BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 8, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 1090 (Committee on Governance and Finance) - As Amended:
June 15, 2012
Policy Committee: Local
GovernmentVote:8-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill enacts the Local Government Omnibus Act of 2012, which
proposes technical, noncontroversial changes to state laws
affecting local agencies' powers and duties. Specifically, this
bill:
1)Makes technical changes regarding the annual reports of school
districts' financial transactions.
2)Revises the boundary descriptions for the Counties of Fresno
and Merced.
3)Requires the legislative body of a general law city to submit
a sidewalk installation charge to the voters and receive a
two-thirds vote to approve the charge prior to imposing it,
thereby conforming these provisions to existing law.
4)Includes within the definition of "abuse of office or
position," specified crimes related to bribery or corruption
of any executive officer in this state.
5)Authorizes a local agency that has imposed an assessment
pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 to bring an
action in superior court to determine the validity of the
assessment, as specified.
6)Requires a city or county's update of the land-use element to
include, if a city, an identification of each island or fringe
community within the city's sphere of influence that is a
disadvantaged unincorporated community, or, if a county, an
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identification of each legacy community within the boundaries
of the county that is a disadvantaged unincorporated
community.
7)Eliminates the requirement, pursuant to the Subdivision Map
Act, that a city engineer, or city or county surveyor, provide
the expiration date of his or her registration number or
license for specified maps.
8)Makes minor changes regarding fees and charges related to
water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage services and
facilities.
9)Revises specified provisions of the Kings River Conservation
District Act, and requires the district board to adopt a
resolution on or before May 1, 2013, that divides the district
into seven electoral districts, as specified.
FISCAL EFFECT
Negligible fiscal impact. Although keyed a state mandate, no
reimbursement is required because the only costs that may be
incurred by a local agency or school district are the result of
a program for which legislative authority was requested by that
local agency or school district.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . The Local Government Omnibus Act of 2012 compiles 12
sets of noncontroversial changes to state laws affecting local
agencies and land use into a single bill. Each year, local
officials discover problems with the state statutes that
affect counties, cities, special districts and redevelopment
agencies, as well as the laws on land use planning and
development. Legislators respond by combining several of these
minor topics into an annual omnibus bill.
The author notes it conducts a very public review of each item
with more than 100 public officials, trade groups, lobbyists
and legislative staff reviewing each proposal before it goes
into the committee's bill. Moreover, the author adds should
any item in SB 1090 attract opposition, the Committee will
delete it. If it's not consensus, it's not omnibus.
2)Amendments . The bill before the committee has proposed
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technical amendments to correct drafting errors.
3)There is no registered opposition to this bill .
Analysis Prepared by : Roger Dunstan / APPR. / (916) 319-2081