California Government Code

§ 53398

GOV § 53398 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 2 · Title 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 2.9 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that the North American Free Trade Agreement has resulted in a dramatic increase in trade with Mexico. In 1998 companies in California exported over $13.3 billion worth of goods to Mexico, and more than 80,000 jobs throughout the state are the direct result of this trade. This increased trade has strained the inadequate public infrastructure in the region just north of the international border.

(b)The Legislature further finds and declares that there is a significant opportunity for industrial development, including high technology and biotechnology manufacturing, in the region along the border. However, this region lacks the public infrastructure necessary to support new development or to provide for the rapid and reliable delivery of supplies to, and distribution of products from, companies throughout the state.

(c)The Legislature finds and declares that the state and federal governments have withdrawn in whole or in part from their former role in financing infrastructure facilities, including highways, roads and interchanges, sewage facilities and water reclamation works, water supply and treatment works, flood control and drainage works, schools, libraries, parks, parking facilities, open space, and seismic retrofit and rehabilitation of public facilities.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 773, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.