California Assembly Bill AB2841 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2841AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Travis Allen FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act  to amend Section 63025.1 of the Government Code, and  to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1719.1) to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to seaport infrastructure financing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2841, as amended, Travis Allen. State infrastructure financing for seaports. Existing law authorizes  port or harbor infrastructure projects to be financed by an enhanced   the formation of a seaport  infrastructure financing  district.   district to finance port or harbor infrastructure projects.  Existing law requires that a harbor  agency   agency, as defined,  prepare an infrastructure financing plan  for   as part of a proposal to form  a seaport infrastructure financing district,  defined as an enhanced infrastructure financing district that finances port or harbor infrastructure,  and requires that the plan meet specified requirements. Existing law authorizes  an enhanced   a seaport  infrastructure financing district to fund infrastructure projects through tax increment financing,  pursuant to  consistent with  the infrastructure financing plan and  with  the agreement of  the new seaport infrastructure financing district's  affected taxing entities. Existing law, the Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank  Act   Act,  establishes the Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank within the Governor' s Office of Business and Economic Development, and requires the bank to establish criteria, priorities, and guidelines for the selection of projects to receive financial assistance from the bank, including, but not limited to, any combination of grants, loans, and the proceeds of bonds issued by the bank. This bill would  authorize a harbor agency, as defined, to prepare a proposed financing plan to be submitted to the bank to finance infrastructure development or equipment, and   require the bank, after consulting with appropriate state and local agencies, to establish criteria, priorities, and guidelines for the selection of infrastructure development and equipment purchase projects   submitted by harbor agencies, as defined, for assistance from the bank, as specified. The bill  would require the  plan to include   harbor agency to adopt a resolution that includes  specified  information including   information, including, among others,  the state fiscal and economic  impacts, including increased jobs and tax revenues and state fund savings,   impacts  estimated to result from the proposed  project.   infrastructure development or equipment purchase project.  The bill would require the bank to  consider a project proposal and to  approve the  financing of it   infrastructure development and equipment purchase project  if the  project meets specified requirements, including that the State Lands Commission has verified that the proposed project is consistent with the state tidelands trust and any conditions of a grant of trust lands to a harbor agency and a finding by the  bank  finds  that the project is more likely than not to result in the  harbor agency's  estimated state fiscal and economic impacts. The bill would  limit the amount of financing provided, as specified, and would  authorize the bank to  provide   require the harbor agency to meet a specified condition prior to providing  the  financing only upon an appropriation of funds for that purpose.   moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the infrastructure development and equipment purchase project.  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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The primary purpose of this act is to encourage the development and growth of, and to encourage and help finance the further investment in, and subsequent increased use of, California's public port facilities and the introduction of zero-emission and near-zero-emission equipment and supporting infrastructure at California's public port facilities. (b) The statewide interest in the need to continually invest in California's public port infrastructure is predicated on the fact that California's public seaports and the international trade that they facilitate are critical components of the state economy, directly or indirectly employing millions of Californians, contributing billions of dollars in economic activity, and generating significant local and state tax revenues as a result of this activity. As such, our ports must be given the ability to successfully compete for cargo volume, attract new trade, and continue to grow. (c) The development, improvement, expansion, and maintenance of the state's public ports and port infrastructure facilities, and the utilization of public port facilities for the export and import of cargo to or from distribution, manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, processing, transloading, and warehousing sites in  California  California,  are matters of statewide significance that are essential to the growth of the state's economic well-being and the ability of those businesses and workers associated with trade-related industries to continue to compete cost-effectively on a regional, national, and global scale. (d) In addition to the vast matters of statewide significance in the economic impacts derived from all of California's public ports, the state's interest in the reduction of mobile source emissions from the freight sector and supply chain, including those emissions from sources that operate at ports, are also matters of statewide significance. In consideration of these environmental matters, the state has a paramount interest in creating incentives that will precipitate early investment by the industry in the newest generation of zero-emission and near-zero-emission equipment and supporting infrastructure at marine terminals and port facilities. Due to the costs of those investments over and above the use of traditional equipment, this is an infrastructure need that cannot be met by private investment alone, and therefore public financing mechanisms and the implementation of public-private partnerships are required to support this new investment.  