Bill Text: CA AB142 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Water resources: infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB142 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB142-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 142	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        JANUARY 17, 2013

   An act  to add Division 26.8 (commencing with Section
79850) to the Water Code, relating to the Safe, Clean, and Reliable
Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012.   relating to water
  resources. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 142, as amended, Perea.  Safe, Clean, and Reliable
Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012.   Water resources:
infrastructur   e.  
   Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the
Natural Resources Agency, and, among other things, empowers the
department to conduct investigations of all or any portion of any
stream, stream system, lake, or other body of water.  
   This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to
initiate and complete a comprehensive study of California's state and
local water supply infrastructure needs and provide a report to the
Legislature by July 1, 2014, that summarizes those findings. 

   Existing law creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Act of 2012, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize
the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to
the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking
water and water supply reliability program. Existing law provides for
the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 4,
2014, statewide general election.  
   This bill would require a state department that expends moneys in
grants or other expenditures from the bond act to provide information
to the Treasurer within a specified time period including the total
amount of moneys spent on each project or program, the specific
location of the project, and a detailed description of the project.
This bill would further require the Treasurer to post this
information on its Internet Web site, as specified. 

   This bill would take effect only if the Safe, Clean, and Reliable
Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 is approved by the voters.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) The November 2014 ballot currently includes a bond measure for
$11.14 billion to fund projects related to water supply reliability,
water quality, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta sustainability,
watershed conservation and protection, and water recycling. 

   (b) Californians recognize that freshwater resources are limited
and that if the state is to remain economically competitive and
environmentally rich, public investment is needed to modernize water
infrastructure, integrate water management, advance water resource
protection, and improve flood management.  
   (c) It is in the public interest to pass a general obligation bond
that includes, but is not limited to, grants and loans to state and
local agencies to help fund needed water infrastructure improvements.
In order to determine the amount of state funding necessary to
accomplish these improvements to the state's water infrastructure,
the Legislature requires additional information. 
   SEC. 2.    (a) The Department of Water Resources
shall initiate and complete a comprehensive study of California's
state and local water supply infrastructure needs and provide a
report to the Legislature by July 1, 2014, that summarizes those
findings.  
   (b) The requirement for submitting the report imposed under
subdivision (a) is inoperative on July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code, and shall be submitted in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    Division 26.8 (commencing with
Section 79850) is added to the Water Code, to read:

      DIVISION 26.8.  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAFE, CLEAN, AND RELIABLE
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ACT OF 2012


   79850.  (a) No later than 60 days after a state department has
expended moneys in grants or other expenditures pursuant to Division
26.7 (commencing with Section 79700), that state department shall
submit to the Treasurer all of the following information:
   (1) The total dollar amount of moneys awarded or expended each
project or program.
   (2) The specific location of the project or program.
   (3) A detailed description of the project or program.
   (b) The Treasurer shall post and update at least every six months,
all of the information provided pursuant to subdivision (a) on the
Treasurer's Internet Web site in a manner accessible to the general
public.  
  SEC. 2.    This act shall take effect only if the
Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 is
approved by the voters.