BILL NUMBER: ABX3 83INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner (Coauthor: Senator Oropeza) SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 An act relating to housing, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 83, as introduced, Skinner. Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006: CalReUSE program. (1) Existing law establishes the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account created within the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund, and requires that funds in the account be available, upon appropriation, for brownfield cleanup that promotes infill housing development. This bill would appropriate an unspecified amount from the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority for purposes of providing loans and grants under the California Recycle Underutilized Sites (CALReUSE) program for brownfield cleanup that promotes infill residential and mixed-use development. (2) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 53545 of the Health and Safety Code, the sum of ______ dollars ($________) is hereby appropriated from the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account in the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority for purposes of providing loans and grants under the California Recycle Underutilized Sites (CALReUSE) program for brownfield cleanup that promotes infill residential and mixed-use development. SEC. 2. This act addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation on December 19, 2008, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution.