BILL NUMBER: SB 1350 CHAPTERED 09/19/00 CHAPTER 506 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 19, 2000 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2000 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 28, 2000 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 21, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 6, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 26, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 13, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 16, 2000 AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 28, 2000 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Local Government (Senators Rainey (Chair), Johannessen, Johnston, Monteith, Perata, Polanco, and Soto) JANUARY 12, 2000 An act to amend Sections 14482 and 14483 of the Business and Professions Code, to repeal Section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Section 18025 of the Education Code, to amend Sections 3102, 3105, 6523.5, 6523.6, 6523.7, 15365.30, 23119, 23130, 23212, 23285, 29321, 36501, 51283.4, 54988, 61737.05, 65400, 66412, 66451.17, 66463.5, and 66499.19 of, to amend and renumber Section 6523.75 of, to add Section 6500.1 to, to repeal Section 16153 of, to repeal Division 2 (commencing with Section 60400) of Title 6 of, and to repeal and add Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of, the Government Code, to repeal Division 36 (commencing with Section 56000) of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 3211.92 and 3211.93a of the Labor Code, to amend Section 26593 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Section 21670 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 10 and 10.2 of the County Water Authority Act (Chapter 545 of the Statutes of 1943), and to repeal Section 901 of the Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority Act (Chapter 963 of the Statutes of 1999), relating to local agencies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1350, Committee on Local Government. Local Government Omnibus Act of 2000. (1) Existing law provides for the registration of laundry marks by filing a description of the mark in the offices of the Secretary of State and the county clerk, and publishing a description of the mark in the county where the description was filed. This bill would delete the provision for filing with the county clerk and change the required place of publication to the county where the principal place of business is located. (2) Existing law requires a certified copy of a court decree changing a person's name to be filed in the office of the county clerk where the person lives. This bill would delete that provision. (3) Existing law requires the State Librarian to determine annually the amount of support for each public library and requires the amount appropriated to be based on the total amount of revenues previously received, and authorizes local agencies to waive that amount, as specified. This bill would authorize local agencies to request from the State Librarian a specified waiver of the requirements as to the amount appropriated commencing with the 2000-01 fiscal year. (4) Existing law requires the oath or affirmation of a disaster service worker of a county to be filed in the office of the county clerk, or, in certain instances, to be filed with the county auditor or the clerk of the board of supervisors. This bill would delete the provisions relating to filing with the county auditor or the board of supervisors, authorize the filing to be in the official department personnel file of the worker, and authorize the oath to be destroyed after 5 years. (5) Existing law establishes the California Central Valley International Trade Center in Tulare County to coordinate and work with ongoing international trade efforts in specified counties. This bill would add Merced County to those counties. (6) Existing law specifies the boundaries of Los Angeles County and Orange County. This bill would revise those boundary specifications, as prescribed. (7) Existing law provides that when a county boundary is changed, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties shall file with the State Board of Equalization and the assessors of the affected counties before the following January 1 certain documents concerning the new boundaries. This bill would change that date to December 1. (8) Existing law authorizes a board of supervisors to establish a revolving fund not to exceed $100,000 for use by any county officer. This bill would increase that amount to $250,000. (9) Existing law provides that the government of a general law city is vested in certain officers, including a city council of 5 members. This bill would provide that the city council consists of at least 5 members. (10) Existing law provides procedures for the cancellation or nullification of contracts that establish agricultural preserves and for the rescission of those contracts in order to place the land under a farmland security zone contract. This bill would recodify and make technical, nonsubstantive changes in the provisions governing the procedures for the establishment and cancellation of farmland security zone contracts. (11) Existing law requires a city or county to provide specified notice of a proposed lien for costs incurred in abating a nuisance. This bill would require the notice to be mailed by certified mail to the last known address of the property owner. (12) Existing law requires a community services district to approve various claims and demands by majority vote in an open meeting. This bill would authorize certain warrants for claims and demands to be approved by the finance officer and ratified by the district board after payment. (13) Existing law establishes procedures for the formation and conduct of the Rossmoor Special Community Services District. This bill would repeal that law. (14) Existing law requires the legislative body of a city or county to submit an annual report on the status of the general plan and progress in its implementation to various agencies on or before July 1 of each year. This bill instead would require that the housing portion of that report be submitted to those agencies on or before October 1 of each year. (15) Under existing law, when a local agency approves a vesting tentative map, that approval confers a vested right to proceed with the development in substantial compliance with specified ordinances, policies, and standards. This bill would correct an obsolete reference to provisions relating to vesting tentative maps. (16) The Urban Development Incentive Act provides for the planning and expedited permitting of large scale urban developments. This bill would repeal those provisions. (17) Under existing law, geologic hazard districts may borrow money from public agencies. This bill would authorize those districts to borrow money from private sources. (18) Existing law requires cities and counties to conform their general plans to the comprehensive land use plan of an airport land use commission. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to clarify that special districts are also subject to that plan. (19) Existing law does not provide a procedure to transfer a Mello-Roos Community Facilities District from a county to a special district. This bill would authorize Riverside County to transfer the governance of a community facilities district to the Rancho California Water District. (20) The bill would also delete obsolete provisions and make various clarifying, conforming, and other changes relating to, among other things, joint exercise of powers agreements, farmland preservation, subdivisions, redevelopment, and flood control. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Omnibus Act of 2000. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that Californians desire their government to be run efficiently and economically, and that public officials should avoid waste and duplication whenever possible. The Legislature further finds and declares that it desires to control its own operating costs by reducing the number of separate bills. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to combine several minor, noncontroversial statutory changes relating to local agencies into a single measure. SEC. 2. Section 14482 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 14482. In order to register a name, mark or device under this article, the supplier shall do all of the following: (a) File in the office of the Secretary of State a description of the names, marks, or devices so used. (b) Cause the description of the name, mark or device to be printed once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the principal place of business of the supplier is located. SEC. 3. Section 14483 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 14483. The registrant shall pay to the Secretary of State for filing each laundry supply designation described and for issuing a certificate of filing a fee as set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 12193 of the Government Code. SEC. 4. Section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure is repealed. SEC. 5. Section 18025 of the Education Code is amended to read: 18025. (a) For the 1982-83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Librarian shall determine the amount to which each public library is entitled for support of the library during the fiscal year. The amount shall be equal to 10 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022. (b) If local revenues appropriated for a public library for the 1982-83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, including tax revenues made available under Chapter 282 of the Statutes of 1979, total less than 90 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022, the state allocation for that fiscal year shall be reduced proportionately. A proportional reduction in the state allocation as described in this subdivision shall not be made, however, commencing with the 1997-98 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, if the amount appropriated to the Public Library Fund for that fiscal year is equal to or greater than the amount necessary to fund each public library in the amount it received for the prior fiscal year, thus providing the state's share of the cost of the foundation program to each library based only on its population served, as certified by the State Librarian. After the first fiscal year in which the proportional reduction is not made, no further reductions based on this subdivision shall be made in any future fiscal year. It is the intent of this subdivision to make this change without harm to any library currently receiving an unreduced share of the state's cost of the foundation program. (c) If local revenues appropriated for a public library for the 1982-83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, including tax revenues made available under the provisions of Chapter 282 of the Statutes of 1979, total more than 90 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022, the state allocation for that fiscal year shall remain at 10 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022. (d) In order for a public library to receive state funds under this chapter in the 1983-84 fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter, the total amount of local revenues appropriated for the public library for that fiscal year, including tax revenues made available under Chapter 282 of the Statutes of 1979 and other revenues deemed to be local revenues according to Section 18023, shall be equal to at least the total amount of local revenues, as defined, appropriated for the public library in the previous fiscal year. State funds provided under this chapter shall supplement, but not supplant, local revenues appropriated for the public library. (e) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), or any other provision of law, in the 1993-94 fiscal year, any city, county, district, or city and county, that reduces local revenues appropriated for the public library for the 1993-94 fiscal year shall continue to receive state funds appropriated under this chapter for the 1993-94 fiscal year only, provided that the amount of the reduction to the appropriation to that public library for the 1993-94 fiscal year is no more than 20 percent of the 1992-93 fiscal year appropriation made to that public library as certified by the fiscal officer of the public library and transmitted to the State Librarian pursuant to Section 18023. (2) Commencing with the 1993-94 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any city, county, district, or city and county may request from the State Librarian a waiver of the requirements of subdivision (d) or of paragraph (1) by demonstrating that the percentage of the reduction in local revenues appropriated for the public library is no greater than the percentage of the reduction of local revenues received by the city, county, district, or city and county operating the public library as a result of changes made to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code by statutes enacted during or after the 1991-92 Regular Session having the effect of shifting property tax revenues from cities, counties, special districts, and redevelopment agencies to school districts and community colleges. Requests for the waiver and the substantiating documentation shall be submitted to the State Librarian along with the annual report of appropriation required by Section 18023 or any other report of appropriations applying to public libraries required by any other provision of law. (3) Commencing