BILL NUMBER: AB 2103	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 66704.05 to the Government Code, relating to
the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2103, as introduced, Hill. San Francisco Bay Restoration
Authority.
   Existing law authorizes the San Francisco Bay Restoration
Authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or
property-related fee consistent with Articles XIII C and XIII D of
the California Constitution, as specified.
   This bill would require the board of supervisors of each affected
county, when the authority proposes a measure to levy a benefit
assessment, special tax, or property related fee for submission to
the voters, to call a special election on the measure and place the
measure on the ballot of the next regularly scheduled election and
would require the county clerk of each county to report the results
of the special election to the authority.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66704.05 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   66704.05.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when
the authority proposes any measure pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 66704 for submission to the voters of one or more counties
within the San Francisco Bay Area, including, but not limited to, the
City and County of San Francisco, the board of supervisors of each
of those counties shall call a special election on the measure. The
special election shall be consolidated with the next regularly
scheduled statewide election and submitted to the voters.
   (b) Each county included in the measure shall utilize the ballot
question, title and summary, and ballot language provided in the
resolution of the authority.
   (c) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of
the special election to the authority.
   (d) If the necessary majority of all voters voting on the question
vote affirmatively, the authority shall adopt and implement the
measure.