Bill Text: CA AB2515 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public water systems: point-of-use treatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2010. [AB2515 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2515-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2515	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act  to add Section 116336 to the Health and Safety Code,
  relating to  local government   d 
 rinking water  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2515, as amended, V. Manuel Perez. Local government:
environmental health departments.
   Existing law authorizes local government agencies, in conjunction
with other public entities, to organize and operate local public
health services within their jurisdictional areas. These services may
include implementing projects and policies pertaining to water
conservation and water quality.
   This bill would make  several  findings and
declarations relating to the groundwater contamination in the
Coachella Valley. The bill would  express the intent of the
Legislature to enact legislation that clarifies the authority of the
local environmental health department in Riverside County with
respect to water delivery   , until the department
develops point-of-entry and point-of-use   regulations as
specified, allow the local environmental health department of
Riverside County to authorize the use of point-of-entry or
point-of-use treatment for community water systems serving residents
of that county that are experiencing arsenic contamination at a level
that exceeds the level allowed by the department's primary drinking
water standards  . 
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for Riverside County. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.   (a)    The
Legislature finds and declares both of the following: 
   (1) 
    (a)  The arsenic contamination  ground water
  groundwater  problem in the southeastern
Coachella Valley in Riverside County is largely naturally occurring
and is getting progressively worse. 
   (2) 
    (b)  There are many limitations to providing the small,
unincorporated communities in the Coachella Valley access to safe
drinking water. 
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
clarifies the authority of the local environmental health department
in Riverside County in order to ensure potable water delivery to
residents of community water systems contaminated with arsenic.

   SEC. 2.    Section 116336 is added to the  
Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   116336.  In addition to other actions allowed or required by this
chapter and until the department develops point-of-entry and
point-of-use regulations pursuant to Section 116380, the local
environmental health department of Riverside County may authorize the
use of point-of-entry or point-of-use treatment for community water
systems serving residents of that county that are experiencing
arsenic contamination at a level that exceeds the level allowed by
the department's primary drinking water standards. 
   SEC. 3.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique conditions affecting
the safety of the drinking water in Riverside County.