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          Date of Hearing:  May 8, 2013

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
                           K.H. "Katcho" Achadjian, Chair
            AB 1427 (Local Government Committee) - As Amended:  April 30,  
                                        2013
           
          SUBJECT  :  Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization  
          Act of 2000.

           SUMMARY  :  Makes several minor, non-controversial changes to the  
          laws affecting local government organization and reorganization.  
           Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Removes an annexation process only applicable to a city with  
            more than 100,000 residents located in a county with a  
            population of over 4,000,000 residents.  

          2)Clarifies the appointments of the independent special district  
            commissioner and alternate commissioner by the special  
            district selection committee so that the nominated and elected  
            commissioners are to be members of the legislative body of an  
            independent special district.  

          3)Clarifies that a provision applicable to cities in Santa Clara  
            County applies to city annexations and reorganizations  
            involving city annexations.  

          4)Clarifies several definitions including, 'independent special  
            district' and 'landowner'.  

          5)Makes other technical and conforming changes.  

           EXISTING LAW  establishes the procedures for the organization and  
          reorganization of cities, counties, and special districts.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :    

          1)As statutes go into effect, local officials and others often  
            discover problems or inconsistencies in the language of the  
            law and approach the Legislature to correct them.  These minor  
            problems do not warrant separate bills, particularly since,  
            according to the Legislative Analyst, in 2001-02 the average  








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            cost to produce a single bill was $17,890.

            The Assembly Local Government Committee has found that it is  
            expeditious and relatively inexpensive to respond to multiple  
            minor, non-controversial requests on related issues by  
            combining them into an annual "omnibus bill."  Since the major  
            rewrite of the law governing local agency organization and  
            reorganization [AB 2838 (Hertzberg), Chapter 761, Statutes of  
            2000], the Committee has focused its omnibus bill efforts on  
            LAFCO-related issues, most recently with AB 2795, Chapter 47,  
            Statutes of 2010; AB 1430, Chapter 300, Statutes of 2011; and,  
            AB 2698, Chapter 62, Statutes of 2012.  The Committee has  
            carried on this practice this year by addressing a number of  
            minor, but still necessary, changes in this bill.  The bill  
            reflects the concerns of LAFCOs and others who have brought  
            proposals and 



            issues to the Committee.  All proposals have been thoroughly  
            vetted by a large number of stakeholders.  Any proposal that  
            provokes any controversy or opposition is rejected for  
            inclusion.

           2)Support arguments  :  This bill provides an efficient and  
            cost-effective way to make a number of minor technical and  
            non-controversial changes to law, rather than introducing a  
            bill for each change.  

             Opposition arguments  :  None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions  
          (CALAFCO) [SPONSOR]
          San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission
          San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission  
          Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Misa Yokoi-Shelton / L. GOV. / (916)  
          319-3958