Amended in Assembly April 23, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2292

Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Skinner)

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February 21, 2014

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2292, as amended, Bonta. 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.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: 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
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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.