforceable obligations payment schedule and
15be removed from the last schedule adopted by the redevelopment
16agency under Section 34169 prior to the successor agency adopting
17it as its enforceable obligations payment schedule pursuant to this
18subdivision. The enforceable obligation payment schedule may
19be amended by the successor agency at any public meeting and
20shall be subject to the approval of the oversight board as soon as
21the board has sufficient members to form a quorum. In recognition
22of the fact that the timing of the California Supreme Court’s ruling
23in the case California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos
24(2011) 53 Cal.4th 231 delayed the preparation by successor
25agencies and the approval by oversight boards of the January 1,
262012, through June 30, 2012, Recognized Obligation Payment
27Schedule, a successor agency may amend the Enforceable
28Obligation Payment Schedule to authorize the continued payment
29of enforceable obligations until the time that the January 1, 2012,
30through June 30, 2012, Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule
31has been approved by the oversight board and by the Department
32of Finance. The successor agency may utilize reasonable estimates
33and projections to support payment amounts for enforceable
34obligations if the successor agency submits appropriate supporting
35documentation of the basis for the estimate or projection to the
36Department of Finance.

37(2) The Department of Finance and the Controller shall each
38have the authority to require any documents associated with the
39enforceable obligations to be provided to them in a manner of their
40choosing. Any taxing entity, the department, and the Controller
P14   1shall each have standing to file a judicial action to prevent a
2violation under this part and to obtain injunctive or other
3appropriate relief.

4(3) Commencing on the date the Recognized Obligation Payment
5Schedule is valid pursuant to subdivision (l), only those payments
6listed in the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule may be
7made by the successor agency from the funds specified in the
8Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule. In addition, after it
9becomes valid, the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall
10supersede the Statement of Indebtedness, which shall no longer
11be prepared nor have any effect under the Community
12Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000)).

13(4) Nothing in the act adding this part is to be construed as
14preventing a successor agency, with the prior approval of the
15oversight board, as described in Section 34179, from making
16payments for enforceable obligations from sources other than those
17listed in the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.

18(5) From February 1, 2012, to July 1, 2012, a successor agency
19shall have no authority and is hereby prohibited from accelerating
20payment or making any lump-sum payments that are intended to
21prepay loans unless such accelerated repayments were required
22prior to the effective date of this part.

23(b) Maintain reserves in the amount required by indentures,
24trust indentures, or similar documents governing the issuance of
25outstanding redevelopment agency bonds.

26(c) Perform obligations required pursuant to any enforceable
27obligation.

28(d) Remit unencumbered balances of redevelopment agency
29funds to the county auditor-controller for distribution to the taxing
30entities, including, but not limited to, the unencumbered balance
31of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund of a former
32redevelopment agency. In making the distribution, the county
33auditor-controller shall utilize the same methodology for allocation
34and distribution of property tax revenues provided in Section
3534188.

36(e) Dispose of assets and properties of the former redevelopment
37agency as directed by the oversight board; provided, however, that
38the oversight board may instead direct the successor agency to
39transfer ownership of certain assets pursuant to subdivision (a) of
40Section 34181. The disposal is to be done expeditiously and in a
P15   1manner aimed at maximizing value. Proceeds from asset sales and
2related funds that are no longer needed for approved development
3projects or to otherwise wind down the affairs of the agency, each
4as determined by the oversight board, shall be transferred to the
5county auditor-controller for distribution as property tax proceeds
6under Section 34188. The requirements of this subdivision shall
7not apply to a successor agency that has been issued a finding of
8completion by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section
934179.7.

10(f) Enforce all former redevelopment agency rights for the
11benefit of the taxing entities, including, but not limited to,
12 continuing to collect loans, rents, and other revenues that were due
13to the redevelopment agency.

14(g) Effectuate transfer of housing functions and assets to the
15appropriate entity designated pursuant to Section 34176.

16(h) Expeditiously wind down the affairs of the redevelopment
17agency pursuant to the provisions of this part and in accordance
18with the direction of the oversight board.

