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                                    CONSENT


          Bill No:  SB 1374
          Author:   Kehoe (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE  :  5-0, 5/5/10
          AYES:  Cox, Aanestad, Kehoe, DeSaulnier, Price


           SUBJECT :    Redevelopment:  plan amendment procedures

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill, in the report to the legislative body  
          regarding a proposed time extension for an older  
          redevelopment project area, requires redevelopment  
          officials to include detailed responses to the concerns  
          expressed by the affected taxing agencies, project area  
          committee, residents, or community organizations.  This  
          bill requires the agency and the legislative body to  
          consider these objections or concerns at their public  
          hearing.

           ANALYSIS  :    Current law states that the "effectiveness" of  
          an older redevelopment project (one with a plan adopted  
          before January 1, 1994) must terminate either 40 years  
          after the plan's original adoption or January 1, 2009,  
          whichever is later.  These older projects continue to  
          receive property tax increment revenues for another 10  
          years from the end of the plan's effectiveness (AB 1290  
          [Isenberg], Chapter 942, Statutes of 1993).  Because blight  
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          remained in some older project areas, redevelopment  
          officials convinced legislators to let them extend these  
          statutory time limits by 10 more years (SB 211 Torlakson],  
          Chapter 741, Statutes of 2001).  

          Before a redevelopment agency can amend an older  
          redevelopment plan to extend the time limits, it must  
          consult with all affected taxing agencies and the project  
          area committee.  Redevelopment officials must send a  
          detailed preliminary report to the affected taxing  
          agencies, the planning commission, and state officials.   
          Redevelopment officials must send hearing notices to the  
          affected taxing agencies, state officials, and anyone who  
          commented on the preliminary plan.

          Redevelopment officials must send the agency's legislative  
          body (the city council or county board of supervisors) a  
          report which contains specified information.

          If the affected taxing agencies, project area committee,  
          residents, or community organizations have expressed  
          written objections or concerns about the proposed time  
          extension, redevelopment officials must respond to those  
          concerns in the report to the legislative body.

          This bill, in the report to the legislative body regarding  
          a proposed time extension for an older redevelopment  
          project area, requires redevelopment officials to include  
          detailed responses to the concerns expressed by the  
          affected taxing agencies, project area committee,  
          residents, or community organizations.  This bill requires  
          the agency and the legislative body to consider these  
          objections or concerns at their public hearing.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/6/10)

          California Association of Recreation and Park Districts
          California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
          California Special Districts Association
          California State Association of Counties
          Western Center on Law & Poverty







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          AGB:mw  5/6/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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