California 2013 2013-2014 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB431 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/15/2013

 BILL NUMBER: AB 431INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mullin FEBRUARY 15, 2013 An act to amend Section 66631 of the Government Code, relating to regional planning. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 431, as introduced, Mullin. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission: San Francisco Bay Plan: review. Existing law creates the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and requires the commission to make a continuing review of the San Francisco Bay Plan, which is a comprehensive and enforceable plan for the conservation of the water in the San Francisco Bay and the development of its shoreline. Existing law requires the commission, in making the review, to coordinate its planning with planning by local agencies and, to avoid duplication of work, to make maximum use of data and information available from various planning programs such as the State Office of Planning and Research and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission Act creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a regional agency in the 9-county San Francisco Bay Area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. This bill would require the commission to also make maximum use of data and information available from the planning programs of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 66631 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66631. In making the review, the commission shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with the Association of Bay Area Governments; and shall, to the fullest extent possible, coordinate its planning with planning by local agencies, which shall retain the responsibility for local land use planning. To avoid duplication of work, the commission shall make maximum use of data and information available from the planning programs of the State Office of Planning and Research, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board  , the Metropolitan Transportation Commission  , the cities and counties in the San Francisco Bay area, and other public and private planning agencies.