Land use: Subdivision Map Act: expiration dates.

(1) The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The act requires an approved tentative map or vesting tentative map to expire 24 months after its approval, or after an additional period of time prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed 12 months. However, the act extends the expiration date of certain approved tentative maps and vesting tentative maps, as specified. This bill would, within the County of Butte, authorize the legislative body to extend the expiration date, by up to 36 months, of any approved tentative map or vesting tentative map that meets certain criteria, including that it was approved on or after January 1, 2006, and not later than March 31, 2019, and that it relates to the construction of single or multifamily housing, as specified. By adding to the procedures that local agency officials must follow, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require any legislative, administrative, or other approval by any state agency that pertains to a development project included in a map that is extended pursuant to these provisions to be extended by 36 months, as specified. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Butte. (3) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.