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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 275
Author: Senate Local Government Committee
Amended: 8/23/99
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE : 5-0, 5/12/99
AYES: Baca, Johannessen, Monteith, Schiff, Rainey
NOT VOTING: Perata, Polanco
SENATE FLOOR : 39-0, 5/24/99 (Passed on Consent)
AYES: Alarcon, Alpert, Baca, Bowen, Brulte, Burton,
Chesbro, Costa, Dunn, Escutia, Figueroa, Hayden, Hughes,
Johannessen, Johnson, Johnston, Karnette, Kelley, Knight,
Leslie, Lewis, McPherson, Monteith, Morrow, Mountjoy,
Murray, O'Connell, Ortiz, Peace, Perata, Polanco,
Poochigian, Rainey, Schiff, Sher, Solis, Speier,
Vasconcellos, Wright
NOT VOTING: Haynes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-1, 8/26/99 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Local Government Omnibus Act of 1999
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill enacts the Local Government Omnibus
Act of 1999, and makes clarifying and minor
non-controversial changes to local government law. (See
analysis for specifics.)
Assembly Amendments:
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1.Make this a fiscal bill and an urgency measure.
2.Reflect committee member (author) changes.
3.Specify that burglar bars and safety release mechanisms
are for emergency escape and rescue windows or doors.
4.Require this bill's regulations be adopted by January 1,
2000, and prohibit against use of unapproved items on
July 1, 2000.
5.Make numerous additional clarifying and minor,
non-controversial changes regarding various local
government issues, the bulk of which correct erroneous
cross-references in the Government Code pertaining to
county treasurer candidate qualifications, historical
landmark acquisitions, city and county planning reports,
the Permit Streamlining Act, and the Subdivision Map Act.
ANALYSIS : 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. These
problems are relatively minor and do not warrant separate
(and expensive) bills. According to the Legislative
Analyst, the cost of producing a bill is about $14,000.
The Senate Local Government Committee responds by combining
several of these minor topics into an annual "omnibus
bill." For example, the committee's 1998 omnibus bill was
SB 1649 which contained 23 noncontroversial statutory
changes, saving over $300,000 in legislative costs.
Although this practice may violate a strict interpretation
of the single-subject and germaneness rules expressed in
Harbor v. Deukmejian , it is an expeditious and relatively
inexpensive way to respond to multiple requests.
This bill, among its many provisions, would:
1.Require county treasurers, county tax collectors and
county treasurer-tax collectors to meet specified
qualifications for holding office.
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2.Permit a county auditor, upon agreement with the county
treasurer, to file a monthly written report with the
county board of supervisors on monies received and
disbursed.
3.Add specified continuous education courses to the list of
acceptable courses required for a county treasurer,
county tax-collector or county treasurer-tax collector to
complete at specified associations or institutions.
4.Eliminate the September 1 reporting deadline for county
officials to report on a county's Citizen's Option for
Public Safety (COPS) expenditures, and instead require
the report to be submitted on or before the public
hearing on spending requests.
5.Allow a specified sanitation district to participate on
the committee to select a special district representative
to serve on the Board of Directors of the Ventura
Regional Sanitation District.
6.Insert into the Revenue and Taxation Code, the Vehicle
License Fee (VLF) subvention language for Ventura County
to cover the county's cost of shifting property tax
revenue shifted to no and low property tax cities within
the county.
7.Specifies that the burglar bars and safety release
mechanisms are for emergency escape/rescue windows or
doors, and requires that the regulations be adopted on or
before January 1, 2000, and provides that the prohibition
against unapproved items commences on July 1, 2000.
8..Express the Legislature's intent to cut costs by
combining several local government items into a single
bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/27/99)
California Association of County Treasure-Tax Collectors
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California Association of Local Agency Formation
Commissions
California Association of Sanitation Agencies
McCutchen Doyle Brown and Enersen LLP
State Association of County Auditors
Sutter LAFCO
University of Southern California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to Senate Local
Government Committee analysis, this bill collects
noncontroversial changes to the state laws affecting local
agencies, land use, and redevelopment issues into a single
bill. Sending a bill through the legislative process costs
about $14,000. By avoiding many other bills, this bill
saves California's taxpayers about $168,000. Although the
practice may violate a strict interpretation of the
single-subject and germaneness rules, the Senate Local
Government Committee insists on a very public review of
each item. Should any item in this bill attract
opposition, the committee will delete it from the bill.
There is no hidden agenda.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aanestad, Ackerman, Aroner, Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates,
Battin, Bock, Briggs, Calderon, Campbell, Cardenas,
Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis,
Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta,
Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House,
Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert,
Longville, Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox, Maldonado,
Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano, Olberg,
Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes,
Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg,
Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson, Thomson, Torlakson,
Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman,
Wright, Zettel, Villaraigosa
NOES: Leonard
NOT VOTING: Alquist, Baugh, Brewer, Floyd, Oller
LB:sl 8/27/99 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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