BILL NUMBER: AB 2144AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members John A. Prez and Atkins FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act to amend Section 53395.4 of the Government Code, relating to economic development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2144, as amended, John A. Prez. Local government: economic development. Existing law provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation during the 2011-12 Regular Session that establishes long-term, targeted programs that provide local governments with tools and resources for specified purposes in a manner that encourages local cooperation and includes appropriate protections for state and local taxpayers. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to establish infrastructure financing districts for the sole purpose of financing public facilities utilizing incremental property tax revenues. A district may not include a redevelopment project area and a redevelopment project area may not include any portion of a district. The bill would delete the provision prohibiting a district from including a redevelopment project area and a redevelopment project area from including any portion of a district. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:noyes . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation during the 2011-12 Regular Session that establishes long-term, targeted programs that provide local governments with tools and resources for specified purposes, including, but not limited to, public infrastructure, affordable housing, economic development and job creation, and environmental protection and remediation, in a manner that encourages local cooperation and includes appropriate protections for state and local taxpayers. SEC. 2. Section 53395.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:53395.4. (a) A district may not include any portion of a redevelopment project area which is or has been previously created pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, whether the creation is or was proper or improper. A redevelopment project area may not include any portion of a district created pursuant to this chapter. (b)53395.4. (a) A district may finance only the facilities or services authorized in this chapter to the extent that the facilities or services are in addition to those provided in the territory of the district before the district was created. The additional facilities or services may not supplant facilities or services already available within that territory when the district was created but may supplement those facilities and services as needed to serve new developments.(c)(b) A district may include areas which are not contiguous.