BILL NUMBER: AB 2642 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 12, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nestande
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add Section 53395.95 to the Government Code, relating to
infrastructure financing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2642, as amended, Nestande. Infrastructure financing:
County City of Riverside: medical school
facilities.
Existing law authorizes counties and cities to form infrastructure
financing districts, in accordance with a prescribed procedure, to
finance public capital facilities utilizing a method of tax increment
financing.
This bill would authorize the City of Riverside to form an
infrastructure financing district on city property that is adjacent
to the campus of the University of California, Riverside, for the
purpose of funding construction of facilities to establish a medical
school on the campus. The bill would require the city, if it forms an
infrastructure financing district, to enter into an agreement,
which may be a joint exercise of powers agreement ,
with the regents Regents of the
University of California and the County of Riverside to
construct facilities on the Riverside Campus
campus to establish and conduct a medical school.
The bill would make findings regarding the need for special
legislation.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 53395.95 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
53395.95. (a) The City of Riverside may form an infrastructure
financing district pursuant to this chapter on city property that is
adjacent to the campus of the University of California, Riverside,
for the purpose of funding construction of facilities to establish a
medical school at the campus.
(b) If the city forms a district pursuant to subdivision (a), it
shall enter into an agreement, which may be a joint exercise of
powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500)
of Division 7 of Title 1, with the Regents of the University of
California and the County of Riverside to construct
facilities on the Riverside campus for purposes of establishing and
conducting a medical school. Subject to the terms of the agreement,
the facilities would be jointly owned by the city , the county,
and the university, which would each provide funding for the
construction.
SEC. 2. 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 circumstances applicable to the city
City of Riverside and the County of
Riverside due to the presence of a campus of the University of
California located within its the
boundaries of the city and the absence of medical school
facilities at that location.. location.