SB 1404

This bill prohibits a municipality, or an instrumentality of a municipality, from taking any action that affects, or has the potential to affect , the tax obligations, fees, or other costs for real property owners whose property is located outside a municipality's corporate boundary, unless the action is approved by the county legislative body in which such property is located. JOINT ECONOMIC AN D COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARDS Present law requires each county to establish a joint economic and community development board, the purpose of which is to foster communication relative to economic and community development between and among governmental entities, industry, and private citizens. Community development is authorized to include initiatives to address issues impacting communities that are not directly related to economic growth but hinder development such as drug abuse and crime. By July 1 , 2029, this bill requires at least 90% of a county's population that is represented by such a board to be proportionately represented on a per capita basis by the members of such board. After July 1, 2029, each board must remain in compliance with this b ill. To facilitate this bill, as existing board members' terms expire, newly appointed or elected members, in addition to satisfying all other criteria for appointment or election, are only qualified if their election or appointment revises the board's re presentation of a county's population in a manner that incrementally brings the board into compliance with this bill on or before July 1, 2029. TRANSITION MECHANISM This bill requires t he department of economic and community development, in consultatio n with representatives of such boards, to promulgate rules to create the mechanism by which each board must incrementally transition . The mechanism must do all of the following, as necessary by the jurisdiction:  Provide for a percentage deviation of no more than 5% below the ideal average population representation prescribed by this bill .  A djust the number of members on a board to facilitate compliance this bill .  B e adjusted every 10 years following the release of the most recent federal decennial census.