BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1582
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Date of Hearing: May 13, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Anna Marie Caballero, Chair
AB 1582 (Local Government Committee) - As Amended: May 6, 2009
SUBJECT : Local agencies: spheres of influence.
SUMMARY : Makes several minor, non-controversial changes to the
laws affecting local government organization and reorganization.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Allows a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to have a
one-year window to establish sphere of influence for a new
district, beginning January 1, 2010.
2)Makes technical changes to the requirements that must be
contained in a petition for a change of organization or
reorganization.
3)Changes the term "affected local agency" to "subject local
agency" to conform to terminology referenced elsewhere in the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act (Act).
4)Specifies that several counties may be involved in
reorganization proceedings.
5)Provides that the value of written protests shall be
determined pursuant to other sections in the Act.
6)Clarifies that members of the city council in future elections
can be elected "from district" in addition to the other
methods contained in the Act, which conforms to another
section regarding elections in the Act.
7)Renumbers one section in the Act that currently has the same
number as another section.
EXISTING LAW establishes the procedures for the organization and
reorganization of cities, counties, and special districts.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS :
AB 1582
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1)As statutes go into effect, local officials and others often
discover problems or inconsistencies in the language of the
law and approach the Legislature to correct them. These minor
problems do not warrant separate bills, particularly since,
according to the Legislative Analyst, in 2001-02 the average
cost to produce a single bill was $17,890.
2)The Assembly Local Government Committee has found that it is
expeditious and relatively inexpensive to respond to multiple
minor, non-controversial requests on related issues by
combining them into an annual "omnibus bill." Since AB 720
(Local Government
Committee), Chapter 388, Statutes of 2001, which was a clean-up
bill for AB 2838 (Hertzberg), Chapter 761, Statutes of 2000,
the major rewrite of the laws governing local
agency organization and reorganization, the Committee has
focused its omnibus bill efforts on LAFCO-related issues, most
recently with AB 3047 (Local Government Committee), Chapter
68, Statutes of 2008. The Committee has carried on this
practice this year by addressing a number of minor, but still
necessary, changes in this bill. The bill reflects the
concerns of LAFCOs and others who have brought proposals and
issues to the Committee. All proposals have been thoroughly
vetted by a large number of stakeholders. Any proposal that
provokes any controversy or opposition is rejected for
inclusion.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
CA Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions [SPONSOR]
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Debbie Michel / L. GOV. / (916)
319-3958