Bill Text: CA AB1924 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1924

CA State Legislature page for AB1924

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Bill Title: Sacramento Regional Transit District.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-30 - Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. [AB1924 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1924-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 06, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1924

Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyen
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Flora, Hoover, and McCarty)
(Coauthors: Senators Ashby and Niello)

January 25, 2024

An act to amend Sections 102051, 102052.5, and 102055 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1924, as amended, Stephanie Nguyen. Sacramento Regional Transit District.

~~Existing law~~

The Sacramento Regional Transit District Act provides for the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to providing public transit services. ~~Existing law~~ The act authorizes the district to comprise the Cities of Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West Sacramento, and Woodland, the territory of the County of Sacramento that is the same area as the urban service area of the county, and other specified portions of the County of Yolo, provided those cities and counties have agreed to annexation by the district, as specified.

This bill would authorize the district to also comprise the Cities of Galt and Isleton, and the unincorporated portions of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate, provided the cities and county agree to annexation, as specified.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 102051 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

102051.

(a) The district may comprise any city within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento, the Cities of Davis, Roseville, West Sacramento, and Woodland, and the following described territory of the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo, to the extent the territory is not included in the above-mentioned cities:

(1) That portion of the territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area of the County of Sacramento, as adopted and as hereafter amended, and any other portion of the unincorporated territory within the boundaries of the County of Sacramento where the county has declared a need for the district to operate.

(2) The unincorporated territory of the County of Yolo that may be included is described as follows:

(A) Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., M.D.B. & M.; thence north ¹/₂ mile along the west line of Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 4 E., to the west ¹/₄ corner of Sec. 30; thence east¹/₂ mile to the center of Sec. 30; thence north ¹/₈ mile, more or less, to the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970, the point being on the centerline of Tule Lake Road; thence northeasterly along the north line of Swamp Land Survey No. 970 to the centerline of the Sacramento River; thence easterly and southerly down and along the Sacramento River to the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815; thence northwesterly along the south line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to its southwest corner; thence northeasterly along the west line of Swamp Land Survey No. 815 to a point where it is intersected by the quarter section line running east and west through Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E.; thence west ³/₄ mile, more or less, to the east ¹/₄ corner of Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 3 E.; thence north 5¹/₂ miles, more or less, to the point of beginning.

(B) Beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route 113 and the Yolo County line southern boundary; thence easterly along the Yolo County line southern boundary to the Davis City Limits; thence meandering along the Davis City Limits to Russell Boulevard; thence westerly along Russell Boulevard to Route 113; thence southerly along Route 113 to the point of beginning.

(b) For purposes of this section, any reference to an avenue, boulevard, highway, railroad, road, or street includes the right-of-way thereof.

SEC. 2.

Section 102052.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

102052.5.

(a) The boundaries of the district shall include all of the following:

(1) The City of Sacramento.

(2) The City of Rancho Cordova.

(3) The unincorporated territory of the County of Sacramento that is within the urban service area, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, and not otherwise divided from the rest of the unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area by an incorporated city not previously described in this subdivision.

(4) A city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 that has annexed to the district pursuant to the process specified in Section 102055.

(5) A city incorporated on or after January 1, 2016, which city consists entirely of territory that was included in the district before the city’s incorporation.

(b) (1) The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city or territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in this section.

(2) Where territory outside the district is annexed to any city included in the district, that territory shall, upon the completion of the annexation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.

(3) Where territory is incorporated as a new city, on or after January 1, 2016, and is partly within and partly outside the district, the entire territory shall, upon completion of the incorporation proceeding, be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district.

(4) Where territory that is within the boundaries of the district is annexed to any city that is not a member entity, that territory shall remain part of the district unless, at the time of annexation, both of the following apply:

(A) No transit service is operated by the district within the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory.

(B) No transit service is planned by the district, as evidenced by the district’s adopted short-range transit plan, for the annexed territory or within one-half mile of any outside boundary of the annexed territory within five years of the annexation, in which case that territory may be detached from the district if the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission determines, during the annexation proceedings, that the area would be better served by the annexing city than the district. The detachment may be accomplished without proceeding with the detachment process in Section 102056.

(c) Whenever territory is deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district pursuant to this section, that territory shall be subject to taxation, in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property in that territory for general district purposes and for payment of any indebtedness previously or thereafter incurred by the district.

SEC. 3.

Section 102055 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

102055.

(a) Any city or county authorized to join the district pursuant to Section 102051 may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this section.

(b) ~~The legislative body of the city or county proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation,~~ Annexation shall only be effective if the legislative body of the city or county that requests to be annexed to the district agrees in writing with the board of directors upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement, among other things, may provide for any of the following:

(1) The levy and collection of special taxes within the city or unincorporated area of the county in addition to the taxes otherwise provided for in this part.

(2) The fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district.

(3) The incurring or assumption of indebtedness.

(4) The making of a payment or payments.

(5) The transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the city or county.