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CA AB2376
Bill
Status
9/10/2018
Primary Sponsor
Mark Stone
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AI Summary
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Expands standing to challenge illegal expenditures by local agencies to include any resident (defined as a person who lives, works, owns property, or attends school in the jurisdiction) in addition to corporations.
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Broadens the definition of "local agency" to include cities, towns, counties, districts, public authorities, and any other political subdivision in the state, beyond the previous limitation to counties, towns, cities, and city and counties.
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Clarifies that any tax funding the defendant local agency confers standing as a taxpayer, including income tax, sales and use tax, transaction and use tax initially paid by consumers to retailers, property tax (including tenant payments), and business license tax.
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Actions brought to enjoin public improvement projects receive special calendar precedence over all other civil matters except those with equal precedence granted by law.
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Preserves the existing prohibition on injunctions restraining the offering, sale, or issuance of municipal bonds for public improvements or public utilities.
Legislative Description
Civil actions: provisional remedies: injunctions.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2018.
9/10/2018