republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-612.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks and recreation: districts: repayment of indebtedness."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the creation and powers and duties of regional park districts, regional park and open-space districts, and regional open-space districts. Existing law authorizes those districts to acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities by means of a plan to borrow money or by purchase on contract. Existing law requires indebtedness that is incurred in that manner to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 10% per annum, or if higher, not exceeding the rate provided under provisions governing issuance of local general obligation bonds. Under existing law, indebtedness that is incurred in that manner on or after July 1, 1982, is generally required to be repaid during a period that does not exceed 20 years from the date on which it is incurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 612"
citation: "California AB 612 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks and recreation: districts: repayment of indebtedness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49c9c1f7-0995-4434-ba9d-67a680a5edb4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612"
source_hash: "084547babcd15d4635b9fde672b0365caa6efe9e8bb8e57a4541c00376344b08"
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 612 (20112012) — Parks and recreation: districts: repayment of indebtedness.

(1) Existing law provides for the creation and powers and duties of regional park districts, regional park and open-space districts, and regional open-space districts. Existing law authorizes those districts to acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities by means of a plan to borrow money or by purchase on contract. Existing law requires indebtedness that is incurred in that manner to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 10% per annum, or if higher, not exceeding the rate provided under provisions governing issuance of local general obligation bonds. Under existing law, indebtedness that is incurred in that manner on or after July 1, 1982, is generally required to be repaid during a period that does not exceed 20 years from the date on which it is incurred.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612&version=20110AB61299INT)
2. **05/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612&version=20110AB61298AMD)
3. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612&version=20110AB61297AMD)
4. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612&version=20110AB61295CHP)
5. **AB612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612)
6. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB612&version=20110AB61296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 612 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB612 Gordon By Simitian — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 612 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1442.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1713.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2226.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 104, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49c9c1f7-0995-4434-ba9d-67a680a5edb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).