BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing:
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
SB 184
(Committee on Governance and Finance) - As Amended June 15, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
Yes
SUMMARY:
This bill enacts the Local Government Omnibus Bill of 2015 which
makes numerous non-controversial changes to the laws governing
the powers and duties of local agencies.
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FISCAL EFFECT:
1)Potential minor reimbursable mandate costs related to
provisions eliminating the sunset on releasing subdivision
performance securities. Staff notes that no mandate claims
have been filed in the 10 years that these provisions have
been in statute, so it is unlikely that local agencies would
submit a reimbursement claim in the future.
2)The remaining provisions of this bill are expected to have
negligible fiscal impact.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. According to the author, "Each year local officials
discover problems with the state statutes that affect counties,
cities, special districts, and redevelopment agencies, as well
as the laws on land use planning and development. These minor
problems do not warrant separate (and expensive) bills.
According to the Legislative Analyst, in 2001-02 the cost of
producing a bill was $17,890. The Senate Governance & Finance
Committee responds by combining several of these minor topics
into an annual omnibus bill."
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Background. This bill combines non-controversial changes to ten parts of
state law that affect local agencies and land use. All of the
items have been vetted by interested parties and legislative
staff prior to inclusion in this omnibus measure, and if
opposition arises to any provision at any time, it will be
removed. This can be an efficient approach to enacting numerous
minor, technical, and consensus statutory changes in a single
policy area.
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081