BILL NUMBER: AB 737AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Huber FEBRUARY 17, 2011An act to add Section 54712 to the Government Code, relating to local agencies.An act to repeal Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 36100) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to state government . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 737, as amended, Huber.Local agencies: benefit assessments.Model cities. Existing law establishes a Model Cities Coordinator to, among other things, coordinate all state activities in the Model Cities program and a local Model Cities resources board to, among other things, assist Model Cities programs with the design, development, and operation of community projects, provide information to local Model Cities programs about the availability of state and federal assistance, and assist in coordinating the functions of local, state, and federal agencies in Model Cities programs to achieve locally defined objectives. This bill would repeal those provisions.Existing law authorizes local agencies to levy a benefit assessment pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 to finance specified costs.This bill would authorize any local agency levying a benefit assessment pursuant to this act to bring an action to determine the validity of the assessment pursuant to specified provisions of existing law relating to validating proceedings.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. Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 36100) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 54712 is added to the Government Code, to read: 54712. Any local agency levying a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter may bring an action to determine the validity of the assessment pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.