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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1732
Introduced by Assembly Member Flora

February 22, 2019

An act to add Section 34177.9 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to redevelopment.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1732, as amended, Flora. Redevelopment: successor agencies: asset disposal: City of Manteca.
Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things, dispose of assets and properties of the former redevelopment agency as directed by the oversight board of the successor agency. Existing law requires a successor agency to dispose of specified assets and properties of the former redevelopment expeditiously and in a manner aimed at maximizing value.
This bill would authorize the successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Manteca to dispose of assets previously used as Qualex Incorporated, as defined, to a nonprofit organization that provides resources to homeless and low-income individuals, provided that the agency requires that the property be used for those purposes. If that property is no longer used for these purposes, the bill would deem the property to be the surplus property of the City of Manteca and require that it be sold to a local public agency or a housing sponsor, as those terms are defined, and used to develop affordable housing units. to be sold at market rate. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding the public purpose served by the bill.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Manteca.
Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 34177.9 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
34177.9. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 34177, and subdivision (a) of Section 34181, the successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Manteca may dispose of assets previously used as Qualex Incorporated for an amount less than fair market value provided that the agency requires that the property be used to provide resources to homeless and low-income individuals.
(b) (1)If the property described in subdivision (a) is no longer used for the purposes specified in subdivision (a), then that property shall be deemed surplus property of the City of Manteca. Manteca to be sold at market rate.

(2)If the property described in subdivision (a) is deemed surplus pursuant to this subdivision, then that property shall be sold to a local public entity, as that term is defined in Section 50079, or a housing sponsor, as that term is defined in Section 50074, and used for the purpose of developing affordable housing units.

(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Assets previously used as Qualex Incorporated” means the property located at 555 Industrial Park Drive in the City of Manteca.
(2) “Dispose of” means to transfer or sell the property described in paragraph (1) to a nonprofit organization that provides resources to homeless and low-income individuals.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that the addition of Section 34177.9 to the Health and Safety Code by this act serves the public purpose of encouraging the provision of resources for homeless and low-income individuals, and does not constitute a gift of public funds within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Manteca to ensure that the assets of the former redevelopment agency are disposed of in a way that provides the maximum benefit to the community. .