BILL NUMBER: AB 31	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beall

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act to add Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 66050) to
Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, relating to land use.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 31, as introduced, Beall. Land use: high-speed rail: local
master plan.
   The California High-Speed Rail Act establishes the High-Speed Rail
Authority to develop and implement an intercity high-speed rail
system in the state, exclusively grants to the authority the
responsibility for planning, construction, and operation of that
system, and confers upon the authority specified powers and duties
relating to that system.
   The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city and county to
prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the
physical development of the city or county and any land outside its
boundaries that bears relation to its planning.
   This bill would establish the High-Speed Rail Local Master Plan
Pilot Program, applicable to specified cities and counties, and would
require each of those jurisdictions to prepare and adopt, by
ordinance, a master plan for development in the areas surrounding the
high-speed rail system in each jurisdiction. The bill would require
the master plan to include incentives for encouraging investment and
coherent growth in the areas surrounding the high-speed rail system
in each participating jurisdiction. The bill would also require the
participating jurisdictions to collaborate with the State Air
Resources Board to develop incentives to encourage development while
concurrently reducing greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with or
pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. The
bill would require the master plan to be consistent with the
jurisdiction's general plan and the regional sustainable communities
strategy. By adding to the duties of local government officials, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the cities and counties
described above.
   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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 66050) is added to
Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 9.5.  HIGH-SPEED RAIL LOCAL MASTER PLAN PILOT PROGRAM


   66050.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
High-Speed Rail Local Master Plan Pilot Program.
   66051.  (a) The cities and counties in the central valley that
have an approved station, as authorized and approved by the
High-Speed Rail Authority, shall participate in the pilot program.
The planning agency of each participating jurisdiction shall prepare
and adopt, by ordinance, a master plan for development of the areas
surrounding the high-speed rail system in each jurisdiction.
   (b) The master plan shall include incentives for encouraging
investment and coherent growth in the areas surrounding the
high-speed rail system.
   (c) Each participating jurisdiction shall collaborate with the
State Air Resources Board to develop incentives to encourage
development while concurrently reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
consistent with or pursuant to the California Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 38500) of
Division 25.5 of the Health and Safety Code).
   (d) The master plan shall be consistent with the jurisdiction's
general plan and the regional sustainable communities strategy,
adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section
65080.
  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 need to commence local planning relating to the
high-speed rail system in the region of the state where the initial
segments of the system will be located.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.