AB 1819: Enhanced infrastructure financing districts: public capital facilities: wildfires.

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance. Existing law authorizes the districts governing board to issue, by majority vote, bonds, as specified.

This bill would additionally authorize an enhanced infrastructure financing district that is at least partially in high or very high fire hazard severity zones designated by the State Fire Marshal, as specified, to finance heavy equipment to be used for vegetation clearance and firebreaks, undergrounding of local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, against wildfires, and equipment used for fire watch, prevention, and fighting. However, the bill would prohibit districts from using the proceeds of the above-described bonds for heavy equipment to be used for vegetation clearance and firebreaks and equipment used for fire watch, prevention, and fighting.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 53398.50 and 53398.52 of the Government Code proposed by SB 1140 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1140 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.