SB 563: Air pollution control districts and air quality management districts: dependent and independent special districts: funding.

Existing law provides for the establishment of air pollution control districts and air quality management districts. Existing law declares a district a body corporate and politic and a public agency of the state, and prescribes the general powers and duties of a district. Existing law authorizes a district to receive funding from specified sources, including, but not limited to, grants, permit fees, and penalties. Existing law also defines dependent special districts and independent special districts for purposes of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.

This bill would designate a district as an independent a special district for purposes of receiving state funds or funds disbursed by the state, including federal funds. The bill would also require, if eligibility for funds requires a district to be considered either a dependent or an independent special district, the entity distributing those funds to use the definitions for those terms set forth in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, as specified, to determine eligibility.