SEC. 2.   Section 63025.1 of the   Government Code   is amended to read:  63025.1. The bank board may do or delegate the following to the executive director: (a) Sue and be sued in its own name. (b) As provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 63070), issue bonds and authorize special purpose trusts to issue bonds, including, at the option of the board, bonds bearing interest that is taxable for the purpose of federal income taxation, or borrow money to pay all or any part of the cost of any project, or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this division. (c) Engage the services of private consultants to render professional and technical assistance and advice in carrying out the purposes of this division. (d) Employ attorneys, financial consultants, and other advisers as may, in the bank's judgment, be necessary in connection with the issuance and sale, or authorization of special purpose trusts for the issuance and sale, of any bonds, notwithstanding Sections 11042 and 11043. (e) Contract for engineering, architectural, accounting, or other services of appropriate state agencies as may, in its judgment, be necessary for the successful development of a project. (f) Pay the reasonable costs of consulting engineers, architects, accountants, and construction, land use, recreation, and environmental experts employed by any sponsor or participating party if, in the bank's judgment, those services are necessary for the successful development of a project. (g) Acquire, take title to, and sell by installment sale or otherwise, lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands that are located within the state, or transition property as the bank may deem necessary or convenient for the financing of the project, upon terms and conditions that it considers to be reasonable. (h) Receive and accept from any source including, but not limited to, the federal government, the state, or any agency thereof, loans, contributions, or grants, in money, property, labor, or other things of value, for, or in aid of, a project, or any portion thereof. (i) Make loans to any sponsor or participating party, either directly or by making a loan to a lending institution, in connection with the financing of a project in accordance with an agreement between the bank and the sponsor or a participating party, either as a sole lender or in participation with other lenders. However, no loan shall exceed the total cost of the project as determined by the sponsor or the participating party and approved by the bank. (j) Make loans to any sponsor or participating party, either directly or by making a loan to a lending institution, in accordance with an agreement between the bank and the sponsor or participating party to refinance indebtedness incurred by the sponsor or participating party in connection with projects undertaken and completed prior to any agreement with the bank or expectation that the bank would provide financing, either as a sole lender or in participation with other lenders. (k) Mortgage all or any portion of the bank's interest in a project and the property on which any project is located, whether owned or thereafter acquired, including the granting of a security interest in any property, tangible or intangible. (  l  ) Assign or pledge all or any portion of the bank's interests in transition property and the revenues therefrom, or assets, things of value, mortgages, deeds of trust, bonds, bond purchase agreements, loan agreements, indentures of mortgage or trust, or similar instruments, notes, and security interests in property, tangible or intangible and the revenues therefrom, of a sponsor or a participating party to which the bank has made loans, and the revenues therefrom, including payment or income from any interest owned or held by the bank, for the benefit of the holders of bonds. (m) Make, receive, or serve as a conduit for the making of, or otherwise provide for, grants, contributions, guarantees, insurance, credit enhancements or liquidity facilities, or other financial enhancements to a sponsor or a participating party as financial assistance for a project. (n) Lease the project being financed to a sponsor or a participating party, upon terms and conditions that the bank deems proper but shall not be leased at a loss; charge and collect rents therefor; terminate any lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof; include in any lease, if desired, provisions that the lessee shall have options to renew the lease for a period or periods, and at rents determined by the bank; purchase any or all of the project; or, upon payment of all the indebtedness incurred by the bank for the financing of the project, the bank may convey any or all of the project to the lessee or lessees. (o) Charge and equitably apportion among sponsors and participating parties the bank's administrative costs and expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by this division. (p) Issue, obtain, or aid in obtaining, from any department or agency of the United States, from other agencies of the state, or from any private company, any insurance or guarantee to, or for, the payment or repayment of interest or principal, or both, or any part thereof, on