(a) Beginning January 1, 2016, successor agencies may submit a Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for approval by the oversight board and the department if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The remaining debt of a successor agency is limited to administrative costs and payments pursuant to enforceable obligations with defined payment schedules including, but not limited to, debt service, loan agreements, and contracts.
(2) All remaining obligations have been previously listed on a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule and approved for payment by the department pursuant to subdivision (m) or (o) of Section 34177.
(3) The successor agency is not a party to outstanding or unresolved litigation. Notwithstanding this provision, successor agencies that are party to Los Angeles Unified School Dist. v. County of Los Angeles (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 414 or Los Angeles Unified School District v. County of Los Angeles (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th 597, may submit a Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(b) A successor agency that meets the conditions in subdivision (a) may submit a Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to its oversight board for approval at any time. The successor agency may then submit the oversight board-approved Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to the department and only in a manner provided by the department. The Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall not be effective until reviewed and approved by the department as provided for in subdivision (c). The successor agency shall also submit a copy of the oversight board-approved Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to the county administrative officer, the county auditor-controller, and post it to the successor agency’s Internet Web site at the same time that the successor agency submits the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to the department.
(1) The Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall list the remaining enforceable obligations of the successor agency in the following order:
(A) Enforceable obligations to be funded from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund.
(B) Enforceable obligations to be funded from bond proceeds or enforceable obligations required to be funded from other legally or contractually dedicated or restricted funding sources.
(C) Loans or deferrals authorized for repayment pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 34171 or Section 34191.4.
(2) The Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall include the total outstanding obligation and a schedule of remaining payments for each enforceable obligation listed pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), and the total outstanding obligation and interest rate of 4 percent, for loans or deferrals listed pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1).
(c) The department shall have 100 days to review the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule submitted pursuant to subdivision (b). The department may make any amendments or changes to the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, provided the amendments or changes are agreed to by the successor agency in writing. If the successor agency and the department cannot come to an agreement on the proposed amendments or changes, the department shall issue a letter denying the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule. All Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedules approved by the department shall become effective on the first day of the subsequent Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund distribution period. If the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule is approved less than 15 days before the date of the property tax distribution, the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall not be effective until the subsequent Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund distribution period.
(1) Upon approval by the department, the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall establish the maximum amount of Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Funds to be distributed to the successor agency for each remaining fiscal year until all obligations have been fully paid.
(2) (A) Successor agencies may submit no more than two requests to the department to amend the approved Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule. Requests shall first be approved by the oversight board and then submitted to the department for review. A request shall not be effective until reviewed and approved by the department. The request shall be provided to the department by electronic means and in a manner of the department’s choosing. The department shall have 100 days from the date received to approve or deny the successor agency’s request. All amended Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedules approved by the department shall become effective in the subsequent Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund distribution period. If an amended Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule is approved less than 15 days before the date of the property tax distribution, the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall not be effective until the subsequent Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund distribution period.
(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), there shall be no limitation on the number of Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule amendment requests that may be submitted to the department by successor agencies that are party to either of the cases specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), provided those additional amendments are submitted for the sole purpose of complying with final judicial determinations in those cases.
(3) Any revenues, interest, and earnings of the successor agency not authorized for use pursuant to the approved Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall be remitted to the county auditor-controller for distribution to the affected taxing entities. Notwithstanding Sections 34191.3 and 34191.5, proceeds from the disposition of real property subsequent to the approval of the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule that are not necessary for the payment of an enforceable obligation shall be remitted to the county auditor-controller for distribution to the affected taxing entities.
