BILL NUMBER: AB 602	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 65588.5 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 602, as amended, Olsen. Local government: housing.
   Existing law requires each local government, as defined, to review
the housing element of the local government's general plan as
frequently as appropriate, generally every 5 years, except as
specified.
   This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, until January 1,
2017, authorize  any   a  local government
 that has received a confirmation of compliance from the
Department of Housing and Community Development, and that updates its
housing element not more than every 5 years,  to delay until
the next scheduled revision date a revision to that local government'
s housing element, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 65588.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   65588.5.  Notwithstanding Section 65588, commencing January 1,
2012, until January 1, 2017, a local government  that has
received confirmation of compliance from the department  may
delay until the next scheduled revision date, pursuant to subdivision
(e) of Section 65588, a revision to that local government's housing
element.  This section shall only apply to a local government
that updates its housing element not more than every five years
pursuant to Section 65588.