California Senate Bill SB614 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 614AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2014 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 16, 2014 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 9, 2014 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 6, 2013 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 4, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk  (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members   Alejo   and Waldron   )  FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend  , repeal, and add  Section 56653 of the Government Code, and to add  and repeal  Section 99.3  to   of  the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 614, as amended, Wolk. Local government: jurisdictional changes: infrastructure financing.  Existing   (1)     Existing  law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, provides the authority and procedures for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization of cities and districts. The act requires a local agency or school district that initiates proceedings for a change of local government organization or reorganization by submitting a resolution of application to a local agency formation commission to also submit a plan for providing services within the affected territory, as specified. This bill would instead require, if a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization is submitted to a local commission, that the applicant submit a plan for providing services within the affected  territory. The bill would,   territory that, until January 1, 2025,  in the case of a change of organization or reorganization initiated by a local agency  and consented to by each affected agency,  that includes a disadvantaged, unincorporated community,  authorize   authorizes  a local agency to include in its resolution of application  a   an annexation development  plan to improve or upgrade structures, roads, sewer or water facilities, or other infrastructure to serve the disadvantaged, unincorporated  community and   community. This bill  would authorize the local agency formation commission to  amend   approve  the proposal to include the formation of a special district  or reorganization of a special district  , as specified.  This bill would require an   annexation plan to include certain information.  Existing   (2)     Existing  law requires a county auditor, in the case of a jurisdictional change caused by the formation of a district, to adjust the allocation of property tax revenue pursuant to the agreement of local agencies whose service area or service responsibility would be altered by the jurisdictional change, as specified. This bill would  , until January 1, 2025,  authorize a local agency that files a  petition   resolution of application  for change of organization, and one or more other local agencies that will improve or upgrade structures to serve a disadvantaged, unincorporated community, to agree on  a   an annexation development  plan for financing services and structures that may provide that taxes, levied upon taxable property in the area included within the territory each year by or for the benefit of the local agency and one or more other local agencies that consent to the plan, be divided  between the respective affected local agencies and the special district.   as specified.  This bill would require the plan to include a date on which that division of taxes shall terminate, and would allow the plan to provide for the issuance of indebtedness, as specified. The bill would prohibit any plan developed under these provisions from    including   any portion of a redevelopment project area, as specified, or  resulting in a reduction of property tax revenues to school entities. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide additional options for financing infrastructure that can be  incorporated into the approval of   considered by local agencies and the local agency formation commission when evaluating the proposal for  an annexation of a disadvantaged, unincorporated community. SEC. 2. Section 56653 of the Government Code is amended to read: 56653. (a) If a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization is submitted pursuant to this part, the applicant shall submit a plan for providing services within the affected territory. (b) The plan for providing services shall include all of the following information and any additional information required by the commission or the executive officer: (1) An enumeration and description of the services to be extended to the affected territory. (2) The level and range of those services. (3) An indication of when those services can feasibly be extended to the affected territory. (4) An indication of any improvement or upgrading of structures, roads, sewer or water facilities, or other conditions the local agency would impose or require within the affected territory if the change of organization or reorganization is completed. (5) Information with respect to how those services will be financed. (c)  Only in   (1)     In  the case of a change of organization or reorganization initiated by a local agency  and consented to by each affected agency,  that includes a disadvantaged, unincorporated community as defined in Section  56033.5:   (1)     A   56033.5, a    local agency may include in its resolution of application for change of organization or reorganization  a   an annexation development  plan adopted pursuant to Section 99.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code to improve or upgrade structures, roads, sewer or water facilities, or other infrastructure to serve the disadvantaged, unincorporated community through the formation of a special district or reorganization of  a   one or more existing  special  district   districts  with the  consent of each special district's  consent.   governing body.   (2) The annexation development plan submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall include information that demonstrates that the formation or reorganization of the special district will provide all of the following:   (A) The necessary financial resources to improve or upgrade structures, roads, sewer, or water facilities or other infrastructure. The annexation development plan shall also clarify the local entity that shall be responsible for the delivery and maintenance of the services identified in the application.   (B) An estimated time frame for constructing and delivering the services identified in the application.   (C) The governance, oversight, and long-term maintenance of the services identified in the application after the initial costs are recouped and the tax increment financing terminates.   (2)   (3)  If a local agency includes  a   an annexation development  plan pursuant to  paragraph (1),   this subdivision,  a local agency formation commission may  amend   approve  the proposal for a change of organization or reorganization to include the formation of a special district or reorganization of a special district with the special district's consent, including, but not limited to, a community services district, municipal water district, or sanitary district, to provide financing to improve or upgrade structures, roads, sewer or water facilities, or other infrastructure to serve the disadvantaged, unincorporated community, in conformity with the requirements of the principal act of the district proposed to be formed and all required formation proceedings.  (4) Pursuant to Section 56881, the commission shall include in its resolution making determinations a description of the annexation development plan, including, but not limited to, an explanation of the proposed financing mechanism adopted pursuant to Section 99.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, including, but not limited to, any planned debt issuance associated with that annexation development plan.  (d)  Nothing in this section precludes   This section shall not preclude  a local agency formation commission from considering any other options or exercising its powers under Section 56375.  (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.   SEC. 3.   Section 56653 is added to the   Government Code   , to read:   56653. (a) If a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization is submitted pursuant to this part, the applicant shall submit a plan for providing services within the affected territory. (b) The plan for providing services shall include all of the following information and any additional information required by the commission or the executive officer: (1) An enumeration and description of the services to be extended to the affected territory. (2) The level and range of those services. (3) An indication of when those services can feasibly be extended to the affected territory. (4) An indication of any improvement or upgrading of structures, roads, sewer or water facilities, or other conditions the local agency would impose or require within the affected territory if the change of organization or reorganization is completed. (5) Information with respect to how those services will be financed. (c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.  Section 99.3 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read: 99.3. (a) The plan for financing services that is included  in a petition   with a resolution of application  for change of organization or reorganization filed by a local agency  and consented to by each affected agency,  pursuant to Section 56653 of the Government Code for a disadvantaged, unincorporated community may include  a   an annexation development  plan  that has been  adopted pursuant to  this section.   subdivision (c).  (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Local agency" means a local agency as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 95, and does not include any school entity as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 95. (2)  "Affected   "Consenting  local agency" means a local agency that has adopted a resolution of its governing body consenting to the  plan developed pursuant to this section.   annexation development plan.  (3) "Territory" means all or part of the land that is included in the  petition   resolution of application  for change of organization or reorganization filed by the local agency. (4) "Certificate of completion" is defined as provided in Section 56020.5 of the Government Code. (5) "Disadvantaged, unincorporated community" is defined as provided in Section 56033.5 of the Government Code. (c) A local agency that files a resolution of application for a change of organization or reorganization, and one or more other  consenting  local agencies that will improve or upgrade structures to serve a disadvantaged, unincorporated community subject to that  petition,   resolution of application,  may agree on  a   an annexation development  plan for financing services and structures pursuant to this section. (d) The  annexation development  plan agreed upon pursuant to subdivision (c) may contain a provision that taxes levied upon taxable property in the area included within the territory each year by or for the benefit of the local agency and one or more other  consenting  local agencies that consent to the  annexation development  plan, be divided as follows: (1) That portion of the taxes that would have been produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or for each of the  affected   consenting  local agencies upon the total sum of the assessed value of the taxable property in the territory as shown upon the assessment roll used in connection with the taxation of the property by the  affected   consenting  local agency, last equalized prior to the effective date of the certification of completion, and that portion of taxes by or for each school entity, shall be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid to, the respective  affected   consenting  local agencies and school entities as taxes by or for the  affected   consenting  local agencies and school entities on all property are paid. (2) That portion of the levied taxes each year specified in the  adopted infrastructure financing plan   annexation development plan adopted pursuant to subdivision (c)  for the city and each  affected taxing entity   consenting local agency  that has agreed to participate pursuant to this section, in excess of the amount specified in paragraph (1), shall be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid into a special fund of a special district formed or reorganized with the special district's consent pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56653 of the Government Code that will finance the infrastructure improvements  , including, but not limited to, water, wastewater, and stormwater systems and local streets, roads, and sidewalks,  to serve the disadvantaged, unincorporated community.  A consenting local agency may advance funds to the special district that is formed or reorg   anized pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 56653 of the Government Code. The special district shall use those advanced funds solely for the purposes specified in the annexation development plan adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) and shall repay the consenting local agency with revenue from the taxes received pursuant to this subdivision.  (e)  A   An annexation development  plan adopted pursuant to  this section   subdivision (c)  shall specify a date upon which the division of taxes described in subdivision (d) shall terminate. (f)  A   An annexation development  plan adopted pursuant to  this section   subdivision (c)  may include a provision for the issuance of indebtedness. Any indebtedness shall be issued in conformity with Articles 4.5 (commencing with Section 53506) and 5 (commencing with Section 53510) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code or the principal act of the special district. (g)  Any   An annexation development  plan adopted  under this section   pursuant to subdivision (c)  shall not result in a reduction of property tax revenues allocated to any school entity as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 95.  (h) Any plan adopted pursuant to this section shall 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.   (i) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.