AB829:v94#DOCUMENTBill Start
Assembly Bill
No. 829
CHAPTER 800
An act to add Section 50204 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to local government.
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Approved by
Governor
September 27, 2018.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 27, 2018.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 829, Chiu.
Local government: funding: state-assisted projects.
Existing law authorizes a local government to fund all or a part of a housing project or development. Existing law states legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for affordable housing and local authority to approve housing developments.
This bill would prohibit the award, availability, or utilization of state assistance, as defined, for any housing development that is subject to a requirement as a threshold or condition for applying or being eligible for the award of any funding
that the development proponent receive a letter of acknowledgment, letter of approval, or similar document from a legislative body of a local agency or from a member of a local legislative body.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
NO
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 50204 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50204.
State assistance shall not be awarded to, or otherwise available to or utilized in, any housing development that is subject to a requirement as a threshold or condition to apply or be eligible for the award of any funding
that the development proponent receive a letter of acknowledgment, letter of approval, or similar document from the legislative body of a local agency or from a member of a local legislative body. For purposes of this section, “state assistance” includes any state
funds, a state tax credit, or a federal tax credit administered by the state.