SEC. 2.
As used in this act:(a) “Public body” means all of the following:
(1) The state and all departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and authorities of the state. Except as provided in paragraph (2), “public body” also means all cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, authorities, agencies, boards, commissions, and other entities, whether created by a general statute or a special act, including, but not limited to, the following:
Agencies, boards, commissions, or entities constituted or provided for under or pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
the Government Code).
Affordable housing authorities.
Air pollution control districts of any kind.
Air quality management districts.
Airport districts.
Assessment districts, benefit assessment districts, and special assessment districts of any public body.
Bridge and highway districts.
California water districts.
Citrus pest control districts.
City maintenance districts.
Climate resilience districts.
Community college districts.
Community development commissions in their capacity to act as a housing
authority for other community development purposes of the jurisdiction in which the commission operates, except for any action taken with respect to the commission’s authority to act as a community redevelopment agency.
Community facilities districts.
Community rehabilitation districts.
Community revitalization and investment authorities.
Community services districts.
Conservancy districts.
Cotton pest abatement districts.
County boards of education.
County drainage districts.
County flood control and water districts.
County free library systems.
County maintenance districts.
County sanitation districts.
County service areas.
County transportation commissions.
County water agencies.
County water authorities.
County water districts.
County waterworks districts.
Department of Water Resources and other agencies acting pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11100) of Division 6 of the Water Code.
Distribution districts of any public body.
Districts acting pursuant to Section 53395.82 of the Government Code.
Drainage districts.
Enhanced infrastructure financing districts.
Fire protection districts.
Flood control and water conservation districts.
Flood control districts.
Garbage and refuse disposal districts.
Garbage disposal districts.
Geologic hazard abatement districts.
Harbor districts.
Harbor improvement districts.
Harbor, recreation, and conservation districts.
Health care authorities.
Highway districts.
Highway interchange districts.
Highway lighting districts.
Housing authorities.
Improvement districts or improvement areas of any public body.
Industrial development authorities.
Infrastructure financing districts.
Integrated financing districts.
Irrigation districts.
Joint highway districts.
Levee districts.
Library districts.
Library districts in unincorporated towns and villages.
Local agency formation commissions.
Local health care districts.
Local
health districts.
Local hospital districts.
Local transportation authorities or commissions.
Maintenance districts.
Memorial districts.
Metropolitan transportation commissions.
Metropolitan water districts.
Mosquito abatement and vector control districts.
Multifamily improvement districts.
Municipal improvement districts.
Municipal utility districts.
Municipal water districts.
Nonprofit corporations.
Nonprofit public benefit corporations.
Open-space maintenance districts.
Parking and business improvement areas.
Parking authorities.
Parking districts.
Permanent road divisions.
Pest abatement districts.
Police protection districts.
Port districts.
Property and business improvement areas.
Protection districts.
Public cemetery districts.
Public utility districts.
Rapid transit districts.
Reclamation districts.
Recreation and park districts.
Regional justice facility financing agencies.
Regional park and open-space districts.
Regional planning districts.
Regional transportation commissions.
Resort improvement districts.
Resource conservation districts.
River port districts.
Road maintenance districts.
Sanitary districts.
School districts of any kind or class.
School facilities improvement districts.
Separation of grade districts.
Service authorities for freeway emergencies.
Sewer districts.
Sewer maintenance districts.
Small craft harbor districts.
Special municipal tax districts.
Stone and pome fruit pest control districts.
Storm drain maintenance districts.
Storm drainage districts.
Storm drainage maintenance districts.
Stormwater districts.
Toll tunnel authorities.
Traffic authorities.
Transit development boards.
Transit districts.
Unified and union school districts’ public libraries.
Vehicle parking districts.
Water agencies.
Water authorities.
Water conservation districts.
Water districts.
Water replenishment districts.
Water storage districts.
Watermaster districts.
Wine grape pest and disease control districts.
Zones, improvement zones, or service zones of any public body.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a “public body” does not include any of the following:
(A) A community redevelopment agency formed pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code).
(B) A community development commission, with respect to its exercise of the powers of a community redevelopment agency.
(C) A joint powers authority that includes a community redevelopment agency or a community development commission as a member, with respect to its exercise of the powers of a community redevelopment agency.
(3) “Public body” includes both of the following:
(A) The successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco, solely for the purpose of issuing bonds or incurring other
indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of Section 34177.7 of the Health and Safety Code.
(B) A successor agency, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 34171 of the Health and Safety Code, solely for the purpose of issuing bonds or incurring other indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of Section 34177.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Bonds” means all instruments evidencing an indebtedness of a public body incurred or to be incurred for any public purpose, all leases, installment purchase agreements, or similar agreements wherein the obligor is one or more public bodies, all instruments evidencing the borrowing of money in anticipation of taxes, revenues, or other income of that body, all instruments payable from revenues or special funds of those public bodies, all certificates of participation evidencing interests in the leases, installment purchase agreements, or
similar agreements, and all instruments funding, refunding, replacing, or amending any thereof or any indebtedness.
(c) “Hereafter” means any time subsequent to the effective date of this act.
(d) “Heretofore” means any time prior to the effective date of this act.
(e) “Now” means the effective date of this act.