with the 1997-98 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any city, county, district, or city and county may request from the State Librarian a waiver of the requirements of subdivision (d) by demonstrating that the percentage of reduction in local revenues appropriated for the public library is no greater than the percentage of reduction of local revenues received by the city, county, district, or city and county operating the public library as a result of the addition of Article XIIID, otherwise known as the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, to the California Constitution as approved by the voters at the November 5, 1996, general election. Requests for the waiver and the substantiating documentation shall be submitted to the State Librarian along with the annual report of appropriation required by Section 18023 or any other report of appropriations applying to public libraries required by any other provision of law. (4) Commencing with the 2000-01 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any city, county, district, or city and county may request from the State Librarian a waiver of the requirements of subdivision (d) or of paragraph (1) by demonstrating that the reduction in local revenues appropriated for the public library is no greater than the reduction in local revenues received by the city, county, district, or city and county operating the public library as a result of the automatic termination of a locally approved special tax or benefit assessment for that public library. Requests for the waiver and substantiating documentation shall be submitted to the State Librarian along with the annual report of appropriation required by Section 18023 or any other report of appropriations applying to public libraries required by any other provision of law. (f) If the state allocations computed pursuant to this section exceed the total amount of funds appropriated for purposes of this section in any fiscal year, the State Librarian shall adjust on a pro rata basis public library allocations prescribed by this section so that the total amount in each fiscal year does not exceed this amount. SEC. 6. Section 3102 of the Government Code is amended to read: 3102. (a) All disaster service workers shall, before they enter upon the duties of their employment, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter. (b) In the case of intermittent, temporary, emergency or successive employments, then in the discretion of the employing agency, an oath taken and subscribed as required by this chapter shall be effective for the purposes of this chapter for all successive periods of employment which commence within one calendar year from the date of that subscription. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the oath taken and subscribed by a person who is a member of an emergency organization sanctioned by a state agency or an accredited disaster council, whose members are duly enrolled or registered with the Office of Emergency Services, or any accredited disaster council of any political subdivision, shall be effective for the period the person remains a member with that organization. SEC. 7. Section 3105 of the Government Code is amended to read: 3105. (a) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of the state shall be filed as prescribed by State Personnel Board rule within 30 days of the date on which it is taken and subscribed. (b) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of any county shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county or in the official department personnel file of the county employee who is designated as a disaster service worker. The oath may be destroyed without duplication five years after the termination of the employee's employment by the county. (c) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of any city shall be filed in the office of the city clerk of the city. (d) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of any other agency or district shall be filed with any officer or employee of the agency or district that may be designated by the agency or district. SEC. 8. Section 6500.1 is added to the Government Code, to read: 6500.1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Joint Exercise of Powers Act. SEC. 9. Section 6523.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 6523.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Contra Costa may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. SEC. 10. Section 6523.6 of the Government Code is amended to read: 6523.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Tulare may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. SEC. 11. Section 6523.7 of the Government Code is amended to read: 6523.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Kings may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. SEC. 12. Section 6523.75 of the Government Code is amended and renumbered to read: 6523.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of San Diego may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. (c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. SEC. 13. Section 15365.30 of the Government Code is amended to read: 15365.30. (a) The California Central Valley International Trade Center in Tulare County has been created for the purpose of assisting Central Valley businesses interested in expanding their markets. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Central Valley International Trade Center in Tulare County coordinate and work cooperatively with other ongoing international trade efforts in the Central Valley, including the Counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare. SEC. 14. Section 16153 of the Government Code is repealed. SEC. 15. Section 23119 of the Government Code is amended to read: 23119. The boundaries of Los Angeles County are as follows: Beginning at a point in the southwesterly boundary line of the State of California, said point being on the southerly prolongation of the westerly boundary line of Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit; thence northerly along said prolongation and westerly line of said rancho to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence northeasterly in a direct line to corner number seven of the boundary of Rancho Simi; thence easterly along line number seven, northerly along line number eight, easterly along line number nine of the boundary of Rancho Simi to corner number ten of the boundary of Rancho Simi; thence following the boundary line as surveyed by E. T. Wright and J. T. Stow, county surveyors, in June and July, 1881, as shown on map recorded in book 43, page 25 et seq., miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County as follows: north 105.01 chains to a point; thence north 07 degrees 29 minutes W., 157.50 chains to a point; thence north 21 degrees 57 minutes W., to a point in the north line of Sec. 4, T. 8 N., R. 19 W., S. B. M., distant westerly along said north line 1,400 feet, more or less, from the northeast corner of said Sec. 4, said point being common to the boundaries of Kern, Ventura and Los Angeles; thence east along the north line of T. 8 N., S. B. M., to the northeast corner of T. 8 N., R. 8 W., S. B. M., said corner being a point common to the boundaries of San Bernardino, Kern, and Los Angeles; Thence south along the range line between R. 7 and 8 W., to the southeast corner of T. 6 N., R. 8 W., S. B. M.; thence east along the township line between T. 5 and 6 N., to the northeast corner of T. 5 N., R. 8 W., S. B. M.; thence south along the range line between R. 7 and 8 W., to a point in the east line of Sec. 12, T. 4 N., R. 8 W., S. B. M., distant southerly 940 feet, measured along said east line, from the northeast corner of said Sec. 12; thence southerly in a direct line to the summit of San Antonio Peak; thence southerly along a straight line which passes through the northwest corner of the Rancho Cucamonga to a point in said straight line distant south 11*51' 04 west thereon, 333.81 feet from its intersection with the north line of Tract 37, T. 2 N., R. 7 W., S. B. M.; thence north 25*38'59 west, 15.06 feet; thence south 70*15'29 west, 47.76 feet; thence south 09*57'30 east, 62.51 feet; thence south 34*17'02 east, 36.94 feet to said straight line; thence continuing southerly along said straight line to a point in said straight line distant north 11*51'04 east, 547.37 feet from its intersection with the south line of said Tract 37; thence south 84*57'02 west, 35.25 feet; thence south 23*47' 27 west, 75.70 feet to the beginning of a nontangent curve concave to the southwest having a radius of 181.00 feet and to which beginning a radial line bears south 29*24'24 west; thence southeasterly along said curve through a central angle of 12*08'32 an arc distance of 38.36 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve concave to the northeast having a radius of 169.00 feet; thence southeasterly 16.07 feet along said curve through a central angle of 05*26'52 to said straight line; thence southwest in a direct line to the northwest corner of Rancho Cucamonga, thence southwesterly along the northwesterly boundary line of Rancho Cucamonga to the most westerly corner of Rancho Cucamonga; thence southwesterly in a direct line to the northeast corner of Rancho San Jose; thence southwesterly and westerly along the easterly and southerly boundary lines of Rancho San Jose to the range line between R. 8 and 9 W. in T. 2 S., S. B. M.; Thence south along the range line between R. 8 and 9 W., to the southeast corner of Sec. 12, T. 2 S., R. 9 W., S. B. M., said corner being an angle point in the boundary line of the Rancho Santa Ana del Chino; thence westerly, southwesterly, southerly, easterly, and southerly along the boundary line of the Rancho Santa Ana del Chino to the southwest corner of the Rancho Santa Ana del Chino, said corner being the center of Sec. 35, T. 2 S., R. 9 W., S. B. M.; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in the south line of Sec. 36, T. 2 S., R. 9 W., S. B. M., distant 52.84 feet easterly thereon from the southwest corner of said Sec. 36, said point being common to the boundaries of San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles; thence westerly along the northern line of Orange to the southeasterly corner of Tract No. 46685 filed in Book 1209, pages 56 and 57, of Maps, in the office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, said southeasterly corner being common to the boundaries of Orange and Los Angeles; thence northerly following along the boundary of said Tract No. 46685, the following courses: north 13*53'07 east 100.12 feet, north 76*01'25 west 1018.58 feet, north 85*34'56 west 163.25 feet, and south 00*57'29 west 47.01 feet to a point in the northerly line of Tract No. 25335, filed in Book 775, pages 35 and 36, of said Maps, said point distant westerly along said northerly line 10.26 feet from the northeasterly corner of said Tract No. 25335; thence northwesterly following along the boundary of said Tract No. 25335 the following courses: north 76*00'59 west 1224.52 feet and south 00*52'39 west 564.75 feet to a point on the boundary common to Orange and Los Angeles; thence westerly along the northern line of Orange to the southwesterly boundary line of the State of California; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly boundary line of the State of California to the point of beginning. Also the islands of Santa Catalina and San Clemente. SEC. 16. Section 23130 of the Government Code is amended to read: 23130. The boundaries of Orange County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of San Diego County at a point in the Pacific Ocean opposite San Mateo point; thence northerly along the San Diego County line to the southerly line of the Rancho Mission Viejo as shown on the survey on file in book 8, pages 34 through 46 inclusive of Records of Survey in the office of the County Recorder of Orange County; Thence, easterly and northeasterly to an angle point therein, said point being Rancho Mission Viejo Corner No. 7, as shown on said Record of Survey; thence northerly 12,693.95 feet along the northwestern boundary of San Diego County to the southwest corner of Section 33, T. 7 S., R. 6 W., said point being also the most southwest corner of Riverside County; thence northerly 1,324.46 feet along the western boundary of said Riverside County to the southwesterly corner of Government Lot 3, Fractional Section 33, T. 7 S., R. 6 W., S.B.M., as shown on that survey on file in book 122, pages 17 and 18 of Records of Survey in the office of the County Recorder of Orange County; Thence leaving said western boundary south 89*25'11 east, 2,042.68 feet to the southeast corner of the NE. 1/4 of the SE. 1/4 of said Section 33; thence north 01*00'50 east, 1,320.33 feet to the northeast corner of the NE. 1/4 of the SE. 1/4 of said Section 33; thence north 00*27'14 east, 2,647.46 feet to the northeast corner of said Section 33; thence along the north line of said section north 89*16'14 west, 2,086.39 feet to the northwest corner of Government Lot 1 of said section, being a point on the existing western boundary of said Riverside County; Thence along said boundary of Riverside County northerly, northeasterly, northwesterly, westerly, northerly, westerly and northwesterly to a point on the south line of Section 36, T. 3 S., R. 8 W., as shown on that survey on file in book 131, pages 24 and 25 of Records of Survey in the office of the Orange County Recorder, said point lying distant therein north 89*05'38 west 151.58 feet from the southeast