19(i) Continue to oversee development of properties until the
20contracted work has been completed or the contractual obligations
21of the former redevelopment agency can be transferred to other
22parties. Bond proceeds shall be used for the purposes for which
23bonds were sold unless the purposes can no longer be achieved,
24in which case, the proceeds may be used to defease the bonds.

25(j) Prepare a proposed administrative budget and submit it to
26the oversight board for its approval. The proposed administrative
27budget shall include all of the following:

28(1) Estimated amounts for successor agency administrative costs
29for the upcoming six-month fiscal period.

30(2) Proposed sources of payment for the costs identified in
31paragraph (1).

32(3) Proposals for arrangements for administrative and operations
33services provided by a city, county, city and county, or other entity.

34(k) Provide administrative cost estimates, from its approved
35administrative budget that are to be paid from property tax revenues
36deposited in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, to the
37county auditor-controller for each six-month fiscal period.

38(l) (1) Before each six-month fiscal period, prepare a
39Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule in accordance with the
40requirements of this paragraph. For each recognized obligation,
P16   1the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall identify one
2or more of the following sources of payment:

3(A) Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund.

4(B) Bond proceeds.

5(C) Reserve balances.

6(D) Administrative cost allowance.

7(E) The Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, but only to
8the extent no other funding source is available or when payment
9from property tax revenues is required by an enforceable obligation
10or by the provisions of this part.

11(F) Other revenue sources, including rents, concessions, asset
12sale proceeds, interest earnings, and any other revenues derived
13from the former redevelopment agency, as approved by the
14oversight board in accordance with this part.

15(2) A Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall not be
16deemed valid unless all of the following conditions have been met:

17(A) A Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule is prepared
18by the successor agency for the enforceable obligations of the
19former redevelopment agency. The initial schedule shall project
20the dates and amounts of scheduled payments for each enforceable
21obligation for the remainder of the time period during which the
22redevelopment agency would have been authorized to obligate
23property tax increment had the a redevelopment agency not been
24 dissolved.

25(B) The Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule is submitted
26to and duly approved by the oversight board. The successor agency
27shall submit a copy of the Recognized Obligation Payment
28Schedule to the county administrative officer, the county
29auditor-controller, and the Department of Finance at the same time
30that the successor agency submits the Recognized Obligation
31Payment Schedule to the oversight board for approval.

32(C) A copy of the approved Recognized Obligation Payment
33Schedule is submitted to the county auditor-controller, the
34Controller’s office, and the Department of Finance, and is posted
35on the successor agency’s Internet Web site.

36(3) The Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall be
37forward looking to the next six months. The first Recognized
38Obligation Payment Schedule shall be submitted to the Controller’s
39office and the Department of Finance by April 15, 2012, for the
40period of January 1, 2012, to June 30, 2012, inclusive. This
P17   1Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall include all
2payments made by the former redevelopment agency between
3January 1, 2012, through January 31, 2012, and shall include all
4payments proposed to be made by the successor agency from
5February 1, 2012, through June 30, 2012. Former redevelopment
6agency enforceable obligation payments due, and reasonable or
7necessary administrative costs due or incurred, prior to January 1,
82012, shall be made from property tax revenues received in the
9spring of 2011 property tax distribution, and from other revenues
10and balances transferred to the successor agency.

11(m) The Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the period
12of January 1, 2013, to June 30, 2013, shall be submitted by the
13successor agency, after approval by the oversight board, no later
14than September 1, 2012. Commencing with the Recognized
15Obligation Payment Schedule covering the period July 1, 2013,
16through December 31, 2013, successor agencies shall submit an
17oversight board-approved Recognized Obligation Payment
18Schedule to the Department of Finance and to the county
19auditor-controller no fewer than 90 days before the date of property
20tax distribution. The Department of Finance shall make its
21determination of the enforceable obligations and the amounts and
22funding sources of the enforceable obligations no later than 45
23days after the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule is
24submitted. Within five business days of the department’s
25determination, a successor agency may request additional review
26by the department and an opportunity to meet and confer on
27disputed items. The meet and confer period may vary; an untimely
28submittal of a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule may result
29in a meet and confer period of less than 30 days. The department
30shall notify the successor agency and the county auditor-controllers
31as to the outcome of its review at least 15 days before the date of
32property tax distribution.

