BILL NUMBER: AB 668	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gray

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 8697.6) to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state
government.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 668, as introduced, Gray. Economic disaster area.
   Existing law authorizes the state to award state contracts, public
works projects, and capital projects; to expend the proceeds of
bonds for specified purposes; and to acquire property.
   This bill would require any county or city and county with an
unemployment rate above ____% for a period of ____ months to be
declared an economic disaster area. This bill would require a county
or city and county that is designated an economic disaster area to
receive priority consideration when the state is making a
determination on where to expend state funds with respect to any
state contract or award, public works project, bond-financed project,
acquisition of real estate, or capital project.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 8697.6) is added
to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 7.7.  ECONOMIC DISASTER AREAS


   8697.6.  (a) Any county or city and county with an unemployment
rate above ____ percent for a period of ____ months shall be declared
an economic disaster area.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a county or city and county
that is designated an economic disaster area shall receive priority
consideration when the state is making a determination on where to
expend state funds with respect to any state contract or award,
public works project, bond-financed project, acquisition of real
estate, or capital project.