BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2762 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 14, 2014 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Mike Gatto, Chair AB 2762 (Committee on Local Government) - As Amended: May 6, 2014 Policy Committee: Local GovernmentVote:9 - 0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: Yes Reimbursable: No SUMMARY This bill makes several non-controversial changes to the laws affecting local government organization and reorganization (LAFCOs). Specifically, this bill: 1)Repeals a provision in current law that grandfathers in all pending applications filed prior to January 1, 2001 (the effective date of Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000). 2)Makes changes to the independent special district selection committee. 3)Authorizes, until January 1, 2019, a LAFCO to review and comment on the extension of services into previously unserved territory within unincorporated areas and the creation of new service providers to extend urban type development into previously unserved territory within unincorporated areas. 4)Requires submittal of a plan for services whenever a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization is submitted not just when a local agency submits a resolution of application. 5)Makes other technical changes. FISCAL EFFECT Negligible GF impact because LAFCOs have fee authority to cover their costs to consider additional factors when making boundary AB 2762 Page 2 decisions. COMMENTS This is the Assembly Local Government Committee's annual omnibus bill. This bill is sponsored by the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Supporters argue that the non-controversial changes included in this bill are necessary as LAFCOs implement the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000. Analysis Prepared by : Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081