33(1) The successor agency shall submit a copy of the Recognized
34Obligation Payment Schedule to the Department of Finance
35electronically, and the successor agency shall complete the
36Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule in the manner provided
37for by the department. A successor agency shall be in
38noncompliance with this paragraph if it only submits to the
39department an electronic message or a letter stating that the
P18   1oversight board has approved a Recognized Obligation Payment
2Schedule.

3(2) If a successor agency does not submit a Recognized
4Obligation Payment Schedule by the deadlines provided in this
5subdivision, the city, county, or city and county that created the
6redevelopment agency shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to
7ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day for every day the schedule
8is not submitted to the department. The civil penalty shall be paid
9to the county auditor-controller for allocation to the taxing entities
10under Section 34183. If a successor agency fails to submit a
11Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule by the deadline, any
12creditor of the successor agency or the Department of Finance or
13any affected taxing entity shall have standing to and may request
14a writ of mandate to require the successor agency to immediately
15perform this duty. Those actions may be filed only in the County
16of Sacramento and shall have priority over other civil matters.
17Additionally, if an agency does not submit a Recognized Obligation
18Payment Schedule within 10 days of the deadline, the maximum
19administrative cost allowance for that period shall be reduced by
2025 percent.

21(3) If a successor agency fails to submit to the department an
22oversight board-approved Recognized Obligation Payment
23Schedule that complies with all requirements of this subdivision
24within five business days of the date upon which the Recognized
25Obligation Payment Schedule is to be used to determine the amount
26of property tax allocations, the department may determine if any
27amount should be withheld by the county auditor-controller for
28payments for enforceable obligations from distribution to taxing
29entities, pending approval of a Recognized Obligation Payment
30Schedule. The county auditor-controller shall distribute the portion
31of any of the sums withheld pursuant to this paragraph to the
32affected taxing entities in accordance with paragraph (4) of
33subdivision (a) of Section 34183 upon notice by the department
34that a portion of the withheld balances are in excess of the amount
35of enforceable obligations. The county auditor-controller shall
36distribute withheld funds to the successor agency only in
37accordance with a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule
38approved by the department. County auditor-controllers shall lack
39the authority to withhold any other amounts from the allocations
P19   1provided for under Section 34183 or 34188 unless required by a
2court order.

3(4) (A) The Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule payments
4required pursuant to this subdivision may be scheduled beyond
5the existing Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule cycle upon
6a showing that a lender requires cash on hand beyond the
7Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule cycle.

8(B) When a payment is shown to be due during the Recognized
9Obligation Payment Schedule period, but an invoice or other billing
10document has not yet been received, the successor agency may
11utilize reasonable estimates and projections to support payment
12amounts for enforceable obligations if the successor agency submits
13appropriate supporting documentation of the basis for the estimate
14or projection to the department.

15(C) A Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule may also
16include appropriation of moneys from bonds subject to passage
17during the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule cycle when
18an enforceable obligation requires the agency to issue the bonds
19and use the proceeds to pay for project expenditures.

20(n) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records
21of the successor agency to be made at least annually by a certified
22public accountant.

23

SEC. 5.  

Section 34180 of the Health and Safety Code is
24amended to read:

25

34180.  

(a) All of the following successor agency actions shall
26first be approved by the oversight board:

27(1) The establishment of new repayment terms for outstanding
28loans where the terms have not been specified prior to the date of
29this part. An oversight board shall not have the authority to
30reestablish loan agreements between the successor agency and the
31city, county, or city and county that formed the redevelopment
32agency except as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section
3334191.1).

34(2) The issuance of bonds or other indebtedness or the pledge
35or agreement for the pledge of property tax revenues (formerly tax
36increment prior to the effective date of this part) pursuant to
37subdivision (a) of Section 34177.5.

38(3) Setting aside of amounts in reserves as required by
39indentures, trust indentures, or similar documents governing the
40issuance of outstanding redevelopment agency bonds.

P20   1(4) Merging of project areas.