(4) A successor agency shall not expend more than the amount approved for each enforceable obligation listed and approved on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(5) If a successor agency receives insufficient funds to pay for the enforceable obligations approved in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule in any given period, the city, county, or city and county that created the redevelopment agency may loan or grant funds to a successor agency for that period at the successor agency’s request for the sole purpose of paying for approved items on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule that would otherwise go unpaid. Any loans provided pursuant to this paragraph by the city, county, or city and county that created the redevelopment agency shall not include an interest component. Additionally, at the request of the department, the county treasurer may loan any funds from the county treasury to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund of the successor agency for the purpose of paying an item approved on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule in order to ensure prompt payments of successor agency debts. Any loans provided pursuant to this paragraph by the county treasurer shall not include an interest component. A loan made under this section shall be repaid from the source of funds approved for payment of the underlying enforceable obligation in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule once sufficient funds become available from that source. Payment of the loan shall not increase the total amount of Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund received by the successor agency as approved on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(6) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (e) of Section 34176 and subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 34191.4, commencing on the date the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule becomes effective:
(A) The maximum repayment amount of the total principal and interest on loans and deferrals authorized for repayment pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (e) of Section 34176 or Section 34191.4 and listed and approved in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule shall be 15 percent of the moneys remaining in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund after the allocation of moneys in each six-month period pursuant to Section 34183 prior to the distributions under paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(B) If the calculation performed pursuant to subparagraph (A) results in a lower repayment amount than would result from application of the calculation specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (e) of Section 34176 or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 34191.4, the successor agency may calculate its Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule loan repayments using the latter calculation.
(7) Commencing on the effective date of the approved Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, the successor agency shall not prepare or transmit Recognized Obligation Payment Schedules pursuant to Section 34177.
(8) Commencing on the effective date of the approved Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, oversight board resolutions shall not be submitted to the department pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 34179. This paragraph shall not apply to oversight board resolutions necessary for refunding bonds pursuant to Section 34177.5, long-range property management plans pursuant to Section 34191.5, amendments to the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule under paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), and the final oversight board resolutions pursuant to Section 34187.
(d) The county auditor-controller shall do the following:
(1) Review the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule and provide any objection to the inclusion of any items or amounts to the department.
(2) After the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule is approved by the department, the county auditor-controller shall continue to allocate moneys in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund pursuant to Section 34183; however, the allocation from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Funds in each fiscal period, after deducting auditor-controller administrative costs, shall be according to the following order of priority:
(A) Allocations pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(B) Debt service payments scheduled to be made for tax allocation bonds that are listed and approved in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(C) Payments scheduled to be made on revenue bonds that are listed and approved in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, but only to the extent the revenues pledged for them are insufficient to make the payments and only if the agency’s tax increment revenues were also pledged for the repayment of bonds.
(D) Payments scheduled for debts and obligations listed and approved in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule to be paid from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and subdivision (c).
(E) Payments listed and approved pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and subdivision (c) that were authorized but unfunded in prior periods.
(F) Repayment in the amount specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of loans and deferrals listed and approved on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and subdivision (c).
(G) Any moneys remaining in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund after the payments and transfers authorized by subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, shall be distributed to taxing entities in accordance with paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(3) If the successor agency reports to the county auditor-controller that the total available amounts in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund will be insufficient to fund their current or future fiscal year obligations, and if the county auditor-controller concurs that there are insufficient funds to pay the required obligations, the county auditor-controller may distribute funds pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34183.
(4) The county auditor-controller shall no longer distribute property tax to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund once the aggregate amount of property tax allocated to the successor agency equals the total outstanding obligation approved in the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(e) Successor agencies with a Last and Final Recognized Payment Schedule approved by the department may amend or modify existing contracts, agreements, or other arrangements identified on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule which the department has already determined to be enforceable obligations, provided:
(1) The outstanding payments owing from the successor agency are not accelerated or increased in any way.
(2) Any amendment to extend terms shall not include an extension beyond the last scheduled payment for the enforceable obligations listed and approved on the Last and Final Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(3) This subdivision shall not be construed as authorizing successor agencies to create new or additional enforceable obligations or otherwise increase, directly or indirectly, the amount of Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Funds allocated to the successor agency by the county auditor-controller.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 325, Sec. 23. (SB 107) Effective September 22, 2015.)