Bill Text: CA AB115 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2013. [AB115 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB115-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 115	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  630
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 8, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 8, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Alejo)
   (Coauthor: Senator Cannella)

                        JANUARY 14, 2013

   An act to add Section 116760.55 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to drinking water, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 115, Perea. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
   Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the
State Department of Public Health to administer provisions relating
to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health,
including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and
demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable,
safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking
Water Act, adopting and enforcing regulations, and conducting studies
and investigations to assess the quality of water in domestic water
supplies.
   Existing law establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the department for the
provision of grants and revolving fund loans to provide for the
design and construction of projects for public water systems that
will enable suppliers to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing
law requires the department to establish criteria for projects to be
eligible for the grant and loan program, including that a legal
entity exist that has the authority to enter into contracts and incur
debt on behalf of the community to be served and owns the public
water system or has the right to operate the public water system
under a lease with a term of at least 20 years, unless otherwise
authorized by the department.
   This bill would authorize a legal entity, as defined, to apply for
grant funding on behalf of one or more public water systems serving
disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged communities if specified
requirements are met, including having a signed agreement with each
public water system for which it is applying for funding. By
authorizing the use of a continuously appropriated fund for new
purposes, this bill would make an appropriation.
   This bill would, if legislation is enacted in 2013 that transfers
the statutory and regulatory authority for the California Safe
Drinking Water Act from the State Department of Public Health, delay
the implementation of the provisions of the act for one year after
the effective date of the transfer of authority.
   Appropriation: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 116760.55 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   116760.55.  (a) For purposes of the department considering
eligibility for grant funding for a planning project, a legal entity
may apply on behalf of one or more public water systems serving
disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged communities if all of the
following requirements are met:
   (1) The legal entity has a signed agreement with each public water
system for which it is applying for funding for a planning and
feasability study project that indicates that the public water system
agrees to the joint application and that the legal entity is acting
on behalf of, and in place of, the public water system.
   (2) The application is for 100 percent grant funding for a
planning and feasability project.
   (3) The planning and feasibility study project includes a study of
the feasibility of consolidation, which may include expansion of
service to communities not currently served by a public water system.

   (4) The applicant has demonstrated that the legal entity has the
ability to complete the proposed planning project.
   (5) At least one of the project participating public water systems
has a primary drinking water standard violation and is on the
project priority list.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "legal entity" means an entity
that is duly formed and operating under the laws of this state.
  SEC. 2.  If legislation enacted in 2013 transfers the statutory and
regulatory authority for the implementation of the California Safe
Drinking Water Act from the State Department of Public Health, this
act shall not become operative until one year after the effective
date of the transfer of authority.