2(5) Continuing the acceptance of federal or state grants, or other
3forms of financial assistance from either public or private sources,
4if that assistance is conditioned upon the provision of matching
5funds, by the successor entity as successor to the former
6redevelopment agency, in an amount greater than 5 percent.

7(6) (A) If a city, county, or city and county wishes to retain any
8properties or other assets for future redevelopment activities,
9funded from its own funds and under its own auspices, it must
10reach a compensation agreement with the other taxing entities to
11provide payments to them in proportion to their shares of the base
12property tax, as determined pursuant to Section 34188, for the
13value of the property retained.

14(B) If no other agreement is reached on valuation of the retained
15assets, the value will be the fair market value as of the 2011
16property tax lien date as determined by an independent appraiser
17approved by the oversight board.

18(7) Establishment of the Recognized Obligation Payment
19Schedule.

20(8) A request by the successor agency to enter into an agreement
21with the city, county, or city and county that formed the
22redevelopment agency that it is succeeding. An oversight board
23shall not have the authority to reestablish loan agreements between
24the successor agency and the city, county, or city and county that
25formed the redevelopment agency except as provided in Chapter
269 (commencing with Section 34191.1). Any actions to reestablish
27any other agreements that are in furtherance of enforceable
28obligations, with the city, county, or city and county that formed
29the redevelopment agency are invalid until they are included in an
30approved and valid Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.

31(9) A request by a successor agency or taxing entity to pledge,
32or to enter into an agreement for the pledge of, property tax
33revenues pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34178.

34(b) A successor agency shall provide notice to the oversight
35board at least 10 days prior to entering into a contract or agreement
36for the use or disposition of properties pursuant to paragraph (2)
37of subdivision (c) of Section 34191.5. During the 10-day period
38the oversight board may notify the successor agency that the board
39 intends to conduct a hearing to determine whether the contract or
40agreement is consistent with the successor agency’s long-range
P21   1property management plan. The board shall hold the hearing and
2issue findings within 30 days after it so notified the successor
3agency.

4(c) Any document submitted by a successor agency to an
5oversight board for approval by any provision of this part shall
6also be submitted to the county administrative officer, the county
7auditor-controller, and the Department of Finance at the same time
8that the successor agency submits the document to the oversight
9board.

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SEC. 6.  

Section 34183 of the Health and Safety Code is
11amended to read:

12

34183.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, from February 1,
132012, to July 1, 2012, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the county
14auditor-controller shall, after deducting administrative costs
15allowed under Section 34182 and Section 95.3 of the Revenue and
16Taxation Code, allocate moneys in each Redevelopment Property
17Tax Trust Fund as follows:

18(1) Subject to any prior deductions required by subdivision (b),
19first, the county auditor-controller shall remit from the
20Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund to each local agency and
21school entity an amount of property tax revenues in an amount
22equal to that which would have been received under Section 33401,
2333492.140, 33607, 33607.5, 33607.7, or 33676, as those sections
24read on January 1, 2011, or pursuant to any passthrough agreement
25between a redevelopment agency and a taxing entity that was
26entered into prior to January 1, 1994, that would be in force during
27that fiscal year, had the redevelopment agency existed at that time.
28The amount of the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall
29be calculated solely on the basis of passthrough payment
30obligations, existing prior to the effective date of this part and
31continuing as obligations of successor entities, shall occur no later
32than May 16, 2012, and no later than June 1, 2012, and each
33January 2 and June 1 thereafter. Notwithstanding subdivision (e)
34of Section 33670, that portion of the taxes in excess of the amount
35identified in subdivision (a) of Section 33670, which are
36attributable to a tax rate levied by a taxing entity for the purpose
37of producing revenues in an amount sufficient to make annual
38repayments of the principal of, and the interest on, any bonded
39indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property
40shall be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid into, the
P22   1fund of that taxing entity. The amount of passthrough payments
2computed pursuant to this section, including any passthrough
3agreements, shall be computed as though the requirement to set
4aside funds for the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund was
5still in effect.

6(2) Second, on June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1
7thereafter, to each successor agency for payments listed in its
8Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the six-month fiscal
9period beginning January 1, 2012, and July 1, 2012, and each
10January 2 and June 1 thereafter, in the following order of priority:

11(A) Debt service payments scheduled to be made for tax
12allocation bonds.

