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          Date of Hearing:   August 4, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

            SB 894 (Committee on Local Government) - As Amended:  June 7,  
                                        2010 

          Policy Committee:                             Local  
          GovernmentVote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes 24 noncontroversial and largely technical  
          changes to state laws affecting local agencies' powers and  
          duties.  Provisions of the bill remove inconsistencies in  
          statutes related to timelines for filing lawsuits affecting city  
          incorporations, annexations, and consolidations; update county  
          boundary descriptions; clarify timelines and procedures for  
          lawsuits challenging government decisions; make references to  
          city council members gender-neutral;  and raise limits for  
          change orders to contracts to reflect inflation over the past  
          decade. 

           FISCAL EFFECT

           No state costs or mandated local costs.
           
           
           COMMENTS  :   

           Purpose  . This is the Senate Committee on Local Government  
          omnibus bill, which incorporates 24 non-controversial changes to  
          state statutes that affect counties, cities, special districts,  
          and redevelopment agencies.  The committee staff note that,  
          although the practice may violate a strict interpretation of the  
          single-subject and germaneness rules, the consolidation of 24  
          non-controversial provisions saves the state time and money and  
          each of the provisions has been thoroughly vetted by more than  
          125 public officials, trade groups, lobbyists, and legislative  
          staffers see each proposal before it goes into the committee's  
          bill.  Should any item in this bill attract opposition, the  








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          committee will delete it. 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Brad Williams / APPR. / (916) 319-2081