CaliforniaResidential projects: fees and charges.
What it does
Existing law, the Mitigation Fee Act, imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, existing law imposes various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except as specified.
More detail
Existing law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an application for service is received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the connection activities.
This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above.
Existing law also authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities earlier than the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities related to providing water, sewer, or wastewater service to the residential development.
This bill would also require the fees or charges to be consistent with an existing provision of law prohibiting a local agency from imposing fees or charges for water or sewer connections that exceed the estimated reasonable cost for providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed, except as specified.
Existing law also authorizes a local agency to require the payment of fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities earlier than the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities related to providing fire, public safety, and emergency services to the residential development.
This bill would revise that provision to specify that those public improvements or facilities related to providing fire, public safety, and emergency services include parkland and recreational facilities identified in the local agency's safety element or local hazard mitigation plan for an emergency purpose, as specified.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Oct 10Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 10Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Sep 10Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 2817.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB499 Stern Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 3In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 499 Stern Senate Third Reading By Ransom. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 3Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 12. Page 2877.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 20Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 20Read third time and amended.Major
- Jul 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 7Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 3From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2).Major
- Jul 2
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 1270.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 8Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.Major
- May 7From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1038.) (May 7).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 30From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Apr 8Set for hearing May 7.
- Apr 7April 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 30.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Mar 27Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Mar 27Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Mar 27April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Major
- Mar 24Set for hearing April 8.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced