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 a special tax 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 districts, as specified. 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.
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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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 a special tax
4pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 66704, the board of
5supervisors of the county or counties in which the special tax is
6proposed to be levied shall call a special election on the measure.
7The special election shall be consolidated with the next regularly
8scheduled statewide election and the measure shall be submitted
9to the voters in the appropriate counties, consistent with the
10requirements of Article XIII C or XIII D of the California
11Constitution, as applicable.
12(b) The authority is a district, as defined in Section 317 of the
13Elections Code. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, a
14measure proposed by the authority that requires voter approval
15shall be submitted to the voters of the authority in accordance with
16the provisions of the Elections Code applicable to districts,
P3 1including the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
29300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
3(c) The authority shall file with the board of supervisors of each
4county in which the measure shall appear on the ballot a resolution
5of the authority requesting consolidation, and setting forth the
6exact form of the ballot question, in accordance with Section 10403
7of the Elections Code.
8(d) Thebegin delete authority shall transmit a copy of the measure to theend delete
9 legal counsel for the authoritybegin delete, whoend delete
shall prepare an impartial
10analysis of thebegin delete measure in accordance with Section 9313 of the
11Elections
Code.end delete
12legal counsel for the authority shall be subject to review and
13revision by the county counsel of the county that contains the
14largest population, as determined by the most recent federal
15decennial census, among those counties in which the measure will
16be submitted to the voters. If there is no legal counsel for the
17authority, the authority shall transmit a copy of the measure to the
18county counsel of the county that contains the largest population,
19as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, among
20those counties in which the measure will be submitted to the voters,
21and the county counsel shall prepare the impartial analysis.
22(e) Each county included in the measure shall use
the exact
23ballot question, impartial analysis, and ballot language provided
24by the authority. If two or more counties included in the measure
25are required to prepare a translation of ballot materials into the
26same language other than English, the county that contains the
27largest population, as determined by the most recent federal
28decennial census, among those counties that are required to prepare
29a translation of ballot materials into the same language other than
30English shall prepare the translation and that translation shall be
31used by the other county or counties, as applicable.
32(f) Notwithstanding Section 13116 of the Elections Code, if a
33measure proposed by the authority pursuant to this article is
34submitted to the voters of the authority in two or more counties,
35the elections officials of those counties shall mutually agree to
use
36the same letter designation for the measure.
37(g) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of
38the special election to the authority.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
40Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain
P4 1costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
2because those costs are the result of a program for which legislative
3authority was requested by that local agency or school district,
4within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and
5Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
6However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that
7this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
8to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be
made
9pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
104 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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