---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation commissions: cost of incorporation proceedings."
description: "Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, authorizes a local agency formation commission to establish a schedule of fees and costs for proceedings taken pursuant to that act, including incorporation proceedings. The act authorizes the local agency formation commission to request a loan from the General Fund to cover the expenses of incorporation proceedings under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 711"
citation: "California AB 711 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation commissions: cost of incorporation proceedings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Calderon"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2010-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8013e18-d535-48ed-b269-98179d408808"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711"
source_hash: "05a322f10c2e520613e6ec20a89af7d6dad218f61828b842d7b5545972cee790"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 711 (20092010) — Local agency formation commissions: cost of incorporation proceedings.

Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, authorizes a local agency formation commission to establish a schedule of fees and costs for proceedings taken pursuant to that act, including incorporation proceedings. The act authorizes the local agency formation commission to request a loan from the General Fund to cover the expenses of incorporation proceedings under specified circumstances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71199INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71192AMD)
3. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71198AMD)
4. **04/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71191AMD)
5. **04/21/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71190AMD)
6. **04/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71189AMD)
7. **05/04/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71197AMD)
8. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71196AMD)
9. **06/07/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71187CHP)
10. **07/15/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71195AMD)
11. **08/19/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71194AMD)
12. **08/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71193AMD)
13. **AB711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711)
14. **06/01/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB711&version=20090AB71188ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB711 Charles Calderon Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 711 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 711 CALDERON Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Calderon — primary (person)
- Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — principal coauthor (person)
- Coto — principal coauthor (person)
- De La Torre — principal coauthor (person)
- De Leon — principal coauthor (person)
- Florez — principal coauthor (person)
- John A. Perez — principal coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — principal coauthor (person)
- Nava — principal coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)
- Salas — principal coauthor (person)
- Solorio — principal coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Perez — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 2063.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-24** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** (Corrected April 30.)
- **2010-04-22** (Corrected May 3.)
- **2010-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2010-04-26** (Page 3322.)
- **2010-04-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3323.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-29** (Page 4927.)
- **2010-04-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4927.)
- **2010-04-29** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29). `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-01** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 5429.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2010-06-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 25, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8013e18-d535-48ed-b269-98179d408808`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).