BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 2698
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2698 (Local Government Committee)
As Amended June 6, 2012
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |77-0 |(May 21, 2012) |SENATE: |36-0 |(June 18, |
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Original Committee Reference: L. GOV.
SUMMARY : Makes several minor, non-controversial changes to the
laws affecting local government organization and reorganization.
The Senate amendments are minor and technical in nature.
EXISTING LAW establishes the procedures for the organization and
reorganization of cities, counties, and special districts.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill:
1)Reorganized protest provisions contained in the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of
2000 (Act).
2)Repealed an outdated exemption contained in the Act for the
Goleta West Sanitary District that expired January 1, 2003.
3)Revised and recasts provisions related to the initiation of a
change of organization or reorganization that affects more
than one special district, as specified.
4)Authorized the waiver of protest proceedings under specified
circumstances, and sets forth procedures that apply to those
waivers, including the mailing of specified notices.
5)Made other technical and conforming changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS : 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
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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 (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 local agency formation
commission (LAFCO)-related issues, most recently with AB 2795,
Chapter 47, Statutes of 2010, and AB 1430, Chapter 300, Statutes
of 2011. 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.
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 on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Debbie Michel / L. GOV. / (916)
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