Effective January 1, 2017, JPAs formed for the purpose of providing municipal services and include a county, city, or special district member are required to file a copy of their joint powers agreement and any amendments to their agreement with LAFCO within 30 days of the effective date of the agreement or its amendment.
The scope of the reporting is limited to those JPAs that include a county, city or district member and provide a municipal service such as water, waste water, storm water, recycled water, solid waste, fire protection, police, recreation, street lighting, animal control, library, roads, emergency medical service, vector control, flood protection, community facilities, weed abatement, environmental protection, habitat mitigation, gas & electricity, or broadband.