Bill Text: CA AB2669 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Public water systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-31 - Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 5083.) From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. Withdrawn from committee. Ordered to third reading. Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 15. Noes 8. Page 5103.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ducheny. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noe [AB2669 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2669-Introduced.html

---

BILL NUMBER: AB 2669	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to water, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2669, as introduced, V. Manuel Perez. The Safe Drinking Water,
Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection
Bond Act of 2006: integrated water quality and wastewater treatment
program plan: Riverside County.
   The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control,
River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative measure
approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general
election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of
$5,388,000,000 for the purpose of financing a safe drinking water,
water quality and supply, flood control, and resource protection
program. Of those funds, $1,000,000,000 is available to the
Department of Water Resources, upon appropriation by the Legislature
for that purpose, for grants for projects that assist local public
agencies to meet the long-term water needs of the state, including
the delivery of safe drinking water and the protection of water
quality and the environment.
   This bill would appropriate $2,000,000 of those bond funds to the
department, for allocation to Riverside County, as specified, for an
integrated water quality and wastewater treatment program plan to
address drinking water and the wastewater needs of disadvantaged
communities in the unincorporated areas of Riverside County. The bill
would require the plan to primarily address arsenic contamination of
drinking water and would prescribe other requirements for the plan.

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


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) Of the funds made available for the purposes of
Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code, as described in paragraph
(12) of subdivision (a) of Section 75027, the sum of two million
dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby appropriated to the Department of
Water Resources for allocation to Riverside County for the
development of an integrated water quality and wastewater treatment
program plan to address the drinking water and wastewater needs of,
and primarily address arsenic contamination of drinking water in,
disadvantaged communities in the unincorporated areas of Riverside
County.
   (b) Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be available
for assessment and feasibility studies necessary to develop the
plan. The plan shall primarily address arsenic contamination of
drinking water, shall include recommendations for planning,
infrastructure, and other water management actions, and shall include
specific recommendations for regional drinking water treatment
facilities, regional wastewater treatment facilities, conjunctive use
sites and groundwater recharge, groundwater for surface water
exchanges, related infrastructure, and cost-sharing mechanisms.
   (c) Riverside County shall consult with appropriate stakeholders,
including representatives of disadvantaged communities and the
Coachella Valley Water District, when preparing the plan.
   (d) The Department of Water Resources, in consultation with the
State Department of Public Health, shall submit the plan to the
Legislature by January 1, 2013.