Change of organization: cities: disincorporation.

(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, requires the executive officer of a local agency formation commission to prepare a comprehensive fiscal analysis for any proposal that includes a disincorporation, as specified. Existing law requires the comprehensive fiscal analysis to include, among other things, a review and documentation of specified costs associated with the proposed disincorporation. This bill would additionally require the comprehensive fiscal analysis to include a review and documentation of all current and long-term liabilities of the city proposed for disincorporation and the potential financing mechanism or mechanisms to address any identified shortfalls and obligations, as specified. (2) The act states the intent of the Legislature that a proposal that includes a disincorporation of a city result in a determination that the debt or contractual obligations and responsibilities of the city being disincorporated be the responsibility of the same territory for repayment. To ascertain this information, the act requires the city being disincorporated to provide a written statement that includes specified information relating to its debts and contractual obligations. This bill would additionally require that statement to include the amount of any assessment due the city that is unpaid or uncollected. (3) The act requires the county tax collector to collect a tax that has been levied by the disincorporated city that remains uncollected. This bill would additionally require the county tax collector to collect an assessment that has been levied by the disincorporated city that remains uncollected. By imposing new duties on local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) The act requires the board of supervisors to provide for the collection of debts due to a city being disincorporated and to wind up its affairs, as specified. This bill would instead require the governing board of the successor to provide for the collection of debts due to the city and to wind up its affairs, as specified. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.