Amended in Assembly April 5, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1666

Introduced by Assembly Member Brough

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chang, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Maienschein, Obernolte, Wagner, and Wilk)

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(Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, and Runner)

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January 14, 2016

An act to add Section 53343.2 to the Government Code, relating to local government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1666, as amended, Brough. Community facilities districts: reports.

The Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 authorizes the formation of a community facilities district to finance various services. The act requires a community facilities district formed after January 1, 1992, to prepare, if requested by a person who resides in or owns property in the district and within 120 days after the last day of each fiscal year, a separate document titled an “Annual Report.”

This bill would require begin delete the end delete begin insert a end insert legislative body begin delete to post, end delete begin insert that has an Internet Web site, within 120 days after the last day of each fiscal year of the district, to display prominently end insert on its Internet Web begin delete site, end delete begin insert site a copy of that annual report, if requested, and other specific end insert information relating to bonded indebtedness incurred by the district, projects funded by, or that may be funded by, the district, expenses and costs of the district, and special taxes imposed by the begin delete district, as specified. end delete begin insert district. end insert By increasing the duties of local 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 53343.2 is added to the Government
Code, to read:

53343.2.  

begin delete On or before July 1 2017, and each year thereafter,
the legislative body shall post all of the following information on
its Internet Web site: end delete begin insert A legislative body that has an Internet Web
site, within 120 days after the last day of each fiscal year of the
district, shall display prominently on its Internet Web site all of
the following information: end insert

(a) A copy of begin delete any end delete begin insert an end insert audit report begin delete created end delete begin insert if requested end insert pursuant
to Section 53343.1.

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(b) The amount of debt incurred by the original issuance of
bonded indebtedness.

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(c) The total amount of special taxes collected by the district.

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(d) The amount of other moneys collected for the year and their
source, including interest earned.

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(b) A copy of the report provided to the California Debt and
Investment Advisory Commission pursuant to Section 53359.5.

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(c) A copy of the report provided to the Controller’s office
pursuant to Section 12463.2.

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(e)

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begin insert (d) end insert  The amount of moneys expended for the year, including a
summary of the expenses that includes, but is not limited to, the
following:

(1) Facilities, including property.

(2) Services.

(3) The costs of bonded indebtedness.

(4) The costs of collecting the special tax under Section 53340.

(5) Other administrative and overhead costs.

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(f)

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begin insert (e) end insert  A list of projects currently being funded by the district, and
the amount the district has committed for each project. The list
shall include the name and location of each project.

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(g)

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begin insert (f) end insert  A list of the projects that may be funded by the district but
that have not yet commenced and any amount committed by the
district for those projects. The list shall include the name and
location of each project if it is known.

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(h) For moneys expended for facilities, including property, an
identification of the categories of each type of facility funded with
amounts expended in each category, including the total percentage
of the cost of each type of facility that was funded with bond
proceeds or special taxes.

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(i) For moneys expended for services, an identification of the
categories of each type of service funded with amounts expended
in each category, including the total percentage of the cost of each
type of service that was funded with bond proceeds or special
taxes.

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(j) For moneys expended for other administrative costs, an
identification of each of these costs.

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(k)

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begin insert (g) end insert  The total amount of special taxes collected in excess of the
amount needed to pay the bonded indebtedness, bad debt
contingencies, interest, and fees associated with the district, if any.

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(l)

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begin insert (h) end insert  The date on which the bonded indebtedness will mature.

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(m) The date on which the imposition of any special tax will
end, if any is specified.

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SEC. 2.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.