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Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUN;CATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS SB 868 (Dunn). Prevailing Wages. This new law provides that per diem wages shall additionally be deemed to include worker protec- tion and assistance programs or committees, and industry advancement and collective bargaining agreement administrative fees. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chapter 905, Statues of 2003; Position: Oppose. SB 966 (Alarcon) _Prevailing Wages on Public Works: Contractor's Cost. This law authorizes a contractor to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from an awarding body labor costs, penalties, and legal fees where the awarding body affirmatively repre- sented in writing that the work was not a public work or the awarding body received actual written notice from the DIR that the project was a public work but failed to disclose that fact to the contrac- tor. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chapter 804, Statues of 2003; Position: Op- pose. AB 453 (Yee). Public Works Contracts: Compensation of Contractors. This law pro- vides that when a project for the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any structure, building, or road, or other improvement of any kind is competitively bid and any intended or actual award of the contract is challenged, the contract may be entered into pending final decision on the challenge. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chapter 678, Statues of 2003; Posi- tion: Oppose. SB 460 (Alpert). Transportation Funding Maintenance of Effort. This law suspends the current MOE requirements in AB 2928 for cities and counties during any fiscal year in which the transfer of revenues from the General Fund (GF) to the Transportation Investment Fund (TIF) is suspended under provisions in the state constitu- tion as added by Proposition 42 during the March 2002 election. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chapter 716, Statues of 2003; Posi- tion: Support. HOUSING AND LAND USE AB 944 (Steinberg). Parking and Business Improvement Areas. Benefit Assessments. This measure makes Business Improvement Districts (BID) law more flexible for local govem- ments. AB 944 enhances city capacity for estab- lishing and managing these districts by expanding city authority to collect assessments to support local efforts to provide improvements and promote activities that benefit real property or business in a designated improvement area. Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: Signed, Chapter 763, Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. AB 218 (Simitian) Housing Elements: Definitions. AB 218 requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to defer to the Department of Finance in any disputes over the application of the "housing unit" definition. The bill directs the Department of Finance to make a written determination about the dispute based on the most recent definition of a housing unit from the United States Census Bureau. Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: Vetoed; Position: Support. AB 1631 (Salinas). School Facilities. AB 1631 will allow a school district to receive a supplemental grant if it wishes to replace a school's current facility with a multi -story building without requiring the school to operate on an multi- track, year -round (MTYR) schedule. Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: Signed, Chapter 904, Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AB 71 (Horton). Tobacco Retail Licensing. AB 71 would establish a statewide licensing Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 5