BILL NUMBER: AB 1502	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brown

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 53760.9 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1502, as introduced, Brown. State government assistance to
cities.
   Existing law authorizes a local public entity, defined as any
county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or other
entity, without limitation, that is a municipality as defined under
federal bankruptcy law, to file a petition and exercise powers
pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, if it either participates in a
neutral evaluation process or declares a fiscal emergency and adopts
a resolution by a majority vote of its governing board, as specified.

   This bill would require a state agency or department, within 30
days of a request, to provide any assistance, information, data, and
services to a city participating in a neutral evaluation process or a
bankruptcy proceeding. This bill would require any refusal to
comply, or to comply within 30 days of the request, to be made in
writing, transmitted to the city official or employee who made the
request, and to set forth the names and titles or positions of each
person in the state agency or department responsible for the refusal
to comply.
   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.  Section 53760.9 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   53760.9.  (a) A state agency or department shall provide any
assistance, information, data, and services, including, but not
limited to, responding to inquires and providing quotes for
performing future services, upon the request of a city participating
in a neutral evaluation process pursuant to Section 53760.3 or a
bankruptcy proceeding under Chapter 9.
   (b) A state agency or department shall respond to the city with
the requested assistance, data, information, and services within 30
days of the request. Any refusal to comply, or to comply within 30
days of the request, shall be made in writing, transmitted to the
city official or employee who made the request, and set forth the
names and titles or positions of each person in the state agency or
department responsible for the refusal to comply.