California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2156

Introduced by Assembly Member Achadjian

February 20, 2014

An act to amend Section 56378 of, and to add Section 56047.7 to, the Government Code, relating to local government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2156, as introduced, Achadjian. Local agency formation commissions: studies.

Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the powers and duties of a local agency formation commission, including, among others, the requirement to conduct studies of existing governmental agencies that include, but are not limited to, inventorying those agencies and determining their maximum service area and service capacities. The commission is authorized to request land use information, studies, and plans of cities, counties, districts, including school districts, community college districts, and regional agencies and state agencies and departments, in connection with conducting the required studies, and the governmental agencies are required to comply with the commission’s request.

This bill would include joint powers agencies and joint powers authorities among the entities from which the commission is authorized to request land use information, studies, and plans, for purposes of conducting the studies described above. The bill would specifically define “joint powers agency” and “joint powers authority” for purposes of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.

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 56047.7 is added to the Government
Code, to read:

56047.7.  

“Joint powers agency” or “joint powers authority”
means an agency or entity formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise
of Powers Act (Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1) that is formed for the local
performance of governmental functions that includes the provision
of municipal services.

SEC. 2.  

Section 56378 of the Government Code is amended
to read:

56378.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert In addition to its other powers, the commission
shall initiate and make studies of existing governmental agencies.
Those studies shall include, but shall not be limited to, inventorying
those agencies and determining their maximum service area and
service capacities. In conducting those studies, the commission
may begin delete ask for end delete begin insert request end insert land use information, studies, and plans of
cities, counties, districts, including school districts, community
college districts, begin delete and end delete begin insert joint powers agencies and joint powers
authorities, end insert regional agencies and state agencies and departments.
Cities, counties, districts, including school districts, community
college districts, begin insert joint powers agencies and joint powers
authorities, end insert regional agencies, and state agencies and departments,
shall comply with the request of the commission for that
information and the commission shall make its studies available
to public agencies and any interested person. In making these
studies, the commission may cooperate with the county planning
commissions.

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The

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begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert commission, or the board of supervisors on behalf of
the commission, may apply for or accept, or both, any financial
assistance and grants-in-aid from public or private agencies or
from the state or federal government or from a local government.