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          Date of Hearing: May 11, 2011

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
                                Cameron Smyth, Chair
           AB 1430 (Committee on Local Government) - As Introduced:  April 
          5, 2011                         
           
          SUBJECT  :  The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government 
          Reorganization Act of 2000 omnibus bill.

           SUMMARY  :  Makes several minor, non-controversial changes to the 
          laws affecting local government organization and reorganization. 
           Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Revises various definitions contained in the 
            Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 
            2000 (Act).

          2)Make other minor technical and conforming changes to 
            provisions contained in the Act for consistency purposes.

           EXISTING LAW  establishes the procedures for the organization and 
          reorganization of cities, counties, and special districts.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :   

          1)As statutes go into effect, local officials and others often 
            discover problems or inconsistencies in the language of the 
            law and approach the Legislature to correct them.  These minor 
            problems do not warrant separate bills, particularly since, 
            according to the Legislative Analyst, in 2001-02 the average 
            cost to produce a single bill was $17,890.

            The Assembly Local Government Committee has found that it is 
            expeditious and relatively inexpensive to respond to multiple 
            minor, non-controversial requests on related issues by 
            combining them into an annual "omnibus bill."  Since AB 720 
            (Local Government Committee), Chapter 388, Statutes of 2001, 
            which was a clean-up bill for AB 2838 (Hertzberg), Chapter 
            761, Statutes of 2000, the major rewrite of the laws governing 
            local agency organization and reorganization, the Committee 
            has focused its omnibus bill efforts on LAFCO-related issues, 
            most recently with AB 2795 (Local Government Committee), 








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            Chapter 47, Statutes of 2010.  The Committee has carried on 
            this practice this year by addressing a number of minor, but 
            still necessary, changes in this bill.  The bill reflects the 
            concerns of LAFCOs and others who have brought proposals and 
            issues to the Committee.  All proposals have been thoroughly 
            vetted by a large number of stakeholders.  Any proposal that 
            provokes any controversy or opposition is rejected for 
            inclusion.

          2)Support Arguments:  This bill provides an efficient and 
            cost-effective way to make a number of minor technical and 
            non-controversial changes to law, rather than introducing a 
            bill for each change.

            Opposition Arguments:  None at this time.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          CALAFCO �SPONSOR]

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Debbie Michel / L. GOV. / (916) 
          319-3958