BILL NUMBER: AB 2292	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act  relating to economic development   to
add Section 53395.3.10 to the Government Code, relating to local
government  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2292, as amended, Bonta.  Economic development.
  Infrastructure financing districts: City of Oakland:
freight rail.  
   Existing law authorizes an infrastructure financing district to
finance only public capital facilities of communitywide significance
which provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of
the district, including, among others, highways, interchanges, ramps
and bridges, arterial streets, parking facilities, transit
facilities, facilities for the collection and treatment of water for
urban uses, child care facilities, libraries, and facilities for the
transfer and disposal of solid waste.  
   This bill would additionally authorize an infrastructure financing
district within the Oakland Army Base, the Howard Terminal, or the
Coliseum City in the City of Oakland to finance public capital
facilities or projects that include freight rail. This bill would
require the governing board of the City of Oakland to establish a
commission, as specified, to advise the city on the safety concerns
regarding development on the Howard Terminal.  
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the City of Oakland. 

   By imposing new duties upon the governing board of the City of
Oakland, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 

   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   Existing law provides for various economic development programs
that foster community sustainability and for community and economic
development initiatives throughout the state.  
   The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote job and business growth, and encourage
economic development. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 53395.3.10 is added to the
  Government Code   , to read:  
   53395.3.10.  (a) In addition to the projects authorized by Section
53395.3, any infrastructure financing district within the Oakland
Army Base, the Howard Terminal, or the Coliseum City in the City of
Oakland may finance public capital facilities or projects that
include freight rail.
   (b) The governing board of the City of Oakland shall establish a
commission to advise the city on the safety concerns regarding any
development authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) on the Howard
Terminal. The commission shall consist of one member from each of the
stakeholders involved in the development of the Howard Terminal.

   SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique circumstances
applicable to the City of Oakland and the need for revitalization on
the Oakland Army Base, the Howard Terminal, and in the Coliseum City.

   SEC. 3.   If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would promote job and business growth, and
encourage economic development.