BILL NUMBER: AB 2642	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2010
	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.   amend Section
3020 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2642, as amended, Nestande.  Infrastructure financing:
City of Riverside: medical school facilities.  
Elections: vote by mail ballots.  
   Existing law requires that vote by mail ballots be received by
elections officials before the polls close on election day in order
to be counted.  
   This bill would require elections officials to count vote by mail
ballots that are postmarked on or before election day that are
delivered after the close of the polls as long as the county has not
certified the election.  
   Because the bill would expand the duties of local elections
officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.  

   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   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 of the
University of California and the County of Riverside to construct
facilities on the Riverside 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   yes .



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

   SECTION 1.    Section 3020 of the  
Elections Code   is amended to read: 
   3020.   (a)    All vote by mail ballots cast
under this division shall be received by the elections official from
whom they were obtained or by the precinct board no later than the
close of the polls on election day  unless subdivision (b)
applies  . 
   (b) If a vote by mail ballot is postmarked on or before election
day, but is not delivered by the post office to the elections
officials prior to the close of the polls, the vote shall be counted
as long as the county has not certified the election. 
   SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.  
  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 of Riverside and the County of Riverside due
to the presence of a campus of the University of California located
within the boundaries of the city and the absence of medical school
facilities at that location.