13(B) Payments scheduled to be made on revenue bonds, but only
14to the extent the revenues pledged for them are insufficient to make
15the payments and only if the agency’s tax increment revenues were
16also pledged for the repayment of the bonds.

17(C) Payments scheduled for other debts and obligations listed
18in the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule that are required
19to be paid from former tax increment revenue.

20(3) Third, on June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1
21thereafter, to each successor agency for the administrative cost
22allowance, as defined in Section 34171, for administrative costs
23set forth in an approved administrative budget for those payments
24required to be paid from former tax increment revenues.

25(4) Fourth, on March 1, 2014, and each January 2 and June 1
26thereafter until June 1, 2018, for the housing entity administrative
27cost allowance payable to the local housing authority that has
28assumed the housing duties of the former redevelopment agency
29pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b) of Section
3034176.

31(5) Fifth, on June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1
32thereafter, any moneys remaining in the Redevelopment Property
33Tax Trust Fund after the payments and transfers authorized by
34paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, shall be distributed to local
35agencies and school entities in accordance with Section 34188.

36(b) If the successor agency reports, no later than April 1, 2012,
37and May 1, 2012, and each December 1 and May 1 thereafter, to
38the county auditor-controller that the total amount available to the
39successor agency from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust
40Fund allocation to that successor agency’s Redevelopment
P23   1Obligation Retirement Fund, from other funds transferred from
2each redevelopment agency, and from funds that have or will
3become available through asset sales and all redevelopment
4operations, are insufficient to fund the payments required by
5paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) in the next
6six-month fiscal period, the county auditor-controller shall notify
7the Controller and the Department of Finance no later than 10 days
8from the date of that notification. The county auditor-controller
9shall verify whether the successor agency will have sufficient funds
10from which to service debts according to the Recognized
11Obligation Payment Schedule and shall report the findings to the
12Controller. If the Controller concurs that there are insufficient
13funds to pay required debt service, the amount of the deficiency
14shall be deducted first from the amount remaining to be distributed
15to taxing entities pursuant to paragraph (5), and if that amount is
16exhausted, from amounts available for distribution for
17administrative costs in paragraphs (3) and (4), with those amounts
18in paragraph (3) to be exhausted first. If an agency, pursuant to
19the provisions of Section 33492.15, 33492.72, 33607.5, 33671.5,
2033681.15, or 33688 or as expressly provided in a passthrough
21agreement entered into pursuant to Section 33401, made
22passthrough payment obligations subordinate to debt service
23payments required for enforceable obligations, funds for servicing
24bond debt may be deducted from the amounts for passthrough
25payments under paragraph (1), as provided in those sections, but
26only to the extent that the amounts remaining to be distributed to
27taxing entities pursuant to paragraph (5) and the amounts available
28for distribution for administrative costs in paragraphs (3) and (4)
29have all been exhausted.

30(c) The county treasurer may loan any funds from the county
31treasury to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund of the
32successor agency for the purpose of paying an item approved on
33the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule at the request of the
34Department of Finance that are necessary to ensure prompt
35payments of redevelopment agency debts. An enforceable
36obligation is created for repayment of those loans.

37(d) The Controller may recover the costs of audit and oversight
38required under this part from the Redevelopment Property Tax
39Trust Fund by presenting an invoice therefor to the county
40auditor-controller who shall set aside sufficient funds for and
P24   1disburse the claimed amounts prior to making the next distributions
2to the taxing entities pursuant to Section 34188. Subject to the
3approval of the Director of Finance, the budget of the Controller
4may be augmented to reflect the reimbursement, pursuant to
5Section 28.00 of the Budget Act.

6(e) Within 10 days of each distribution of property tax, the
7county auditor-controller shall provide a report to the department
8regarding the distribution for each successor agency that includes
9information on the total available for allocation, the passthrough
10amounts and how they were calculated, the amounts distributed
11to successor agencies, and the amounts distributed to taxing entities
12in a manner and form specified by the department. This reporting
13requirement shall also apply to distributions required under
14subdivision (b) of Section 34183.5.

