AB 857 (Wiggins)
Infrastructure planning: Priorities and Funding.
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
AB 857, Wiggins.
(1) Existing law requires the Governor, in conjunction with the Governor’s Budget, to submit annually to the Legislature a proposed 5-year infrastructure plan containing specified information concerning infrastructure needed by state agencies, schools, and postsecondary educational institutions and a proposal for funding the needed infrastructure.
This bill would clarify the information that is required to be included in a proposal for funding state infrastructure identified in the 5-year plan.
(2) Existing law requires the Governor to prepare and cause to be maintained, reviewed, and revised a comprehensive State Environmental Goals and Policy Report. This bill would require any revision to the report on and after January 1, 2004, to provide that the goals are consistent with state planning priorities, and would require a state agency that requests infrastructure to specify how that infrastructure is consistent with those priorities. This bill would define those priorities, which relate to infrastructure that supports infill development and redevelopment, cultural and historic resources, environmental and agricultural resources, and efficient development patterns.
(3) Existing law establishes proceedings for the mediation and resolution of land use disputes and makes those proceedings applicable to specified actions filed prior to January 1, 2002.
This bill would extend that date to January 1, 2006.
