California Assembly Bill AB2103 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2103AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 19, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hill FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to add Section 66704.05 to the Government Code, relating to the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2103, as amended, Hill. San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. Existing law authorizes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or property-related fee consistent with Articles XIII C and XIII D of the California Constitution, as specified. This bill would require (1) the board of supervisors of each affected county, when the authority proposes a regional measure to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or property-related fee for submission to the voters, to call a special election on the regional measure and place the regional measure on the ballot of the next regularly scheduled election, (2) the county clerk of each county to report the results of the special election to the authority, and (3) the authority to adopt and implement the regional measure if  the applicable constitutionally required majority of the aggregate electorate votes affirmatively for the regional measure   cumulatively, throughout the authority's jurisdictional boundaries, the regional measure receives the constitutionally required affirmative votes  . 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 66704.05 is added to the Government Code, to read: 66704.05. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the authority proposes any regional measure pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 66704 for submission to the voters of one or more counties within the San Francisco Bay Area, including, but not limited to, the City and County of San Francisco, the board of supervisors of each of those counties shall call a special election on the regional measure. The special election shall be consolidated with the next regularly scheduled statewide election and the regional measure shall be submitted to the voters in the appropriate counties, consistent with the requirements of Article XIII C or XIII D of the California Constitution, as applicable. (b) Each county included in the measure shall utilize the ballot question, title and summary, and ballot language provided in the resolution of the authority. (c) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of the special election to the authority. (d) If  the necessary majority of all voters, required under   cumulatively, throughout the authority's jurisdictional boundaries, the regional measure receives the required affirmative votes as prescribed by  Article XIII C or XIII D of the California Constitution, as applicable,  voting on the regional measure vote affirmatively,  the authority shall adopt and implement the regional measure.