California Government Code

§ 56815.2

GOV § 56815.2 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 3 · Title 5 · Part 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

By July 1, 2001, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the Controller, shall convene a task force composed of representatives of cities, counties, special districts, and local agency formation commissions, as nominated by their statewide organizations and associations, with expertise in local government fiscal issues for the purpose of creating statewide guidelines for the incorporation process. The guidelines shall be completed by January 1, 2002, by the Office of Planning and Research and shall serve as minimum statewide guidelines for the incorporation process. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, information to assist incorporation proponents to understand the incorporation process, its timelines, and likely costs. They shall also provide direction to affected agencies regarding the type of information that should be included in the comprehensive fiscal analysis of an incorporation, as well as suggestions for alternative ways to achieve fiscally neutral incorporations. The guidelines shall be advisory to the commissions in the review of incorporation proposals.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 124. Effective January 1, 2001.