any loan, lease, or obligation or any instrument evidencing or securing the same, made or entered into pursuant to this division. (q) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, enter into any agreement, contract, or any other instrument with respect to any insurance or guarantee; accept payment in the manner and form as provided therein in the event of default by a sponsor or a participating party; and issue or assign any insurance or guarantee as security for the bank's bonds. (r) Enter into any agreement or contract, execute any instrument, and perform any act or thing necessary or convenient to, directly or indirectly, secure the bank's bonds, the bonds issued by a special purpose trust, or a sponsor's obligations to the bank or to a special purpose trust, including, but not limited to, bonds of a sponsor purchased by the bank or a special purpose trust for retention or sale, with funds or moneys that are legally available and that are due or payable to the sponsor by reason of any grant, allocation,  apportionment   apportionment,  or appropriation of the state or agencies thereof, to the extent that the Controller shall be the custodian at any time of these funds or moneys, or with funds or moneys that are or will be legally available to the sponsor, the bank, or the state or any agencies thereof by reason of any grant, allocation, apportionment, or appropriation of the federal government or agencies thereof; and in the event of written notice that the sponsor has not paid or is in default on its obligations to the bank or a special purpose trust, direct the Controller to withhold payment of those funds or moneys from the sponsor over which it is or will be custodian and to pay the same to the bank or special purpose trust or their assignee, or direct the state or any agencies thereof to which any grant, allocation,  apportionment   apportionment,  or appropriation of the federal government or agencies thereof is or will be legally available to pay the same upon receipt by the bank or special purpose trust or their assignee, until the default has been cured and the amounts then due and unpaid have been paid to the bank or special purpose trust or their assignee, or until arrangements satisfactory to the bank or special purpose trust have been made to cure the default. (s) Enter into any agreement or contract, execute any instrument, and perform any act or thing necessary, convenient, or appropriate to carry out any power expressly given to the bank by this division, including, but not limited to, agreements for the sale of all or any part, including principal, interest, redemption  rights   rights,  or any other rights or obligations, of bonds of the bank or of a special purpose trust, liquidity agreements, contracts commonly known as interest rate swap agreements, forward payment conversion agreements, futures or contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates or currency exchange rates, or contracts to exchange  cash-flows   cashflows  or a series of payments, or contracts, including options, puts or calls to hedge payments, rate, spread, currency exchange, or similar exposure, or any other financial instrument commonly known as a structured financial product. (t) Purchase, with the proceeds of the bank's bonds, transition property or bonds issued by, or for the benefit of, any sponsor in connection with a project, pursuant to a bond purchase agreement or otherwise. Bonds or transition property purchased pursuant to this division may be held by the bank, pledged or assigned by the bank, or sold to public or private purchasers at public or negotiated sale, in whole or in part, separately or together with other bonds issued by the bank, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, may be bought by the bank at private sale. (u) Enter into purchase and sale agreements with all entities, public and private, including state and local government pension funds, with respect to the sale or purchase of bonds or transition property. (v) Invest any moneys held in reserve or sinking funds, or any moneys not required for immediate use or disbursement, in obligations that are authorized by law for the investment of trust funds in the custody of the Treasurer. (w) Authorize a special purpose trust or trusts to purchase or retain, with the proceeds of the bonds of a special purpose trust, transition property or bonds issued by, or for the benefit of, any sponsor in connection with a project or issued by the bank or a special purpose trust, pursuant to a bond purchase agreement or otherwise. Bonds or transition property purchased pursuant to this title may be held by a special purpose entity, pledged or assigned by a special purpose entity, or sold to public or private purchasers at public or negotiated sale, in whole or in part, with or without structuring,  subordination   subordination,  or credit enhancement, separately or together with other bonds issued by a special purpose trust, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, may be bought by the bank or by a special purpose trust at private sale. (x) Approve the issuance of any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness by the Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Panel, established pursuant to Section 15373.7. (y) Approve the issuance of rate reduction bonds by an entity other than the bank or a special purpose trust to acquire transition property upon approval of the transaction in a financing order by the Public Utilities Commission, as provided in Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 840) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code. (z) Apply for and accept subventions, grants, loans, advances, and contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value. The sources may include bond proceeds, dedicated taxes, state appropriations, federal appropriations, federal grant and loan funds, public and private sector retirement system funds, and proceeds of loans from the Pooled Money Investment Account. (aa) Do all things necessary and convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise its powers, provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the bank to engage directly in the business of a manufacturing, industrial, real estate development, or nongovernmental service enterprise. Further, the bank shall not be organized to accept deposits of money for time or demand deposits or to constitute a bank or trust company.  (ab) Do all things necessary to carry out the bank's duties associated with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1719.1) of Part 1 of Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.  Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1719.1) is added to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FOR SEAPORTS 1719.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is equitable and in the public interest to provide alternative procedures for financing public works and services needed to support new commercial, environmental, and industrial development in the state's seaports and harbors that would generate significant new employment opportunities and economic development, increase state and local tax revenues, enhance seaport competitiveness in the international trade community, reduce congestion and delay in the supply chain, and result in improved environmental quality. (2) Except as authorized in this part, seaports and harbors in California generally do not levy or expend any funds generated by local taxes, as most of their operations are funded directly through fees, tariffs, leases, and other revenue the seaports and harbors generate from their users and tenants, in addition to the occasional state or federal grant. (3) There is significant opportunity for development and investment in our state's seaports and harbors and in their transition to operations that are characterized by the use of new zero-emission and near-zero-emission equipment and supporting infrastructure. However, the state lacks the public infrastructure funding necessary to support all of the new development and investment that  are   is  demanded. (4) In addition to a lack of public infrastructure funding, our state's waterfront has infrastructure and environmental needs that cannot be met by private investment alone, and therefore creative public financing mechanisms need to be developed. The absence of practical and equitable methods for state financing of public works, like the development of seaport infrastructure that is a matter of statewide significance, leads to a declining standard of seaport infrastructure, a failure to construct new public structures and facilities needed to support new commercial and industrial development in our seaports and harbors, increased congestion, and a lack of tools to facilitate environmental improvements, including the transition to zero-emission and near-zero-emission equipment and supporting infrastructure. (5) The seaports and harbors of California are valuable  public  assets of the state that provide special maritime, navigational, recreational, cultural, and historical benefits to the people of the state and the management and development of these seaports and harbors may not be subjugated. This  in turn  means that the management of the financial health, land use planning, waterfront assets, and environmental infrastructure in all of California's public ports are matters of statewide significance. This chapter will help to remediate these conditions that will otherwise result in underinvestment in the state's seaports and harbors by providing a new financing mechanism, through the use of leveraged future tax increment revenues, to facilitate matters of statewide importance and further the purposes of the public trust. (b) The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (1) The ability to capture future tax increment revenues to finance needed seaport and harbor infrastructure projects will provide direct benefits to the state. When harbor agencies are better funded to further the objectives of the state, the state's seaports and harbors, and the public trust and enjoyment of those trust lands by the people of the state, the state's economy and environment will also be improved. (2) A seaport frequently generates large state tax benefits directly and indirectly as a result of the economic activity that is generated from its maritime operations and other economic development efforts. (3) Investments by a seaport and its industry partners in environmental improvements generate long-term state benefits and  a  reduction in public costs with respect to the reduction of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, projected public health impacts, and overall improvements in the quality of life of Californians. (4) The potential for increases in state tax revenues and decreases in costs to the state that will result from the improvement of seaport and harbor infrastructure and investment in environmental improvements should be  incentivized   provided incentives  and leveraged through state financing, whenever possible, which supports the state's significant interest in the successful operation of its seaports and harbors. 1719.2 It is the intent of the Legislature that seaport infrastructure financing be developed pursuant to this chapter in a manner that improves public port assets, infrastructure, and operations and achieves the public goals of improving the state's waterborne commerce, enhancing economic prosperity, and financing the costs of environmental mitigation and improvement. 