(a) A pilot program is hereby established for the Napa and San Bernardino commissions. If consistent with adopted policy, the Napa and San Bernardino commissions may authorize a city or district to provide new or extended services outside its jurisdictional boundary and outside its sphere of influence to support existing or planned uses involving public or private properties, subject to approval at a noticed public hearing in which the commission makes all of the following determinations:

(1) The extension of service or services deficiency was identified and evaluated in a review of municipal services prepared pursuant to Section 56430.

(2) The commission determines both of the following:

(A) The extension of service will not result in adverse impacts on open space or agricultural lands.

(B) The extension of service will not result in growth-inducing impacts.

(3) A sphere of influence change involving the affected territory and its affected agency is not feasible under this division or desirable based on the adopted policies of the commission.

(b) Subdivision (d) of Section 56133 shall apply to any request for new or extended services pursuant to this section.

(c) For purposes of this section, “planned use” means any project that is included in an approved specific plan as of July 1, 2015.

(d) The Napa and San Bernardino commissions shall submit a report before January 1, 2025, to the Legislature on their participation in the pilot program, including how many requests for extension of services were received on or after the effective date of this section, and the action by the commission to approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions. The Napa commission shall also include in the report on the pilot program information on its decision to approve, deny, or approve with conditions any authorization for the City of St. Helena to provide new or extended services outside its jurisdictional boundary and sphere of influence, as described in Section 56133.6. The report required to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with § 9795 of the Government Code.

(e) The pilot program established pursuant to this section shall be consistent with Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 1501) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.

(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 482, Sec. 1. (SB 13) Effective October 4, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)