SB 279, as amended, Hancock. San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.
Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline. Existing law authorizes the authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or property-related fee consistent with the California Constitution, as specified. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each affected county, when the authority proposes a measure to levy abegin delete benefit assessment,end delete special taxbegin delete, or property-related feeend delete for submission to the voters, to call a special election on the measure and place the measure on the ballot of the next regularly scheduled statewide
election.
This bill would specify that a measure proposed by the authority must be submitted to the voters of the authority in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code applicable to districtsbegin insert, as specifiedend insert. This bill would require the authority to file with the board of supervisors of each affected county a resolution requesting consolidation. This bill would require the legal counsel for the authority to prepare, subject to review and revision by a specified county counsel, an impartial analysis of the measure. This bill would require the elections officials of those affected counties to mutually agree to use the same letter designation for the measure and would require the measure to appear on the ballot before all county, city, and other local measures.
By imposing new duties or higher levels of service on local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 66704.05 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) If the authority proposes to levy abegin delete benefit special tax
4assessment,end deletebegin delete, or property-related feeend delete pursuant to
5subdivision (a) of Section 66704, the board of supervisors of the
6county or counties in which thebegin delete assessment, tax, or feeend deletebegin insert special tax end insert
7is proposed to be levied shall call a special election on the measure.
8The special election shall be consolidated with the next regularly
9scheduled statewide election and the measure shall be submitted
10to the voters in the appropriate
counties, consistent with the
11requirements of Article XIII C or XIII D of the California
12Constitution, as applicable.
13(b) The authority is abegin delete district for purposesend deletebegin insert district, as defined
14in Section 317end insert of the Elections Code. Except as otherwise provided
15in this section, a measure proposed by the authority that requires
16voter approval shall be submitted to the voters of the authority in
17accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code applicable
18to districtsbegin insert, including the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing
19with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Codeend insert.
20(c) The authority shall file with the board of supervisors of each
21county in which the measure shall appear on the ballot a resolution
22of the authority requesting consolidation, and setting forth the
P3 1exact form of the ballot question, in accordance with Section 10403
2of the Elections Code.
3(d) The authority shall transmit a copy of the measure to the
4legal counsel for the authority, who shall preparebegin delete, subject to review an impartial
5and revision by the county counsel of the county that contains the
6largest number of registered voters of the authority,end delete
7analysis of the measure in accordance with Section 9313 of the
8Elections Code.begin insert The impartial analysis prepared by the legal
9counsel for the authority shall be subject to
review and revision
10by the county counsel of the county that contains the largest
11population, as determined by the most recent federal decennial
12census, among those counties in which the measure will be
13submitted to the voters.end insert If there is no legal counsel for the authority,
14the authority shall transmit a copy of the measure to the county
15counsel of the county that contains the largestbegin delete number of registered begin insert
population, as determined by the most recent
16voters of the authorityend delete
17federal decennial census, among those counties in which the
18measure will be submitted to the voters,end insert and the county counsel
19shall prepare the impartial analysis.
20(e) Each county included in the measure shall use the exact
21ballot question, impartial analysis, and ballot language provided
22by the authority. If two or more counties included in the measure
23are required to prepare a translation of ballot materials into the
24same language other than English, the county that contains the
25largestbegin delete number of registered votersend deletebegin insert population, as determined by
26the most recent federal decennial census, among those counties
27in which the measure will be submitted to the votersend insert shall prepare
28the
translation and that translation shall be used by the other county
29or counties, as applicable.
30(f) Notwithstanding Section 13116 of the Elections Code, if a
31measure proposed by the authority pursuant to this article is
32submitted to the voters of the authority in two or more counties,
33the elections officials of those counties shall mutually agree to use
34the same letter designation for the measure and the measure shall
35appear on the ballot before all county, city, and other local
36measures.
37(g) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of
38the special election to the authority.
39(h) If a voter files a petition for a writ of mandate or an
40injunction
regarding a measure proposed by the authority, venue
P4 1for the proceeding shall be exclusively in the county that contains
2the largest number of registered
voters of the authority.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
4this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
5local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
6pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
74 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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