15

SEC. 7.  

Section 34191.4 of the Health and Safety Code is
16amended to read:

17

34191.4.  

The following provisions shall apply to any successor
18agency that has been issued a finding of completion by the
19Department of Finance:

20(a) All real property and interests in real property identified in
21subparagraph (C) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section
2234179.5 shall be transferred to the Community Redevelopment
23Property Trust Fund of the successor agency upon approval by the
24Department of Finance of the long-range property management
25plan submitted by the successor agency pursuant to subdivision
26(b) of Section 34191.5 unless that property is subject to the
27requirements of any existing enforceable obligation.

28(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 34171, upon
29application by the successor agency and approval by the oversight
30board, loan agreements entered into between the redevelopment
31agency and the city, county, or city and county that created the
32redevelopment agency shall be deemed to be enforceable
33obligations provided that the oversight board makes a finding that
34the loan was for legitimate redevelopment purposes.

35(2) If the oversight board finds that the loan is an enforceable
36obligation, the accumulated interest on the remaining principal
37amount of the loan shall be recalculated from origination at the
38interest rate earned by funds deposited into the Local Agency
39Investment Fund. The loan shall be repaid to the city, county, or
40city and county in accordance with a defined schedule over a
P25   1reasonable term of years at an interest rate not to exceed the interest
2rate earned by funds deposited into the Local Agency Investment
3Fund. The annual loan repayments provided for in the recognized
4obligation payment schedules shall be subject to all of the following
5limitations:

6(A) Loan repayments shall not be made prior to the 2013-14
7fiscal year. Beginning in the 2013-14 fiscal year, the maximum
8repayment amount authorized each fiscal year for repayments
9made pursuant to this subdivision and paragraph (7) of subdivision
10(e) of Section 34176 combined shall be equal to one-half of the
11increase between the amount distributed to the taxing entities
12pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183 in
13that fiscal year and the amount distributed to taxing entities
14pursuant to that paragraph in the 2012-13 base year, provided,
15however, that calculation of the amount distributed to taxing
16entities during the 2012-13 base year shall not include any amounts
17distributed to taxing entities pursuant to the due diligence review
18process established in Sections 34179.5 to 34179.8, inclusive.
19Loan or deferral repayments made pursuant to this subdivision
20 shall be second in priority to amounts to be repaid pursuant to
21paragraph (7) of subdivision (e) of Section 34176.

22(B) Repayments received by the city, county, or city and county
23that formed the redevelopment agency shall first be used to retire
24any outstanding amounts borrowed and owed to the Low and
25Moderate Income Housing Fund of the former redevelopment
26agency for purposes of the Supplemental Educational Revenue
27Augmentation Fund and shall be distributed to the Low and
28Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund established by subdivision
29(d) of Section 34176.

30(C) Twenty percent of any loan repayment shall be deducted
31from the loan repayment amount and shall be transferred to the
32Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund, after all
33outstanding loans from the Low and Moderate Income Housing
34Fund for purposes of the Supplemental Educational Revenue
35Augmentation Fund have been paid.

36(c) (1) Bond proceeds derived from bonds issued on or before
37December 31, 2010, shall be used for the purposes for which the
38bonds were sold.

39(2) (A) Notwithstanding Section 34177.3 or any other
40conflicting provision of law, bond proceeds in excess of the
P26   1amounts needed to satisfy approved enforceable obligations shall
2thereafter be expended in a manner consistent with the original
3bond covenants. Enforceable obligations may be satisfied by the
4creation of reserves for projects that are the subject of the
5enforceable obligation and that are consistent with the contractual
6obligations for those projects, or by expending funds to complete
7the projects. An expenditure made pursuant to this paragraph shall
8constitute the creation of excess bond proceeds obligations to be
9paid from the excess proceeds. Excess bond proceeds obligations
10shall be listed separately on the Recognized Obligation Payment
11Schedule submitted by the successor agency.

12(B) If remaining bond proceeds cannot be spent in a manner
13consistent with the bond covenants pursuant to subparagraph (A),
14the proceeds shall be used to defease the bonds or to purchase
15those same outstanding bonds on the open market for cancellation.