1719.3.  (a)    For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:  (a)   (1)  "Bank" means the Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, as established pursuant to Section 63021 of the Government Code.  (2) "Commission" means the State Lands Commission.   (3) "Department" means the Department of Finance.   (4) "Proposed project valuation" means the economic impact of the proposed infrastructure development or equipment purchase, as demonstrated through an economic impact report, as determined by the requirements of this chapter and the criteria, priorities, and guidelines adopted by the bank.   (b)  (5)  "Project" has the same meaning as defined in Section 63010 of the Government Code.  (b) Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter. The definitions provided in this section shall apply to this chapter only and not to any other part or chapter of this division.   1719.4. A harbor agency may prepare a proposed financing plan for a project to be submitted to the bank as provided in Section 63041 of the Government Code, for consideration pursuant to the terms of this chapter.   1719.4. (a) After consulting with the appropriate state and local agencies, the bank shall establish criteria, priorities, and guidelines for the selection of projects to receive assistance from the bank. Projects shall comply with the criteria, priorities, and guidelines adopted by the bank. (b) When the bank establishes or makes changes to the criteria, priorities, and guidelines, the bank shall notify the Governor, the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature that exercise oversight of the bank, and the appropriate state and local agencies.   1719.5. In addition to the requirements of Section 63041 of the Government Code, a proposed financing plan for a project submitted to the bank pursuant to Section 1719.4 shall include all of the following information:   1719.5.   The bank may accept applications for a proposed project valuation consistent with the criteria, priorities, and guidelines adopted by the board pursuant to Section 1719.4. At a minimum, the application shall include all of the following information:  (a) The  proposed  infrastructure development or equipment  purchase to be financed through the proceeds of the proposed financing.   purchases that are the subject of the proposed project valuation.  (b) (1)  (A)    If the harbor agency is acting on granted lands, a finding that the project to be financed is consistent with the state tidelands trust and the terms and conditions of any grant of trust lands to the harbor agency.  A   The harbor agency shall forward a  copy of this finding  shall be forwarded by the harbor agency  to the  State Lands Commission.   commission.   (B) Prior to making a finding pursuant to subparagraph (A), the harbor agency shall consult with the commission. The harbor agency shall reimburse the commission for all reasonable expenses resulting from that consultation.  (2) If the harbor agency was formed pursuant to this code, a finding that the project to be financed is consistent with its charter and the statewide interests in the operation of harbors and ports. (c) The state fiscal and economic impacts  forecast   estimates  required  by   pursuant to  Section 1719.6. 1719.6. (a) A harbor agency shall adopt a resolution setting forth estimates of the state fiscal and economic impacts that will result from the  proposed  project, including, but not  be  limited to, the following: (1) The total direct and indirect state tax revenues generated by the impact of the infrastructure development or equipment  purchase to be financed through the bank.   purchase.  (2) The total direct and indirect state  general fund   General Fund  and special fund expenditure savings generated by the impact of the infrastructure development or equipment  purchase to be financed through the bank.   purchase. (3) The total local tax and user fee revenues generated by the infrastructure development or equipment  purchase to be financed through the bank.   purchase.  (4) The total jobs created by the infrastructure development or equipment  purchase to be financed through the bank,   purchase,  including the specific impact of the financing on the employment of  California  residents.  (b) (1) Prior to making findings upon which the resolution may be based, a harbor agency shall obtain an economic impact report that shall be completed by a third-party economist, based on a published economic impact methodology. The published economic impact methodology shall be incorporated into the findings of a peer review conducted pursuant to paragraph (2), and shall be adopted in a public meeting of the harbor agency with a finding that the guidelines and methodology were developed in a manner consistent with this section.   (5) The total direct and indirect public health savings generated by the infrastructure development or equipment purchase.   (b) (1) The estimates of the state fiscal and economic impacts shall be based on an economic impact report that, among other criteria that may be established by the bank, shall be completed by an economist not in the direct employment of the harbor agency and be based on a nationally recognized economic impact methodology.  (2) The economic impact report and the economic methodology  to be adopted under this subdivision   required pursuant to paragraph (1)  shall be  peer reviewed   peer-reviewed  and evaluated by an independent party  that   who  is without any financial association with the  third party that   economist who  completed the economic impact report  guidelines  and  developed the  economic methodology. The peer review shall evaluate the adequacy of the  guidelines   economic impact report  and make specific recommendations regarding the methodologies, which  should   shall  be  either  incorporated into the  peer review by the harbor agency upon adoption.   