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                                                                  AB 2183
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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AB 2183 (Smyth)
          As Introduced  February 23, 2012
          Majority vote 

           LOCAL GOVERNMENT    9-0                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Smyth, Alejo, Bradford,   |     |                          |
          |     |Campos, Davis, Gordon,    |     |                          |
          |     |Hueso, Knight, Norby      |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Repeals an obsolete section of law related to joint 
          powers agreements.   

           EXISTING LAW  : 

          1)Provides that in addition to other powers, any agency, 
            commission, or board provided for by a joint powers agreement 
            between an irrigation district and a city, is authorized to 
            issue revenue bonds to pay the cost and expense of acquiring, 
            constructing, improving, and financing a project for specified 
            purposes. 

          2)Makes this provision inoperative after December 31, 1973, 
            except as specified.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :  This author-sponsored measure aims to update the code 
          related to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (the Act) by 
          deleting an obsolete provision that granted revenue bond 
          authority to a joint powers agreement between a city and an 
          irrigation district for certain capital projects. That provision 
          expired by its own terms in 1973, but the statute was never 
          removed from the books.  According to the author, "AB 2183 
          simply seeks to clean up the Government Code by eliminating this 
          code section, which is no longer operable."  

          Support Arguments:  This bill represents a first step in a 
          larger process of cleaning up the Act, thereby reducing the 
          number of useless laws in the California codes.









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          Opposition Arguments:  There are none at this time.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Hank Dempsey / L. GOV. / (916) 319-3958 



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