16(d) The successor agency may amend an existing contract or
17agreement related to long-term enforceable obligations, or enter
18into a new contract or agreement in furtherance of any existing
19contract or agreement, for the purpose of administering projects
20in connection with long-term enforceable obligations, if the existing
21contract or agreement has been approved by the department as an
22enforceable obligation on a Recognized Obligation Payment
23Schedule pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 34177, and the
24existing contract or agreement has received a final and conclusive
25determination pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 34177.5.
26Additionally, any amendment of an existing contract or agreement,
27or any new contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this
28subdivision, shall not adversely affect the flow of property tax
29revenues or payments made pursuant to paragraph (4) of
30subdivision (a) of Section 34183 to the taxing entities, including
31the commitment of any new funding from any source beyond that
32which was previously authorized in an existing contract or
33agreement if that commitment would have an adverse effect on
34the flow of property tax revenues or payments made pursuant to
35paragraph (4) of subdivision (a).

36

SEC. 8.  

Section 34191.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
37amended to read:

38

34191.5.  

(a) There is hereby established a Community
39Redevelopment Property Trust Fund, administered by the successor
40agency, to serve as the repository of the former redevelopment
P27   1agency’s real properties identified in subparagraph (C) of paragraph
2(5) of subdivision (c) of Section 34179.5.

3(b) The successor agency shall prepare a long-range property
4management plan that addresses the disposition and use of the real
5properties of the former redevelopment agency. The report shall
6be submitted to the oversight board and the Department of Finance
7for approval no later than six months following the issuance to the
8successor agency of the finding of completion.

9(c) The long-range property management plan shall do all of
10the following:

11(1) Include an inventory of all properties in the trust. The
12inventory shall consist of all of the following information:

13(A) The date of the acquisition of the property and the value of
14the property at that time, and an estimate of the current value of
15the property.

16(B) The purpose for which the property was acquired.

17(C) Parcel data, including address, lot size, and current zoning
18in the former agency redevelopment plan or specific, community,
19or general plan.

20(D) An estimate of the current value of the parcel including, if
21available, any appraisal information.

22(E) An estimate of any lease, rental, or any other revenues
23generated by the property, and a description of the contractual
24requirements for the disposition of those funds.

25(F) The history of environmental contamination, including
26designation as a brownfield site, any related environmental studies,
27and history of any remediation efforts.

28(G) A description of the property’s potential for transit-oriented
29development and the advancement of the planning objectives of
30the successor agency.

31(H) A brief history of previous development proposals and
32activity, including the rental or lease of property.

33(2) Address the use or disposition of all of the properties in the
34trust. Permissible uses include the retention of the property for
35governmental use pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 34181,
36the retention of the property for future development, the sale of
37the property, or the use of the property to fulfill an enforceable
38obligation. The plan shall separately identify and list properties in
39the trust dedicated to governmental use purposes and properties
40retained for purposes of fulfilling an enforceable obligation. With
P28   1respect to the use or disposition of all other properties, all of the
2following shall apply:

3(A) (i) If the plan directs the use or liquidation of the property
4for a project identified in an approved redevelopment plan, the
5property shall transfer to the city, county, or city and county.

6(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “identified in
7an approved redevelopment plan” includes properties listed in a
8community plan or a five-year implementation plan.

9(B) If the plan directs the liquidation of the property or the use
10of revenues generated from the property, such as lease or parking
11revenues, for any purpose other than to fulfill an enforceable
12obligation or other than that specified in subparagraph (A), the
13proceeds from the sale shall be distributed as property tax to the
14taxing entities.

15(C) Property shall not be transferred to a successor agency, city,
16county, or city and county, unless the long-range property
17management plan has been approved by the oversight board and
18the Department of Finance.

19

SEC. 9.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
20Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
21this act provides for offsetting savings to local agencies or school
22districts that result in no net costs to the local agencies or school
23districts, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
24Code.

25

SEC. 10.  

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
26immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
27the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
28immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

29In order to facilitate the smooth and effective implementation
30and completion of the dissolution of redevelopment agencies, it is
31necessary that this act go into immediate effect.



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