Bill Text: CA AB602 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Development fees: impact fee nexus study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2021. [AB602 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB602-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 602

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Introduced by Assembly Member Grayson

February 11, 2021

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An act to amend Section 66000 of the Government Code, relating to land use.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 602, as introduced, Grayson. Development fees.

The Mitigation Fee Act, among other things, prohibits a fee or exaction imposed as a condition of approval of a proposed development or development project from exceeding the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service or facility for which the fee or exaction is imposed. The act defines various terms for these purposes.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definitions under the act.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 66000 of the Government Code is amended to read:

66000.

 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Development project” means any a project undertaken for the purpose of development. “Development project” includes a project involving the issuance of a permit for construction or reconstruction, but not a permit to operate.

(b) “Fee” means a monetary exaction other than a tax or special assessment, whether established for a broad class of projects by legislation of general applicability or imposed on a specific project on an ad hoc basis, that is charged by a local agency to the applicant in connection with approval of a development project for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of public facilities related to the development project, but does not include fees specified in Section 66477, fees for processing applications for governmental regulatory actions or approvals, fees collected under pursuant to development agreements adopted pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65864) of Chapter 4, or fees collected pursuant to agreements with redevelopment agencies that provide for the redevelopment of property in furtherance or for the benefit of a redevelopment project for which a redevelopment plan has been adopted pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code).

(c) “Local agency” means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, school district, special district, authority, agency, any other municipal public corporation or district, or other political subdivision of the state.

(d) “Public facilities” includes public improvements, public services, and community amenities.