corner of said Section 36; Thence leaving said existing boundary of Riverside County and along said south line north 89*05'38 west, 2,484.00 feet; thence continuing along said south line, north 89*07'27 west, 818.46 feet to the easterly line of the Rancho Lomas de Santiago; thence along said easterly line north 02*53'27 west, 3,273.18 feet to a point on a nontangent curve, concave to the northwest and having a radius of 1,550.00 feet, a radial from said point bears north 14*05'30 west; thence easterly, leaving said east line, along said curve through a central angle of 15*01'17 and arc length of 406.35 feet; thence nontangent to said curve, south 84*32'29 east, 155.61 feet; thence north 65*40'06 east, 75.15 feet; thence north 48*16'56 east, 150.70 feet; thence north 68*49'57 east, 35.37 feet to said existing boundary of Riverside County; Thence northwesterly along the said boundary to the corner common to Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties; thence northwesterly along the southwest boundary of San Bernardino County to the point of intersection of said boundary with the southerly line of T. 2 S., R. 9 W., being also the corner common to San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties; thence westerly along the township line between T. 2 and 3 S., to the northeast corner of Annexation 69-1 (Ryness-Smith No. 2) to the City of Brea, said point also being the southeast corner of Tract No. 46685, per map filed in Book 1209, pages 56 and 57, of Maps, in the office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, being distant north 89*00'53 west, 1670.40 feet from the northeast corner of Section 3, Township 3 South, Range 10 West; thence, leaving the Township line between T. 2 and 3 S., along the boundary line of said Tract No. 46685, the following courses: north 13*53'07 east, along the easterly line of said Tract, 100.12 feet to the northeast corner thereof; thence, north 76*01'25 west, along the northeasterly line of said Tract, 1018.58 feet to the easterly terminus of that course shown as "north 86*32'58 west, 163.32 feet" on said Tract; thence, north 85*34'56 west, along the northerly line of said Tract, 163.25 feet to the northwest corner thereof; thence, south 00*57'29 west, along the most westerly line of said Tract, 47.01 feet, to the northeasterly boundary line of Tract No. 25335, per map filed in Book 775, pages 35 and 36, of Maps, in the office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, said point being north 76*00'59 west, along said northeasterly line 10.26 feet, from the northeast corner of said Tract; thence along the boundary of said Tract No. 25335, the following courses: north 76*00'59 west, along said northeasterly line of said Tract, 1224.52 feet to the northwest corner thereof; thence south 00*52'39 west, along the westerly line of said Tract, 564.75 feet to the southwest corner of said Tract, being a point of intersection with the Township line between T. 2 and 3 S., distant south 89*00'53 east, 1449.86 feet from the northwest corner of said Section 3, Township 3 South, Range 10 West; thence, leaving said boundary of Tract No. 25335, westerly along the Township line between T. 2 and 3 S., to the corner common to T. 2 and 3 S., R. 10 and 11 W.; thence southerly along the range line between R. 10 and 11 W., to the southeast corner of Section 13, T. 3 S., R. 11 W., in the Rancho Los Coyotes; thence in a general southwesterly direction along section lines, quarter section lines and quarter quarter section lines in the Rancho Los Coyotes, as follows: westerly along the section line to the quarter corner on the south line of said Section 13; thence southerly along the quarter section line to the center of Section 24, T. 3 S., R. 11 W.; thence westerly along the quarter section line to the quarter corner on the west line of said Section 24; thence southerly along the section line to the southwest corner of said Section 24; thence westerly along the section line to the quarter corner on the north line of Section 26, T. 3 S., R. 11 W.; thence southerly along the quarter section line to the center of said Section 26; Thence westerly along the quarter section line to the quarter corner on the west line of said Section 26; thence southerly along the section line to the southwest corner of said Section 26; thence westerly along the section line to the northeast corner of Section 33, T. 3 S., R. 11 W.; thence southerly along the section line to the quarter corner on the east line of said Section 33; thence westerly along the quarter section line to the center of said Section 33; thence southerly along the quarter section line to the northeast corner of the SE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of said Section 33; thence westerly along the quarter quarter section line to the center of the SW. 1/4 of said Section 33; thence southerly along the quarter quarter section line to the south line of said Section 33; thence westerly along the township line between T. 3 and 4 S., to the northeast corner of Section 5, T. 4 S., R. 11 W.; thence southerly along the section line to the northeast corner of the SE. 1/4 of said Section 5; thence westerly along the quarter section line to the northwest corner of the NE. 1/4 of the SE. 1/4 of said Section 5; thence southerly along the quarter quarter section line to the center of the SE. 1/4 of said Section 5; thence westerly along the quarter quarter section line to the westerly line of the SE. 1/4 of said Section 5; thence southerly along the quarter section line to the quarter corner on the south line of said Section 5; thence westerly along the section line to the northeast corner of the NW. 1/4 of the NW. 1/4 of Section 8, T. 4 S., R. 11 W.; Thence southerly along the quarter quarter section lines to the northeast corner of the SW. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of said Section 8; thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point on the south line of the Moody Creek Channel as shown on that survey on file in book 120, page 5 of Records of Survey in the office of the Recorder of Orange County, said point being on a nontangent curve, concave southeasterly and having a radius of 950.00 feet, a radial from said point bears south 03*41'24 east; thence westerly along said south line and said curve through a central angle of 26*34'39 and an arc length of 440.67 feet to its point of intersection with the east line of the Coyote Creek Channel, said point being on a nontangent curve concave northwesterly and having a radius of 5,200.00 feet, a radial from said point bears north 75*11'46 west; thence southwesterly along said easterly line and said curve through a central angle of 03*10' 38 and an arc length of 288.36 feet; thence continuing along said easterly line, tangent to said curve, south 17*58'52 west, 132.27 feet to a point on the existing boundary of Los Angeles County; thence southwesterly along said boundary in a straight line to the southwest corner of Section 8, T. 4 S., R. 11 W. said corner also being Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 11 as shown on Los Angeles County Surveyor's Map No. 8175 on file in the office of the Surveyor of the County of Los Angeles; Thence south 00*11'50 east, along the section line to a point on the boundary line between Rancho Los Coyotes and Rancho Los Alamitos, said point also being Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 10; Thence south 59*07'40 west, a distance of 3,391.48 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 9; Thence south 39*48'20 west, a distance of 5,650.97 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 8; Thence south 11*36'55 west, a distance of 2,241.41 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 7; Thence south 27*55'55 west, a distance of 8,375.40 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 6; Thence south 31*22'50 east, a distance of 1,296.21 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 5; Thence south 27*12'00 east, a distance of 2,106.10 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 4; Thence south 16*46'45 east, a distance of 1,444.82 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 3; Thence south 2*48'35 east, a distance of 2,207.94 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 2; Thence south 57*10'40 west, a distance of 8,238.78 feet to Los Angeles/Orange County Corner No. 1; Thence south 33*00'00 west, a distance of 622.43 feet to a point on the northeasterly line of block 59, Alamitos Bay tract, as shown on the map recorded in map book 5, page 137, on file in the office of the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, distant thereon south 57*50'45 east, a distance of 428.91 feet from the most northerly corner of said block 59; thence continuing south 33*00'00 west, a distance of three miles, more or less to the southwesterly boundary line of the State of California (the boundary line between Los Angeles and Orange hereinabove described and established being shown on said county surveyor's map No. 8175; and likewise on map No. 300 on file in the office of the Surveyor of Orange County); thence southeasterly along the state line to the point of beginning. SEC. 17. Section 23212 of the Government Code is amended to read: 23212. When a county boundary is changed pursuant to this article, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties shall file before the following December 1, with the State Board of Equalization and with the assessors of the affected counties, a statement setting forth the legal description of the boundary, as changed, together with a map or plat indicating the boundary. The change of the boundary shall not be effective for purposes of assessment or taxation unless the statement, together with the map or plat is filed with the assessors and the State Board of Equalization on or before December 1 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the assessments or taxes are to be levied. SEC. 18. Section 23285 of the Government Code is amended to read: 23285. Whenever county boundaries are changed pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors of both affected counties shall cause to be filed before the following December 1, with the State Board of Equalization and with the assessors of both affected counties, a statement setting forth the legal description of the boundaries, as changed, together with a map or plat indicating those boundaries. The change of the boundaries shall not be effective for purposes of assessment or taxation unless the statement, together with the map or plat required by this section, is filed with the county assessors and with the State Board of Equalization on or before December 1 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the assessments or taxes are to be levied. SEC. 19. Section 29321 of the Government Code is amended to read: 29321. The board of supervisors may establish a revolving fund for the use of any officer of the county by adopting a resolution setting forth: (a) the necessity for the fund, (b) the office, department, service, or institution for which the fund is available, and (c) the amount of the fund, which shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). SEC. 20. Section 36501 of the Government Code is amended to read: 36501. The government of a general law city is vested in: (a) A city council of at least five members. (b) A city clerk. (c) A city treasurer. (d) A chief of police. (e) A fire chief. (f) Any subordinate officers or employees provided by law. SEC. 21. Section 51283.4 of the Government Code is amended to read: 51283.4. (a) Upon tentative approval of a petition accompanied by a proposal for a specified alternative use of the land, the clerk of the board or council shall record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which is located the land as to which the contract is applicable a certificate of tentative cancellation, which shall set forth the name of the landowner requesting the cancellation, the fact that a certificate of cancellation of contract will be issued and recorded at the time that specified conditions and contingencies are satisfied, a description of the conditions and contingencies which must be satisfied, and a legal description of the property. Conditions to be satisfied shall include payment in full of the amount of the fee computed under the provisions of Section 51283, together with a statement that unless the fee is paid, or a certificate of cancellation of contract is issued within one year from the date of the recording of the certificate of tentative cancellation, the fee shall be recomputed as of the date of notice described in subdivision (b). Any provisions related to the waiver of the fee or portion thereof shall be treated in the manner provided for in the certificate of tentative cancellation. Contingencies to be satisfied shall include a requirement that the landowner obtain all permits necessary to commence the project. The board or council may, at the request of the landowner, amend a tentatively approved specified alternative use if it finds that the amendment is consistent with the findings made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51282. (b) The landowner shall notify the board or council when he or she has satisfied the conditions and contingencies enumerated in the certificate of tentative cancellation. Within 30 days of receipt of the notice, and upon a determination that the conditions and contingencies have been satisfied, the board or council shall execute a certificate of cancellation of contract and cause the same to be recorded. (c) If the landowner has been unable to satisfy the conditions and contingencies enumerated in the certificate of tentative cancellation, the landowner shall notify the board or council of the particular conditions or contingencies he or she is unable to satisfy. Within 30 days of receipt of the notice, and upon a determination that the landowner is unable to satisfy the conditions and contingencies listed, the board or council shall execute a certificate of withdrawal of tentative approval of a cancellation of contract and cause the same to be recorded. However, the landowner shall not be entitled to the refund of any cancellation fee paid. SEC. 22. Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code is repealed. SEC. 23. Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) is added to Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code, to read: Article 7. Farmland Security Zones 51296. The Legislature finds and declares that it is desirable to expand options available to landowners for the preservation of agricultural land. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to encourage the creation of longer term voluntary enforceable restrictions within agricultural preserves. 51296.1. A landowner or group of landowners may petition the board to rescind a contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter in order to simultaneously place the land subject to that contract or those contracts under a new contract designating the property as a farmland security zone. A landowner or group of landowners may also petition the board to create a farmland security zone for the purpose of entering into farmland security zone contracts pursuant to this section. (a) Before approving the rescission of a contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter in order to simultaneously place the land under a new farmland security zone contract, the board shall create a farmland security zone, pursuant to the requirements of Section 51230, within an existing agricultural preserve. (b) No land shall be included in a farmland security zone unless expressly requested by the landowner. Any land located within a city' s sphere of influence shall not be included within a farmland security zone, unless the creation of the farmland security zone within the sphere of influence has been expressly approved by resolution by the city with jurisdiction within the sphere of influence. (c) If more than one landowner requests the creation of a farmland security zone and the parcels are contiguous, the county shall place those parcels in the same farmland security zone. (d) A contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be for an initial term of no less than 20 years. Each contract shall provide that on the anniversary date of the contract or on another annual date as specified by the contract, a year shall be added automatically to the initial term unless a notice of nonrenewal is given pursuant to Section 51245. (e) Upon termination of a farmland security zone contract, the farmland security zone designation for that parcel shall simultaneously be terminated. 51296.2. Both of the following shall apply to land within a designated farmland security zone: (a) The land shall be eligible for property tax valuation pursuant to Section 423.4 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any special tax approved by the voters for urban-related services on or after January 1, 1999, on the land or any living improvement shall be levied at a reduced rate unless the tax directly benefits the land or the living improvements. 51296.3. Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox Local Government Reorganization Act of 1985 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation of land within a designated farmland security zone to a city. However, this subdivision shall not apply under any of the following circumstances: (a) If the farmland security zone is located within a designated, delineated area that has been approved by the voters as a limit for existing and future urban facilities, utilities, and services. (b) If annexation of a parcel or a portion of a parcel is necessary for the location of a public improvement, as defined in Section 51290.5, except as provided in subdivision (f) or (g) of this section. (c) If the landowner consents to the annexation. 51296.4. Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox Local Government Reorganization Act of 1985 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation of land within a designated farmland security zone to a special district that provides sewers, nonagricultural water, or streets and roads, unless the facilities or services provided by the special district benefit land uses that are allowed under the contract and the landowner consents to the change of organization or reorganization. 51296.5. Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, a school district shall not render inapplicable a county zoning ordinance to the use of land by the school district if the land is within a designated farmland security zone. 51296.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district shall not acquire any land that is within a designated farmland security zone. 51296.7. The board shall not approve any use of land within a designated farmland security zone based on the compatible use provisions contained in subdivision (c) of Section 51238.1. 51296.8. Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall only apply to land that is designated on the Important Farmland Series maps, prepared pursuant to Section 65570 as predominantly one or more of the following: (a) Prime farmland. (b) Farmland of statewide significance. (c) Unique farmland. (d) Farmland of local importance. If the proposed farmland security zone is in an area that is not designated on the Important Farmland Series maps, the land shall qualify if it is predominantly prime agricultural land, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 51201. 51296.9. Nonrenewal of a farmland security zone contract shall be pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240), except as otherwise provided in this article. 51297. A petition for cancellation of a farmland security zone contract created under this article may be filed only by the landowner with the city or county within which the contracted land is located. The city or county may grant a petition only in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 5 (commencing with Section 51280) and only if all the following requirements are met: (a) The city or county shall make both of the findings specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 51282, based on substantial evidence in the record. Subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 51282 shall apply to the findings made by the city or county. (b) In its resolution tentatively approving cancellation of the contract, the city or county shall find all of the following: (1) That no beneficial public purpose would be served by the continuation of the contract. (2) That the uneconomic nature of the agricultural use is primarily attributable to circumstances beyond the control of the landowner and the local government. (3) That the landowner has paid a cancellation fee equal to 25 percent of the cancellation valuation calculated in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 51283. (c) The Director of Conservation approves the cancellation. The director may approve the cancellation after reviewing the record of the tentative cancellation provided by the city or county, only if he or she finds both of the following: (1) That there is substantial evidence in the record supporting the decision. (2) That no beneficial public purpose would be served by the continuation of the contract. (d) A finding that no authorized use may be made of a remnant contract parcel of five acres or less left by public acquisition pursuant to Section 51295, may be substituted for the finding in subdivision (a). 51297.1. All of the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 51290) shall apply to farmland security zones created pursuant to this article except as specifically provided in this article. 51297.2. No state agency, as defined in Section 65934, or local agency, as defined in Section 65930, shall require any land to be placed under a farmland security zone contract as a condition of the issuance of any entitlement to use or the approval of a legislative or adjudicative act involving, but not limited to, the planning, use, or development of real property, or a change of organization or reorganization, as defined in Section 56021 or 56073. No contract shall be executed as a condition of an entitlement to use issued by an agency of the United States government. 51297.3. Sections 51296.3 and 51296.4 shall not apply during the three-year period preceding the termination of a farmland security zone contract. 51297.4. Nothing in Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall be construed to limit the authority of a board to rescind a portion or portions of a Williamson Act contract or contracts for the purpose of immediately enrolling the land in a farmland security zone contract so long as the remaining land is retained in a Williamson Act contract and the board determines that its action would improve the conservation of agricultural land within the county where the rescission occurs. The creation of multiple contracts under this section does not constitute a subdivision of the land. SEC. 24. Section 54988 of the Government Code is amended to read: 54988. (a) (1) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, including the current powers of charter cities, the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may collect any fee, cost, or charge incurred in (A) the abatement of public nuisances; (B) the correction of any violation of any law or regulation that would also be a violation of Section 1941.1 of the Civil Code; (C) the enforcement of zoning ordinances adopted pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 65800) of Division 1 of Title 7 or any other constitutional or statutory authority; (D) inspections and abatement of violations of Article 1 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code; (E) inspections and abatement of violations of the State Housing Law, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; (F) inspections and abatement of violations of the California Building Standards Code, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations; or (G) inspections and abatement related to local ordinances and regulations that implement any of the foregoing, if the fee, cost, or charge has not been paid within 45 days of notice thereof, by making the amount of the unpaid fee, cost, or charge a proposed lien against the property that is the subject of the enforcement activity. Except as provided in subdivision (c), the amount of the proposed lien may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as property taxes are collected. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to the proposed lien, except that if any real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of taxes would become delinquent, then the lien that would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to real property and the costs of enforcement relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. (2) The amount of any fee, cost, or charge shall not exceed the actual cost incurred performing the inspections and enforcement activity, including permit fees, fines, late charges, and interest. (3) This section shall not apply to owner-occupied residential dwelling units. (4) This section does not apply to any enforcement, abatement, correction, or inspection activity regarding a violation in which the violation was evident on the plans that received a building permit. (b) (1) A city, county, or city and county shall provide the owner of the property with written notice in plain language of the proposed lien, a description of the basis for the amounts comprising the lien, a minimum of 45 days after notice to pay the fee, cost, or charge, and an opportunity to appear before the legislative body and be heard regarding the amount of the proposed lien. The notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the last known address of the owner of the property. (2) In any city, county, or city and county, the legislative body may delegate the holding of the hearing required by paragraph (1) to a hearing board designated by the legislative body. The hearing board may be the housing appeals board established pursuant to Section 17920.5 of the Health and Safety Code or any other body designated by the legislative body. The hearing board shall make a written recommendation to the legislative body which shall include factual findings based on evidence introduced at the hearing. The legislative body may adopt the recommendation without further notice of hearing, or may set the matter for a de novo hearing before the legislative body. Notice in writing of the de novo hearing shall be provided to the property owner at least 10 days in advance of the scheduled hearing. (c) If the legislative body determines that the proposed lien authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) shall become a lien, the body may also cause a notice of lien to be recorded. This lien shall attach upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated and shall have the same force, priority, and effect as a judgment lien, not a tax lien. The notice shall, at a minimum, identify the record owner or possessor of the property, set forth the last known address of the record owner or possessor, set forth the date upon which the lien was created against the property, and include a description of the real property subject to the lien and the amount of the lien. SEC. 25. Division 2 (commencing with Section 60400) of Title 6 of the Government Code is repealed. SEC. 26. Section 61737.05 of the Government Code is amended to read: 61737.05. (a) Bond principal and interest and salaries shall be paid when due. Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), all other claims and demands shall be approved in an open meeting by a majority of the members of the board. (b) Warrants drawn in payment of claims and demands approved by the finance officer as conforming to an approved budget need not be approved by the board prior to payment. (c) Claims and demands paid by warrants pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be presented to the board for ratification and approval in the audited comprehensive annual financial report. SEC. 27. Section 65400 of the Government Code is amended to read: 65400. After the legislative body has adopted all or part of a general plan, the planning agency shall do both of the following: (a) Investigate and make recommendations to the legislative body regarding reasonable and practical means for implementing the general plan or element of the general plan, so that it will serve as an effective guide for orderly growth and development, preservation and conservation of open-space land and natural resources, and the efficient expenditure of public funds relating to the subjects addressed in the general plan. (b) (1) Provide an annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development on the status of the plan and progress in its implementation, including the progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs determined pursuant to Section 65584 and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583. (2) The housing portion of the annual report required to be provided to the Office of Planning and Research and the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to this subdivision shall be prepared through the use of forms and definitions adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370) of, and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of, Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2). This report shall be provided to the legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before October 1 of each year. SEC. 28. Section 66412 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66412. This division shall be inapplicable to: (a) The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks, or trailer parks. (b) Mineral, oil, or gas leases. (c) Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code. (d) A lot line adjustment between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the local agency, or advisory agency. A local agency or advisory agency shall limit its review and approval to a determination of whether or not the parcels resulting from the lot line adjustment will conform to local zoning and building ordinances. An advisory agency or local agency shall not impose conditions or exactions on its approval of a lot line adjustment except to conform to local zoning and building ordinances, to require the prepayment of real property taxes prior to the approval of the lot line adjustment, or to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, or easements. No tentative map, parcel map, or final map shall be required as a condition to the approval of a lot line adjustment. The lot line adjustment shall be reflected in a deed, which shall be recorded. No record of survey shall be required for a lot line adjustment unless required by Section 8762 of the Business and Professions Code. (e) Boundary line or exchange agreements to which the State Lands Commission or a local agency holding a trust grant of tide and submerged lands is a party. (f) Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (g) Unless a parcel or final map was approved by the legislative body of a local agency, the conversion of a community apartment project, as defined in Section 1351 of the Civil Code, to a condominium, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, but only if all of the following requirements are met: (1) At least 75 percent of the units in the project were occupied by record owners of the project on March 31, 1982. (2) A final or parcel map of the project was properly recorded, if the property was subdivided, as defined in Section 66424, after January 1, 1964, with all of the conditions of that map remaining in effect after the conversion. (3) The local agency certifies that the above requirements were satisfied if the local agency, by ordinance, provides for that certification. (4) Subject to compliance with subdivision (e) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, all conveyances and other documents necessary to effectuate the conversion shall be executed by the required number of owners in the project as specified in the bylaws or other organizational documents. If the bylaws or other organizational documents do not expressly specify the number of owners necessary to execute the conveyances and other documents, a majority of owners in the project shall be required to execute the conveyances or other documents. Conveyances and other documents executed under the foregoing provisions shall be binding upon and affect the interests of all parties in the project. (h) Unless a parcel or final map was approved by the legislative body of a local agency, the conversion of a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 1351 of the Civil Code, to a condominium, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, but only if all of the following requirements are met: (1) At least 51 percent of the units in the cooperative were occupied by stockholders of the cooperative on January 1, 1981, or individually owned by stockholders of the cooperative on January 1, 1981. As used in this paragraph, a cooperative unit is "individually owned" if and only if the stockholder of that unit owns or partially owns an interest in no more than one unit in the cooperative. (2) No more than 25 percent of the shares of the cooperative were owned by any one person, as defined in Section 17, including an incorporator or director of the cooperative, on January 1, 1981. (3) A person renting a unit in a cooperative shall be entitled at the time of conversion to all tenant rights in state or local law, including, but not limited to, rights respecting first refusal, notice, and displacement and relocation benefits. (4) The local agency certifies that the above requirements were satisfied if the local agency, by ordinance, provides for that certification. (5) Subject to compliance with subdivision (e) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, all conveyances and other documents necessary to effectuate the conversion shall be executed by the required number of owners in the cooperative as specified in the bylaws or other organizational documents. If the bylaws or other organizational documents do not expressly specify the number of owners necessary to execute the conveyances and other documents, a majority of owners in the cooperative shall be required to execute the conveyances or other documents. Conveyances and other documents executed under the foregoing provisions shall be binding upon and affect the interests of all parties in the cooperative. (i) The leasing of, or the granting of an easement to, a parcel of land, or any portion or portions thereof, in conjunction with the financing, erection, and sale or lease of a windpowered electrical generation device on the land, if the project is subject to discretionary action by the advisory agency or legislative body. (j) The leasing or licensing of a portion of a parcel, or the granting of an easement, use permit, or similar right on a portion of a parcel, to a telephone corporation as defined in Section 234 of the Public Utilities Code, exclusively for the placement and operation of cellular radio transmission facilities, including, but not limited to, antennae support structures, microwave dishes, structures to house cellular communications transmission equipment, power sources, and other equipment incidental to the transmission of cellular communications, if the project is subject to discretionary action by the advisory agency or legislative body. (k) Leases of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. As used in this subdivision, "agricultural purposes" means the cultivation of food or fiber, or the grazing or pasturing of livestock. SEC. 29. Section 66451.17 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66451.17. If, within the 30-day period specified in Section 66451.14, the owner does not file a request for a hearing in accordance with Section 66451.16, the local agency may, at any time thereafter, make a determination that the affected parcels are to be merged or are not to be merged. A determination of merger shall be recorded as provided for in Section 66451.12 no later than 90 days following the mailing of notice required by Section 66451.13. SEC. 30. Section 66463.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66463.5. (a) When a tentative map is required, an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire 24 months after its approval or conditional approval, or after any additional period of time as may be prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed an additional 12 months. (b) The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map. Once a timely filing is made, subsequent actions of the local agency, including, but not limited to, processing, approving, and recording, may lawfully occur after the date of expiration of the tentative map. Delivery to the county surveyor or city engineer shall be deemed a timely filing for purposes of this section. (c) Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, the time at which the map expires may be extended by the legislative body or by an advisory agency authorized to approve or conditionally approve tentative maps for a period or periods not exceeding a total of five years. Prior to the expiration of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map, upon the application by the subdivider to extend that map, the map shall automatically be extended for 60 days or until the application for the extension is approved, conditionally approved, or denied, whichever occurs first. If the advisory agency denies a subdivider's application for an extension, the subdivider may appeal to the legislative body within 15 days after the advisory agency has denied the extension. (d) (1) The period of time specified in subdivision (a) shall not include any period of time during which a development moratorium, imposed after approval of the tentative map, is in existence. However, the length of the moratorium shall not exceed five years. (2) Once a moratorium is terminated, the map shall be valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at the time that the moratorium was imposed. However, if the remaining time is less than 120 days, the map shall be valid for 120 days following the termination of the moratorium. (e) The period of time specified in subdivision (a), including any extension thereof granted pursuant to subdivision (c), shall not include the period of time during which a lawsuit involving the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map is, or was, pending in a court of competent jurisdiction, if the stay of the time period is approved by the local agency pursuant to this section. After service of the initial petition or complaint in the lawsuit upon the local agency, the subdivider may apply to the local agency for a stay pursuant to the local agency's adopted procedures. Within 40 days after receiving the application, the local agency shall either stay the time period for up to five years or deny the requested stay. The local agency may, by ordinance, establish procedures for reviewing the requests, including, but not limited to, notice and hearing requirements, appeal procedures, and other administrative requirements. (f) For purposes of this section, a development moratorium shall include a water or sewer moratorium or a water and sewer moratorium, as well as other actions of public agencies that regulate land use, development, or the provision of services to the land, including the public agency with the authority to approve or conditionally approve the tentative map, which thereafter prevents, prohibits, or delays the approval of a parcel map. (g) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), for the purposes of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66498.1), subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 66498.5 shall apply to vesting tentative maps prepared in connection with a parcel map except that, for purposes of this section, the time periods specified in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 66498.5 shall be determined from the recordation of the parcel map instead of the final map. SEC. 31. Section 66499.19 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66499.19. When a reversion is effective, all fees and deposits shall be returned to the current owner of the property and all improvement security released, except those retained pursuant to Section 66499.17. SEC. 32. Division 36 (commencing with Section 56000) of the Health and Safety Code is repealed. SEC. 33. Section 3211.92 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 3211.92. (a) "Disaster service worker" means any natural person who is registered with an accredited disaster council or a state agency for the purpose of engaging in disaster service pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act without pay or other consideration. (b) "Disaster service worker" includes public employees performing disaster work that is outside the course and scope of their regular employment without pay and also includes any unregistered person impressed into service during a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency by a person having authority to command the aid of citizens in the execution of his or her duties. (c) Persons registered with a disaster council at the time that council becomes accredited need not reregister in order to be entitled to the benefits provided by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4351). (d) "Disaster service worker" does not include any member registered as an active firefighting member of any regularly organized volunteer fire department, having official recognition, and full or partial support of the county, city, or district in which the fire department is located. SEC. 34. Section 3211.93a of the Labor Code is amended to read: 3211.93a. "Disaster service" does not include any activities or functions performed by a person if the accredited disaster council with which that person is registered receives a fee or other compensation for the performance of those activities or functions by that person. SEC. 35. Section 26593 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 26593. A district may borrow money from or otherwise incur an indebtedness to a local agency, the state, any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, the federal government, or any private source, and may comply with any conditions imposed upon the incurring of that indebtedness. SEC. 36. Section 21670 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 21670. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) It is in the public interest to provide for the orderly development of each public use airport in this state and the area surrounding these airports so as to promote the overall goals and objectives of the California airport noise standards adopted pursuant to Section 21669 and to prevent the creation of new noise and safety problems. (2) It is the purpose of this article to protect public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the orderly expansion of airports and the adoption of land use measures that minimize the public's exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports to the extent that these areas are not already devoted to incompatible uses. (b) In order to achieve the purposes of this article, every county in which there is located an airport which is served by a scheduled airline shall establish an airport land use commission. Every county, in which there is located an airport which is not served by a scheduled airline, but is operated for the benefit of the general public, shall establish an airport land use commission, except that the board of supervisors of the county may, after consultation with the appropriate airport operators and affected local entities and after a public hearing, adopt a resolution finding that there are no noise, public safety, or land use issues affecting any airport in the county which require the creation of a commission and declaring the county exempt from that requirement. The board shall, in this event, transmit a copy of the resolution to the Director of Transportation. For purposes of this section, "commission" means an airport land use commission. Each commission shall consist of seven members to be selected as follows: (1) Two representing the cities in the county, appointed by a city selection committee comprised of the mayors of all the cities within that county, except that if there are any cities contiguous or adjacent to the qualifying airport, at least one representative shall be appointed therefrom. If there are no cities within a county, the number of representatives provided for by paragraphs (2) and (3) shall each be increased by one. (2) Two representing the county, appointed by the board of supervisors. (3) Two having expertise in aviation, appointed by a selection committee comprised of the managers of all of the public airports within that county. (4) One representing the general public, appointed by the other six members of the commission. (c) Public officers, whether elected or appointed, may be appointed and serve as members of the commission during their terms of public office. (d) Each member shall promptly appoint a single proxy to represent him or her in commission affairs and to vote on all matters when the member is not in attendance. The proxy shall be designated in a signed written instrument which shall be kept on file at the commission offices, and the proxy shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing member. A vacancy in the office of proxy shall be filled promptly by appointment of a new proxy. (e) A person having an "expertise in aviation" means a person who, by way of education, training, business, experience, vocation, or avocation has acquired and possesses particular knowledge of, and familiarity with, the function, operation, and role of airports, or is an elected official of a local agency which owns or operates an airport. (f) It is the intent of the Legislature to clarify that, for the purposes of this article, special districts are included among the local agencies that are subject to airport land use laws and other requirements of this article. SEC. 37. Section 10 of the County Water Authority Act (Chapter 545 of the Statutes of 1943), as amended by Section 66 of Chapter 829 of the Statutes of 1998, is amended to read: Sec. 10. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply to the terms used: the term "city" means and includes any municipal corporation or municipality of the State of California, whether organized under a freeholder's charter or under the provisions of general law of the type and class of cities and incorporated towns; and the term "water district" means and includes any municipal water district, municipal utility district, public utility district, county water district, irrigation district, or any other public corporation or agency of the State of California of similar character. (b) Territory may be annexed to any county water authority organized under this act by one of the following methods: (1) By annexation to, or consolidation with, the area of any city, the area of which, as a separate unit, has become a part of any county water authority organized under this act, the annexation or consolidation to occur upon compliance with the provisions of law governing the annexation to, or consolidation with, the area of the city. Upon completion of the annexation to, or consolidation with, the city in compliance with the provisions of law applicable thereto, the territory shall become, and be, a part of the county water authority, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of the county water authority, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of the authority at the time authorized or outstanding. (2) By annexation to, or consolidation with, any city which, as a separate unit, has become a part of any water district whose area, as a separate unit, has become a part of any county water authority organized under this act, in instances where, under the applicable provisions of law governing the change of boundaries of the water district, the annexation or consolidation automatically will result in the enlargement of the area of the water district, the annexation or consolidation to occur upon compliance with the provisions of law governing the annexation to, or consolidation with, the area of the city. Upon completion of the annexation to, or consolidation with, the city in compliance with the provisions of law applicable thereto, the territory shall become, and be, a part of the water district and of the county water authority, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of the water district and of the county water authority, including payment of bonds and other obligations of the water district and of the county water authority at the time authorized or outstanding. If any territory has been so annexed to, or consolidated with, any city prior to the effective date of this paragraph, under conditions which would have resulted in the enlargement of the area of the county water authority had this paragraph then been in effect, upon compliance with the following provisions of this paragraph, the territory shall be annexed to, and shall become and be part of, the county water authority and shall be a part of the water district for all purposes, the last-mentioned provisions being as follows: (A) The governing body of the city, at any time after the effective date of this paragraph, may adopt an ordinance which, after reciting that the territory has been annexed to, or consolidated with, the city by proceedings previously taken under statutory authority, and after referring to the applicable statutes and to the date and place of filing of the certificate or certificates evidencing the annexation or consolidation, shall describe the territory and shall determine and declare that the territory shall be, and thereby is, annexed to the county water authority, and the ordinance shall further determine and declare that the territory shall become and be, and thereby is, a part of the county water authority, and shall be, and thereby is, a part of the water district for all purposes. (B) The governing body, or clerk thereof, of the city shall file a certified copy of the ordinance with the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated. Upon the filing of the certified copy of the ordinance in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated, the territory shall become, and be, a part of the county water authority and shall be a part of the water district for all purposes, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of the county water authority and of the water district, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of the county water authority at the time authorized or outstanding. (C) Upon the filing of the certified copy of the ordinance, the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, describing the territory, reciting the filing of the certified copy of the ordinance and the annexation of the territory to the county water authority, and declaring that the territory is a part of the county water authority and of the water district. The county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall transmit the original of the certificate to the secretary of the county water authority and a duplicate of the original certificate to the clerk of the governing body of the water district. (3) Upon terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority and in the manner provided in subdivision (c), by direct annexation, as a separate unit, of the corporate area of any water district or city. (4) Upon terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority and in the manner provided in subdivision (d), by annexation to, or consolidation with, any water district, the area of which, in whole or in part, is included within the county water authority as a separate unit; provided that, unless the territory is so annexed to the county water authority with the consent of the board of directors, the annexation of territory to, or the consolidation of the territory with, the water district does not authorize or entitle the water district or the territory to demand or receive any water from the county water authority for use in the territory; and provided further, that, except where automatic annexation results under the conditions specified in paragraph (2), nothing in this act prevents the annexation of territory to, or the consolidation of territory with, any water district for its local purposes only and without annexing their territory to the county water authority, and the local annexation or consolidation may occur without requesting or obtaining the consent thereto of the board of directors of the county water authority. (c) The governing body of any water district or city may apply to the board of directors of the county water authority for consent to annex the corporate area of the water district or city to the county water authority. The board of directors may grant or deny the application and, in granting the application, may fix the terms and conditions upon which the corporate area of the water district or city may be annexed to, and become a part of, the county water authority. These terms and conditions may provide, among other things, for the levy by the county water authority of special taxes upon taxable property within the water district or city, in addition to the taxes authorized to be levied by the county water authority by other provisions of this act. In case these terms and conditions provide for the levy of these special taxes, the board of directors, in fixing these terms and conditions, shall specify the aggregate amount to be so raised and the number of years prescribed for raising the aggregate sum, and that substantially equal annual levies will be made for the purpose of raising the sum over the period so prescribed. The action of the board of directors, evidenced by resolution, shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of the applying water district or city and, if the action grants consent to the annexation, the governing body may