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AB-31 Central Valley Infrastructure Grant Program.(2001-2002)

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Assembly Bill No. 31
CHAPTER 746

An act to add and repeal Chapter 14.6 (commencing with Section 50870) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to economic development, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

[ Approved by Governor  October 11, 2001. Filed with Secretary of State  October 12, 2001. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 31, Reyes. Central Valley Infrastructure Grant Program.
Existing law sets forth the duties of the Department of Housing and Community Development with respect to various community development programs in the state.
This bill would establish until January 1, 2007, the Central Valley Infrastructure Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purpose of providing grants, beginning September 1, 2001, for qualifying projects to rural small cities in the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 14.6 (commencing with Section 50870) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
CHAPTER  14.6. Central Valley Infrastructure Grant Program

50870.
 (a) The Central Valley Infrastructure Grant Program is hereby established in the department for the purpose of furthering economic development in rural small cities in the central San Joaquin Valley through developing and repairing necessary public infrastructure. Priority for funding shall be given to infrastructure projects such as streets, water, sewer, utilities, or telecommunication projects, or other necessary public infrastructure to facilitate business development, retention, or expansion.
(b) Money appropriated pursuant to Item 2240-101-0001 of Section 2.00 in the Budget Act of 2001 shall be used exclusively to provide for grants, not to exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) each, to rural small cities with a median income of 80 percent or less of the state median income, within the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin.
(c) Grants administered pursuant to this section shall be used solely for projects qualifying for funding under this chapter.
(d) Grants shall be administered beginning September 1, 2001.
(e) For purposes of this section, “small city” means a city with a population of less than 100,000, or an unincorporated community with a population of less than 20,000, based on the estimated 2000 figures of the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, not more than 15 percent of the financing may be expended for educational facilities, environmental mitigation measures, and parks and recreational facilities.
(g) For projects located in unincorporated communities, the contracting entity shall be the county in which the community is located. No county may receive more than one grant. As a condition of receiving funds, the grantee jurisdiction shall have an adopted housing element that the Department of Housing and Community Development has determined, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(h) The program shall be operated through guidelines that shall include competitive criteria, determined by the department, which shall include, but not be limited to, project benefits, leverage of state funds, median income that is 80 percent or less of the state median income, unemployment levels, and other appropriate indicators of need. In addition, the guidelines shall ensure, to the extent feasible, a reasonable geographic distribution of funds. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

50871.
 The department shall determine how many grants were administered pursuant to this chapter, as well as the geographic distribution of these grants, and provide this information within the report that the department provides pursuant to Section 50408.

50872.
 This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2007, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends that date.

SEC. 2.

 Due to the unique circumstances of the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin with respect to the growth needs of agricultural areas moving toward competitiveness in a technology-based economy, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution. Therefore, the special legislation contained in Section 1, inclusive, of this act is necessarily applicable only to the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin.

SEC. 3.

 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order that grants may be made pursuant to the Central Valley Infrastructure Grant Program at the earliest possible time to further economic development in rural small cities in the central San Joaquin Valley, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.