economic impact report or submitted as additional information in the application to the bank.   (3) A harbor agency may adopt guidelines for study preparation previously developed by a third party for another harbor agency under this section as long as the final guidelines are adopted pursuant to paragraph (1).   (c) This section shall not require a harbor agency to prepare a report or adopt a resolution except at its discretion prior to submission of a proposed financing plan for a project.   (c) Consistent with the criteria, priorities, and guidelines approved by the bank, a harbor agency may adopt guidelines to be used by a tenant, another harbor agency, or other public or private entity for submitting information that may be used in the development of the estimates in the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) or the economic impact report developed pursuant to subdivision (b).   (d) Participation in the proposed project valuation program established in this chapter is voluntary on the part of a harbor agency and the submission of an application to the bank is a discretionary act.  1719.7. (a) Upon  the  receipt of a proposed  financing plan for a project,   project valuation,  the bank shall  consider the project and  approve, require a modification of, or deny the proposed financing.   project valuation.  (b) When considering  the  approval of  financing for  a  proposed  project  valuation  submitted pursuant to this chapter, the bank shall do both of the following: (1) Review the proposed  financing plan for the project   project valuation  prepared by the harbor  agency pursuant to Section 1719.4.   agency.  (2) Review the  methodology and projections   economic impact report and the economic methodology  prepared for or by the harbor agency pursuant to Section 1719.6.  (c) The bank shall approve a proposed project valuation if, after conducting its own evaluation of a harbor agency's application, including the economic impact report and methodology, it can make the finding that the execution of the project is more likely than not to result in the outcomes projected by the harbor agency pursuant to Section 1719.6.   1719.8. The bank shall approve financing for a project if, after conducting its own evaluation of a harbor agency's methodology, it can make the finding that the execution of the project is more likely than not to result in the outcomes projected by the harbor agency pursuant to Section 1719.6.  1719.9. The bank shall not approve  financing for  a  proposed  project  valuation  if the  State Lands Commission   commission  objects to a finding made by a harbor agency pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1719.5.  1719.10. Once financing for a project is approved, the bank shall submit a request to the Assembly Budget Committee and the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review for an appropriation in the following fiscal year in an amount equal to or less than the total estimated state tax revenues and state general fund savings approved by the bank pursuant to Section 1719.8.   1719.10. The bank shall provide notice to the department within 30 days of approving a proposed project valuation. The notice shall include, at a minimum, the dollar amount of the valuation and any other information requested by the department. The department shall include an amount equal to the approved project valuation in the appropriation for the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Fund, created pursuant to Section 63050 of the Government Code, in the Governor's proposed annual budget.  1719.11.  (a)    The  financing of the project shall be underwritten by the bank   bank shall remit funding to the harbor agency  only upon an appropriation by the Legislature of  funds   moneys  for that purpose.  (b) For the harbor agency to receive the remittance pursuant to subdivision (a), the bank may require the harbor agency to demonstrate it has sufficient resources to complete the infrastructure development project or install the equipment purchase.   (c) The bank shall prepare a report on its activities related to this chapter and post that report on its Internet Web site. That report may be included as part of the bank's annual report.  1719.12. The harbor agency shall reimburse the administrative expenses or direct operating expenses that are incurred by the bank as the direct result of the  consideration, review,   review  and processing of the proposed financing of a project pursuant to this chapter. 1719.13. To the extent that any provision of this chapter conflicts with any provision of Chapter 2.99 (commencing with Section 53398.50) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code with respect to a seaport infrastructure financing district, this chapter shall prevail. 1719.14. (a) All permanent fixtures and capital improvements to the real property of a harbor agency that administers public trust tidelands financed pursuant to this chapter shall be a trust asset  of the state  once completed. This does not apply to fixtures and improvements otherwise agreed as nonpermanent in a lease between the harbor agency and a private tenant. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a harbor agency from submitting a  proposed financing plan   proposed project valuation  for a project on behalf of a tenant or for the purchase of equipment to be owned and operated by a tenant, if the assets are owned, maintained, and used exclusively in California and, upon the cessation of the lease, ownership and control of the assets shall revert to the harbor agency on terms enforceable by contract between the harbor agency and the tenant.