Bill Text: CA AB1260 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Joint Exercise of Powers Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1260 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1260-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1260 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 22, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Thurmond
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to add Sections 6531.3 and 53398.63.5
6531.3, 53398.63.5, and 63037 to the Government Code,
relating to local government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1260, as amended, Thurmond. Joint Exercise of Powers Act.
The Joint Exercise of Powers Act generally authorizes 2 or more
public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any power common
to them under specified conditions.
This bill would specifically authorize the University of
California and either the City of Richmond, or an enhanced
infrastructure financing district created by the City or Richmond, or
both, to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of
financing infrastructure and other improvements within the area of
the South Shoreline Specific Plan and the Berkeley Global Campus at
Richmond Bay, located within the City of Richmond, if the University
of California and the City of Richmond have entered into a specified
agreement.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county
to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district, adopt an
infrastructure financing plan, and issue bonds, for which only the
district is liable, upon approval by 55% of the voters and to finance
public capital facilities or other specified projects of
communitywide significance. Existing law requires a district to
create an infrastructure financing plan and requires that plan to
include the date on which the district will cease to exist and all
tax allocation to the district will end. Existing law limits this
date to 45 years from the date on which the issuance of bonds is
approved by the voters of the district, or the issuance of a loan is
approved by the governing board of a local agency.
This bill would extend that date to 55 years for a district
created by the City of Richmond and any other consenting taxing
agencies if the University of California and the City of Richmond or
a district created by the City of Richmond, or both, enter into a
joint powers agreement as described in this bill. The bill would
provide that upon the creation of an authority pursuant to these
provisions, the area of the South Shoreline Specific Plan and the
Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay are deemed disadvantaged
communities for purposes of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act.
The Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Act establishes the California Infrastructure and Economic
Development Bank within GO-Biz to, among other things, assist in the
promotion of economic development throughout the state.
This bill would require any loan made by the bank to the City of
Richmond or an authority created pursuant to these provisions, to
carry a 0% interest rate.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the development of the
Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay.
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 6531.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
6531.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law,
the University of California may enter into a joint powers agreement
with the City of Richmond or an enhanced infrastructure financing
district created by the City of Richmond pursuant to Chapter 2.99
(commencing with Section 53398.50) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title
5, or both, for the purpose of financing infrastructure and other
improvements within the area of the South Shoreline Specific Plan and
the Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay if the University of
California and the City of Richmond have entered into an agreement
that details all commitments made by the University of California
relating to the Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay, and the
agreement includes, among any other provisions, all of the following:
(a)
(1) The creation of an Anti-Displacement Fund allocated
to the construction of affordable housing.
(b)
(2) Vocational training programs made available to
residents of the City of Richmond.
(c)
(3) A policy requiring that all wages paid for
employment on the Richmond Global Campus be at least 30 percent above
the minimum wage.
(d)
(4) An agreement with the Contra Costa Building and
Construction Trades Council to provide for the compensation and
working conditions of employees engaged in construction of the
Richmond Global Campus.
(e)
(5) An agreement that all Richmond Global Campus jobs
that are comparable to jobs performed at the University of
California, Berkeley campus will be employed by the University of
California under the same terms and conditions that govern employment
at the University of California, Berkeley.
(f)
(6) Creation of a Youth Opportunity and Education Fund.
(g)
(7) A policy providing preferential procurement
opportunities for small businesses located in the City of Richmond.
(h)
(8) Provisions for local hire requirements.
(b) If an authority is formed pursuant to this section, the area
of the South Shorelines Specific Plan and the Berkeley Global Campus
shall be deemed a disadvantaged community for purposes of the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities
Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of
Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).
SEC. 2. Section 53398.63.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
53398.63.5. Notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (d) of
Section 53398.63, if the City of Richmond or a district created by
the city or City of Richmond, or both,
enter into a joint powers agreement with the University of California
pursuant to Section 6531.3, the date on which a district created by
the City of Richmond and any other consenting taxing agencies shall
cease to exist, and at which time all tax allocation to the district
will end, shall be not more than 55 years from the date on which the
issuance of bonds is approved pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
53398.81, or the issuance of a loan is approved by the governing
board of a local agency pursuant to Section 53398.87.
SEC. 3. Section 63037 is added to the
Government Code , to read:
63037. A loan made by the bank to the City of Richmond or an
authority created pursuant to Section 6531.3 shall carry a 0 percent
interest rate.
SEC. 3. SEC. 4. The Legislature
finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general
law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of
Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique
circumstances of developing the Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond
Bay, located within the City of Richmond.
