BILL NUMBER: AB 2291	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 56434 of the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2291, as introduced, Gordon. Local agency formation: extension
of services.
   Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government
Reorganization Act of 2000, authorizes a local agency formation
commission, until January 1, 2013, to review and comment on the
extension of services into previously unserved territory within
unincorporated areas and the creation of new service providers to
extend urban-type development into previously unserved areas to
ensure that the proposed extension is consistent with the policies of
the commission and certain policies under state law.
   This bill would eliminate the repeal date of January 1, 2013.
   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 56434 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   56434.  (a) The commission may review and comment upon both of the
following:
   (1) The extension of services into previously unserved territory
within unincorporated areas.
   (2) The creation of new service providers to extend urban type
development into previously unserved territory within unincorporated
areas.
   (b) The purpose of the review authorized by this section shall be
to ensure that the proposed extension of services or creation of new
service providers is consistent with the policies of Sections 56001,
56300, 56301, and the adopted policies of the commission implementing
these sections, including promoting orderly development,
discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open space and prime
agricultural lands, providing housing for persons and families of all
incomes, and the efficient extension of governmental services.

   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.