Notwithstanding Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000), Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 34000), Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 34050), and Part 1.7 (commencing with Section 34100), or any other law, commencing on the effective date of this part, an agency shall lack the authority to, and shall not, do any of the following:

(a) Enter into new partnerships, become a member in a joint powers authority, form a joint powers authority, create new entities, or become a member of any entity of which it is not currently a member, nor take on nor agree to any new duties or obligations as a member or otherwise of any entity to which the agency belongs or with which it is in any way associated.

(b) Impose new assessments pursuant to Section 7280.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(c) Increase the pay, benefits, or contributions of any sort for any officer, employee, consultant, contractor, or any other goods or service provider that had not previously been contracted.

(d) Provide optional or discretionary bonuses to any officers, employees, consultants, contractors, or any other service or goods providers.

(e) Increase numbers of staff employed by the agency beyond the number employed as of January 1, 2011.

(f) Bring an action pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter and the legality and validity of all proceedings previously taken or proposed in a resolution of an agency to be taken for the authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery of the revenue bonds and for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.

(g) Begin any condemnation proceeding or begin the process to acquire real property by eminent domain.

(h) Prepare or have prepared a draft environmental impact report. This subdivision shall not alter or eliminate any requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 6. (AB 26 1x) Effective June 29, 2011.)