BILL NUMBER: AB 2291INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gordon FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 56434 of the Government Code, relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2291, as introduced, Gordon. Local agency formation: extension of services. Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, authorizes a local agency formation commission, until January 1, 2013, to review and comment on the extension of services into previously unserved territory within unincorporated areas and the creation of new service providers to extend urban-type development into previously unserved areas to ensure that the proposed extension is consistent with the policies of the commission and certain policies under state law. This bill would eliminate the repeal date of January 1, 2013. 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 56434 of the Government Code is amended to read: 56434. (a) The commission may review and comment upon both of the following: (1) The extension of services into previously unserved territory within unincorporated areas. (2) The creation of new service providers to extend urban type development into previously unserved territory within unincorporated areas. (b) The purpose of the review authorized by this section shall be to ensure that the proposed extension of services or creation of new service providers is consistent with the policies of Sections 56001, 56300, 56301, and the adopted policies of the commission implementing these sections, including promoting orderly development, discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open space and prime agricultural lands, providing housing for persons and families of all incomes, and the efficient extension of governmental services.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.