Section 91531 Of Article 2. Industrial Development Authorities From California Government Code >> Title 10. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (a) At any time following adoption of the resolution of
intention, the board shall request that the commission make the
determinations authorized by this section and shall provide for
transmission to the commission of the fee required by the commission
and such information as may be required by the commission.
(b) The commission shall review the submission and shall, by
express findings on the basis of the submission, determine compliance
with the following criteria:
(1) Public benefits, determined in accordance with the policy
stated in Section 91502.1, from the use of the facilities, including
equipment, likely will substantially exceed any public detriment from
issuance of bonds in the estimated principal amount proposed in the
application.
(2) Neither the completion of the project nor the operation of the
facilities will have the proximate effect of relocation of any
substantial operations of the company from one area of the state to
another or in the abandonment of any substantial operations of the
company within other areas of the state, or, if the completion or
operation will have either of the effects, then the completion or
operation is reasonably necessary to prevent the relocation of any
substantial operations of the company from an area within the state
to an area outside the state.
(3) The proposed issuance of bonds qualifies for issuance under
the provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 91570).
(c) For those projects qualified under Section 1401 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), or
any amendments thereto, the commission shall review the submission
and shall, by express findings on the basis of the submission,
determine compliance with criteria contained in that act.
(d) Written notification of the determinations of the commission
shall be given to the authority.
(e) Upon failure of the commission to make determinations as to
compliance with the criteria within 60 days of the receipt of the
submission, unless the time is extended by written consent of the
authority, the commission shall lose jurisdiction to make the
determinations, and the authority shall determine compliance with the
criteria.
(f) A proposed issuance of refunding bonds shall be evaluated
solely under the requirement of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b),
upon request of the board following the determination provided for in
subdivision (j) of Section 91527.
(g) Determinations of the commission or of an authority as
provided in subdivision (j) of Section 91527, Section 91530, and this
section shall be final and conclusive.
(h) The authority shall not deliver bonds for the project until
this section has been complied with.
(i) It is the intention of the Legislature that submissions be
reviewed by the commission individually and not comparatively and
that determinations be made generally in the order of receipt of the
submissions. To the extent consistent with accomplishment of the
public purposes as provided in Section 91502, priority consideration
shall be given submissions on behalf of small and medium-size
companies. To the extent that the public benefits finding under
paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of this section is based on
employment benefits under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section
91502.1, the following considerations, as alternatives to each
other, may in accordance with the submission, additionally be
considered in making such finding:
(1) The willingness of the company to provide for the screening
for employment of (i) individuals affected by industrial relocations
or abandonments, (ii) new entrants or reentrants to the workforce,
(iii) unemployed or partially unemployed individuals who are
registered for work at a public employment office or other approved
place pursuant to Section 1253 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, or
(iv) individuals participating in job training or placement programs
directly calculated to increase employability or improve the
employment of these individuals.
(2) The location of the facilities in or conveniently accessible
to a portion of the workforce residing within an economically
distressed area of the state or an area of the state affected by
industrial depression or decline.
An adverse finding shall not be made merely because each of such
alternative considerations is inapplicable if the facilities are
located in or are conveniently accessible to a portion of the
workforce residing within a pocket of economic distress or an area of
the state largely rural in character.