thereupon submit, to the qualified electors of the water district or city at any general or special election held therein, the proposition of the annexation subject to the terms and conditions. Notice of the election shall be mailed to each voter qualified to vote at the election and shall be given by posting or publication. When notice is given by posting, the notices shall be posted at least 10 days and in three public places in the water district or city. When notice is given by publication, the notice shall be published in the water district or city pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, at least 10 days before the date fixed for the election. The notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors. The election shall be conducted and the returns thereof canvassed in the manner provided by law for elections in the water district or city. If the proposition receives the affirmative vote of a majority of electors of the water district or city voting thereon at the election, the governing body of the water district or city shall certify the result of the election on the proposition to the board of directors of the county water authority, together with a legal description of the boundaries of the corporate area of the water district or city, accompanied by a map or plat indicating those boundaries. A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the secretary of the county water authority and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated. Upon the filing thereof in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated, the corporate area of the water district or city shall become, and be, an integral part of the county water authority, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of the county water authority, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of the county water authority at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of directors of the county water authority may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed as authorized. Upon the filing of the certificate of proceedings, the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate, reciting the filing of the papers and the annexation of the corporate area of the water district or city to the county water authority. The county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall transmit the original of the certificate to the secretary of the county water authority. (1) If a water district applies to a county water authority for consent to annex its corporate area, as a separate unit, the water district shall include as a part of its corporate area the corporate areas of any cities (whether one or more) which are already included within the county water authority as separate units, or the water district shall include as a part of its corporate area the corporate areas, or portion thereof, already included within the county water authority, of any water districts (whether one or more) whose corporate areas, in whole or in part, are already included within the county water authority as separate units. That fact shall be taken into consideration by the board of directors of the county water authority in fixing the terms and conditions upon which the applying water district may be annexed to the county water authority, to the end that the areas within the unit member cities or water districts which are already a part of the county water authority, shall not be required to assume any greater financial burden or obligation to the county water authority than they would have had if they had remained a part of the county water authority as separate units. Concurrently with any election called by an applying water district to submit to the qualified electors of the water district the question of whether the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority for annexation shall be approved, the governing bodies of the unit member cities or water districts may call and hold elections within their respective corporate limits or portions thereof already included within the county water authority, to determine whether or not the cities or water districts shall withdraw from the county water authority as separate units, and the proposed withdrawal may be made and submitted conditioned upon and effective when the applying water district has finally been annexed to the county water authority. The effect of the concurrent elections, if a majority of the electors of the applying water district voting thereat vote in favor of annexation, and a majority of the electors of the unit member cities or water districts voting thereat vote in favor of withdrawing, shall be that the annexing water district thereafter shall be authorized to exercise the privileges and to discharge the duties prescribed in this act for public agencies whose areas, as separate units, are included within the county water authority, in place of and instead of the cities or water districts so withdrawing. Notwithstanding Section 11 of this act, the areas within the withdrawing cities or water districts shall remain a part of the county water authority and shall not be excluded therefrom, notwithstanding the fact that the cities or water districts, as corporate entities, have withdrawn from the authority. If the water district does annex to the county water authority, the directors representing the withdrawing cities or water districts on the board of directors of the county water authority shall continue to act until their successors have been chosen and designated by the appropriate officers of the annexing water district and have qualified as members of the board of directors of the county water authority, after which time the directors representing the withdrawing cities or water districts shall no longer sit or vote on the board. (2) If a water district applies to a county water authority for consent to annex its corporate area as a separate unit, the water district shall include as a part of its corporate area lands which are in public ownership exempt from taxation by a county water authority, and not within or adjacent to the area within the water district served with water by the district, and which are not to be supplied by the water district with water obtained from, and by reason of, its annexation to the county water authority. That fact may be taken into consideration by the board of directors of the county water authority in fixing the terms and conditions upon which the water district may be annexed to the county water authority and in determining the boundaries of the area to be annexed, and the county water authority may, in the discretion of its board of directors, annex all of the corporate area of the water district as a separate unit excepting that portion consisting of the publicly owned and tax-exempt lands. (d) The governing body of any water district, the area of which, in whole or in part, is included within a county water authority as a separate unit, may apply to the board of directors of the county water authority for consent to annex to the county water authority territory which the water district seeks to annex to, or consolidate with, the water district, or territory which, without making the territory a part of the county water authority, already has been annexed to, or consolidated with, the water district. The board of directors may grant or deny the application and, in granting the application, may fix the terms and conditions upon which the territory may be annexed to, and become a part of, the county water authority. The terms and conditions may provide, among other things, for the levy by the county water authority of special taxes upon taxable property within the territory in addition to the taxes authorized to be levied by the county water authority by other provisions of this act. In case the terms and conditions provide for the levy of those special taxes, the board of directors, in fixing those terms and conditions, shall specify the aggregate amount to be so raised and the number of years prescribed for raising that aggregate sum and that substantially equal annual levies will be made for the purpose of raising that sum over the period so prescribed. The action of the board of directors evidenced by resolution shall be promptly transmitted to the governing body of the applying water district and to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county in which the county water authority is situated, who may defer the issuance of a certificate of filing until receipt of that resolution, and if the action grants consent to the annexation, the territory may be annexed to the county water authority as provided in paragraph (1) or (2). (1) If the territory has not been previously annexed to, or consolidated with, the water district, upon completion of the annexation to, or consolidation with, the water district in compliance with the provisions of law applicable thereto, including this section, the territory shall become and be a part of the county water authority and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of the county water authority, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of the county water authority at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of directors of the county water authority may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed; provided that, if the applicable provisions of law governing the annexation to, or consolidation with, the water district require any notice of any election called for the purpose of determining whether the proposed annexation or consolidation shall occur, or shall require any notice of hearing or other notice to be given to the residents or electors of, or owners of property in, the territory, the notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions of annexation to the county water authority fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority; and provided further, that the local agency formation commission shall require that the annexation to the water district be subject to the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority in addition to any other terms and conditions that may be required by the commission; and provided further, that the executive officer of the local agency formation commission having the duty of preparing, executing, and filing a certificate of completion resulting in the annexation to, or consolidation with, the water district, pursuant to the provisions of law applicable thereto, shall include in the certificate of completion the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority in accordance with the provisions of this act, and shall file a duplicate of the certificate with the board of directors of the county water authority. (2) If the territory sought to be annexed to a county water authority has been previously annexed to, or consolidated with, the water district, the governing body of the water district, upon being advised of the action of the board of directors of the county water authority, and if the action grants consent to the annexation, may submit to the qualified electors of the territory, if the territory has 12 or more registered voters, at any general or special election held therein, the proposition of the annexation to the county water authority subject to the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of the county water authority. Notice of the election shall be given by publication. When the notice is given by posting, the notice shall be posted at least 10 days and in three public places in the territory. When the notice is given by publication, the notice shall be published in the water district pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code at least 10 days before the date fixed for the election. The notice shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors. The election shall be conducted and the returns thereof canvassed by the governing body of the water district in the manner provided by law for elections in the water district. If the proposition receives the affirmative vote of a majority of electors of the territory voting thereon at the election, the governing body of the water district shall certify the result of the election on the proposition to the board of directors of the county water authority. If the territory has less than 12 registered voters, no election shall be required, and, following written notice to each owner of property shown on the last equalized assessment roll and the holding of a hearing not less than 10 days after that notice, the annexation may be approved upon the written consent of the owners of more than 50 percent of the assessed valuation of the territory. A certificate of proceedings shall be made by the secretary of the county water authority and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated. Upon the filing thereof in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated, the territory shall become, and be, a part of the county water authority, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of the county water authority, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of the county water authority at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of directors of the county water authority may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation of the territory to the county water authority fixed by its board of directors. Upon the filing of the certificate of proceedings, the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate reciting the filing of the papers and the annexation of the territory to the county water authority. The county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall transmit the original of the certificate to the secretary of the county water authority. (e) Should the corporate area, or all portions thereof already included within a county water authority, of any water district or city, the corporate area of which, in whole or in part, already is included within the county water authority as a separate unit, annex to a water district or city the corporate area of which, in whole or in part, already is a part of the county water authority as a separate unit, upon the completion of the annexation pursuant to the law pertaining thereto, the water district or city, the corporate area (or portions thereof) of which is so annexed, shall automatically cease to be a separate unit member of the county water authority, but the corporate area (or portions thereof) shall remain a part of the county water authority as a part of the unit member water district or city to which it was annexed. The executive officer of the local agency formation commission having the duty of preparing, executing, and filing the certificate of completion shall file, in addition to any other filings that may be required by law, a duplicate of the certificate with the board of directors of the county water authority. Should any water district or city, the corporate area of which, in whole or in part, already is included within a county water authority as a separate unit, consolidate with a water district or city the corporate area of which, in whole or in part, already is a part of the county water authority as a separate unit, under the provisions of any law by the terms of which, after consolidation, a new district or city will result and the former water districts or cities participating in the consolidation shall no longer exist, the resulting new water district or city shall be substituted for the water districts or cities whose corporate existence has been terminated by the consolidation as a unit member of the county water authority, and the corporate areas (or portions thereof) of the former water district or cities shall remain a part of the county water authority as a part of the consolidation. The executive officer of the local agency formation commission having the duty of preparing, executing, and filing a certificate of completion shall file, in addition to any other filings that may be required by law, a duplicate of the certificate with the board of directors of the county water authority. (f) The validity of any proceedings for the annexation to any county water authority organized under this act, of the corporate area of a water district or city as a separate unit, or of territory annexed to, or consolidated with, a water district or city which, as a unit, has been included within a county water authority, shall not be contested in any action unless the action has been brought within three months after the completion of the annexation or, in case the annexation is completed prior to the time that this subdivision takes effect, then within three months after this subdivision became effective. (g) Whenever territory is annexed to or consolidated with any water district, the corporate area of which, as a unit, has become a part of any county water authority organized under this act, regardless of whether the territory is annexed to and becomes a part of the county water authority, or whenever territory is annexed to any city under the conditions specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b), or whenever territory previously annexed to any city is annexed to the county water authority under the conditions specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the governing or legislative body, or clerk thereof, of the water district or city, shall file with the board of directors of the county water authority a statement of the change of boundaries of the water district or city, setting forth the legal description of the boundaries of the water district or city, as so changed, and of the part thereof within the county water authority, which statement shall be accompanied by a map or plat indicating those boundaries. (h) The inclusion in a county water authority of the corporate area, in whole or in part, of any municipal water district, municipal utility district, public utility district, county water district, irrigation district, or other public corporation or agency of the state of similar character, referred to in Section 2, shall not destroy the identity or legal existence or impair the powers of any municipal water district, municipal utility district, public utility district, county water district, irrigation district, or other public corporation or agency of the state of similar character, notwithstanding the identity of purpose or substantial identity of purpose of the county water authority. (i) In determining the number of members of the board of directors of a county water authority organized under this act from the component public agencies, the corporate areas of which, in whole or in part, are included as units within the county water authority, there shall be considered only the assessed valuation of the property taxable for county water authority purposes lying in the public agencies and in the county water authority. The directors shall be appointed by the chief executive officers, with the consent and approval of the governing bodies, of the component public agencies, respectively, without regard to whether the chief executive officers or members of the governing bodies have been chosen from, or represent, areas of their respective public agencies which lie outside of the county water authority. The phrase "any water district, the corporate area of which is included within the county water authority" and the phrase "each city, the area of which shall be a part of any county water authority incorporated under this act," and like phrases, used elsewhere in this act, shall be deemed to mean and refer to any water district or city, the corporate area of which, either in whole or in part, is included within the county water authority, but the duties and obligations of the county water authority shall extend only to that part of the corporate area of the water district or city that lies within the county water authority. As to the water district, city, or public agency, the corporate area of which lies partly within and partly without the county water authority, the word "therein" and the phrase "within the city" and like words and phrases, used elsewhere in this act, shall be deemed to mean and refer to that part of the corporate area of the water district, city, or public agency which lies within the county water authority. The charges for water supplied by the county water authority to any component public agency, pursuant to its request, shall be and become an obligation of the public agency, regardless of whether the entire corporate area of the public agency is included within the county water authority, and the county water authority, in administrative and contractual matters, shall deal with the chief executive officers and governing bodies and other proper officials of the component public agencies as chosen or constituted under applicable laws governing the respective public agencies. SEC. 38. Section 10.2 of the County Water Authority Act (Chapter 545 of the Statutes of 1943), as amended by Section 67 of Chapter 829 of the Statutes of 1998, is amended to read: Sec. 10.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, territory within a federal military reservation may be annexed to any county water authority organized hereunder as a single member of an authority in the manner provided in this section. As used in this section, "federal military reservation" or "military reservation" means a single federal military reservation or separate but contiguous federal military reservations which are jointly annexed to a county water authority as a single member agency of an authority. (b) Proceedings for the annexation of a military reservation shall be initiated by the adoption by the board of directors of an authority of a resolution proposing annexation of a military reservation to an authority as a member of an authority. (c) The resolution proposing the annexation may provide that the annexation shall include one or more separate areas, which may be separately identified for assessing and tax collecting purposes, and that each such area may be subject to one or more of the following terms and conditions: (1) The fixing and establishment of priorities for the use of, or right to use, water, or capacity rights in any public improvement or facilities, and the determination of, or limitation on, the quantity of, the purposes for which, and the places where, water may be delivered by the authority to the military reservation for military purposes and uses incidental thereto, as well as for nonmilitary purposes. (2) The levying by the authority of special taxes upon any private leasehold, possessory interest or other taxable property within the territory annexed, and the imposition and collection of special fees or charges prior to the annexation. (3) Should portions of any area annexed hereunder be subsequently made available for nonmilitary purposes not in existence at the time of the annexation of the area, the board of directors of the authority may impose new terms and conditions for any subsequent service of water, directly or indirectly, by the authority to that area, including the separation of such an area for assessing and tax collecting purposes and the levying by the authority of special taxes on those portions. (4) The effective date of the annexation. (5) Any other matters necessary or incidental to any of the foregoing. (d) A certified copy of the resolution proposing annexation shall be sent to the official in authority over the military reservation. If the military reservation consents in writing to the annexation and to the terms and conditions established by the board of directors, the board may, by resolution, order the annexation to the authority of the territory situated within the military reservation, subject to said terms and conditions. (e) A certificate of proceedings taken hereunder shall be made by the secretary of the authority and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated. Upon the filing in his or her office of the certificate of proceedings, the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall, within 10 days, issue a certificate reciting the filing of those papers in his or her office and the annexation of the territory to the authority. The county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated shall transmit the original of said certificate to the secretary of the authority. (f) Upon the filing of the certificate of proceedings with the county clerk of the county in which the county water authority is situated, or upon the effective date of the annexation provided for in the terms and conditions, whichever is later, the territory within the military reservation shall become and be an integral part of the authority, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of said authority, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of the authority at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of directors of the authority shall be empowered to do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed as hereinabove authorized. (g) On and after the effective date of the annexation, the military reservation shall be a separate unit member of the authority and shall be entitled to one representative on the board of directors of the authority. For the purposes of this act, a military reservation shall be deemed a public agency. The representative shall be designated and appointed by the official in authority over the military reservation, shall hold office for a term of six years or until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, and may be recalled by that official. (h) The transfer of ownership of the fee title of a military reservation, or of any portion thereof, to nonmilitary ownership after annexation to the authority pursuant to this section shall result in the automatic exclusion from the authority of the territory transferred to that ownership. (i) If a county water authority is a member public agency of a metropolitan water district organized under the Metropolitan Water District Act (Chapter 200 of the Statutes of 1969), that metropolitan water district may impose any or all of the terms and conditions that may be imposed by a county water authority pursuant to subdivisions (a) through (h) of this section in any resolution fixing the terms and conditions for the concurrent annexation of territory in a military reservation. SEC. 39. Section 901 of the Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority Act (Chapter 963 of the Statutes of 1999), is repealed. SEC. 40. (a) The County of Riverside and the legislative body of Community Facilities District No. 89-5 of the County of Riverside may transfer the governance of that district to the Rancho California Water District consistent with Article 6 (commencing with Section 53368) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (b) For the purposes of this section, "city," as defined in Section 53368 of the Government Code, shall include the Rancho California Water District. (c) In enacting this section, the Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique geographical and fiscal circumstances involving Community Facilities District No. 89-5 of the County of Riverside.