Amended IN Senate March 25, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 324Introduced by Senator RubioFebruary 15, 2019 An act to amend Section 54951 of the Government Code, relating to local government. An act relating to street lighting.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 324, as amended, Rubio. Local government: meetings. Street lighting systems: City of Temple City.(1) The Street Lighting Act of 1919 provides for an alternative system for making improvements to street lighting systems, as defined. The act authorizes, when, in the opinion of the city council of any city, the public interest or convenience requires, that the city may, among other things, order that any street lighting system be maintained in or along the whole or any part of any one or more of the streets in that city.This bill would, in addition to the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple Citys existing authority to perform specified maintenance and operations under the Street Lighting Act of 1919, authorize that district to also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972.(2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Temple City.Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide notice of the time and place for holding regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act defines local agency for these purposes to include any district, political subdivision, or local public agency.This bill would clarify that the list of entities subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act includes infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, affordable housing authorities, and community revitalization and investment authorities.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. In addition to the districts authority to perform street lighting maintenance and operations as specified in Section 18030 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple City may also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to Sections 22525 and 22531 of the Streets and Highways Code.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to perform immediate maintenance and make improvements in the City of Temple City.SECTION 1.Section 54951 of the Government Code is amended to read:54951.As used in this chapter, local agency means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, infrastructure financing district, enhanced infrastructure financing district, affordable housing authority, community revitalization and investment authority, or any board, commission or agency thereof, or other local public agency.
Amended IN Senate March 25, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 324Introduced by Senator RubioFebruary 15, 2019 An act to amend Section 54951 of the Government Code, relating to local government. An act relating to street lighting.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 324, as amended, Rubio. Local government: meetings. Street lighting systems: City of Temple City.(1) The Street Lighting Act of 1919 provides for an alternative system for making improvements to street lighting systems, as defined. The act authorizes, when, in the opinion of the city council of any city, the public interest or convenience requires, that the city may, among other things, order that any street lighting system be maintained in or along the whole or any part of any one or more of the streets in that city.This bill would, in addition to the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple Citys existing authority to perform specified maintenance and operations under the Street Lighting Act of 1919, authorize that district to also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972.(2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Temple City.Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide notice of the time and place for holding regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act defines local agency for these purposes to include any district, political subdivision, or local public agency.This bill would clarify that the list of entities subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act includes infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, affordable housing authorities, and community revitalization and investment authorities.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 25, 2019
Amended IN Senate March 25, 2019
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 324
Introduced by Senator RubioFebruary 15, 2019
Introduced by Senator Rubio
February 15, 2019
An act to amend Section 54951 of the Government Code, relating to local government. An act relating to street lighting.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 324, as amended, Rubio. Local government: meetings. Street lighting systems: City of Temple City.
(1) The Street Lighting Act of 1919 provides for an alternative system for making improvements to street lighting systems, as defined. The act authorizes, when, in the opinion of the city council of any city, the public interest or convenience requires, that the city may, among other things, order that any street lighting system be maintained in or along the whole or any part of any one or more of the streets in that city.This bill would, in addition to the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple Citys existing authority to perform specified maintenance and operations under the Street Lighting Act of 1919, authorize that district to also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972.(2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Temple City.Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide notice of the time and place for holding regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act defines local agency for these purposes to include any district, political subdivision, or local public agency.This bill would clarify that the list of entities subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act includes infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, affordable housing authorities, and community revitalization and investment authorities.
(1) The Street Lighting Act of 1919 provides for an alternative system for making improvements to street lighting systems, as defined. The act authorizes, when, in the opinion of the city council of any city, the public interest or convenience requires, that the city may, among other things, order that any street lighting system be maintained in or along the whole or any part of any one or more of the streets in that city.
This bill would, in addition to the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple Citys existing authority to perform specified maintenance and operations under the Street Lighting Act of 1919, authorize that district to also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972.
(2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Temple City.
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide notice of the time and place for holding regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act defines local agency for these purposes to include any district, political subdivision, or local public agency.
This bill would clarify that the list of entities subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act includes infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, affordable housing authorities, and community revitalization and investment authorities.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. In addition to the districts authority to perform street lighting maintenance and operations as specified in Section 18030 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple City may also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to Sections 22525 and 22531 of the Streets and Highways Code.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to perform immediate maintenance and make improvements in the City of Temple City.SECTION 1.Section 54951 of the Government Code is amended to read:54951.As used in this chapter, local agency means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, infrastructure financing district, enhanced infrastructure financing district, affordable housing authority, community revitalization and investment authority, or any board, commission or agency thereof, or other local public agency.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. In addition to the districts authority to perform street lighting maintenance and operations as specified in Section 18030 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple City may also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to Sections 22525 and 22531 of the Streets and Highways Code.
SECTION 1. In addition to the districts authority to perform street lighting maintenance and operations as specified in Section 18030 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple City may also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to Sections 22525 and 22531 of the Streets and Highways Code.
SECTION 1. In addition to the districts authority to perform street lighting maintenance and operations as specified in Section 18030 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Landscaping and Lighting District of the City of Temple City may also perform maintenance and make improvements pursuant to Sections 22525 and 22531 of the Streets and Highways Code.
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SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to perform immediate maintenance and make improvements in the City of Temple City.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to perform immediate maintenance and make improvements in the City of Temple City.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to perform immediate maintenance and make improvements in the City of Temple City.
### SEC. 2.
As used in this chapter, local agency means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, infrastructure financing district, enhanced infrastructure financing district, affordable housing authority, community revitalization and investment authority, or any board, commission or agency thereof, or other local public agency.