Bill Text: CA AB30 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

---

Bill Title: Water quality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 629, Statutes of 2013. [AB30 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB30-Chaptered.html

---

BILL NUMBER: AB 30	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  629
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 8, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 8, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 29, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        DECEMBER 3, 2012

   An act to amend Section 13477.6 of the Water Code, relating to
water quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 30, Perea. Water quality.
   Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act or the
state act, establishes the State Water Pollution Control Revolving
Fund program pursuant to which state and federal funds are
continuously appropriated from the State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Fund to the State Water Resources Control Board for loans
and other financial assistance for the construction of publicly owned
treatment works by a municipality, the implementation of a
management program, the development and implementation of a
conservation and management plan, and other related purposes in
accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the state
act. Existing law authorizes the board, until 2014, to assess a
specified annual charge in connection with any financial assistance
made pursuant to the revolving fund program in lieu of interest that
otherwise would be charged and requires the proceeds generated from
the imposition of that charge to be deposited in the State Water
Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund or grant
fund, along with any interest earned upon the moneys in the grant
fund. Existing law provides that the charge remain unchanged until
2014, at which time it will terminate and be replaced by an identical
interest rate, and prohibits the deposit of more than $50,000,000
into the grant fund. Existing law authorizes the board to expend the
moneys in the grant fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for
grants for eligible projects under the revolving fund program that
serve small communities, as defined.
   This bill would eliminate the requirement that the charge remain
unchanged until 2014 and instead would authorize the board to assess
the charge without change unless the board makes a prescribed
determination. This bill would require the board to replace the
charge with an identical interest rate if the board ceases collecting
the charge before the repayment is complete. This bill would
eliminate the prohibition on the deposit of more than $50,000,000
collected by the charge into the grant fund. This bill would require
the board to expend moneys appropriated from the grant fund within a
period of 4 years from the date of encumbrance.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13477.6 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   13477.6.  (a) The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund
Small Community Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
   (b) The following moneys shall be deposited in the grant fund:
   (1) Moneys transferred to the grant fund pursuant to subdivision
(c).
   (2) Notwithstanding Section 16475 of the Government Code, any
interest earned upon the moneys deposited in the grant fund.
   (c) (1) For any financing made pursuant to Section 13480, the
board may assess an annual charge to be deposited in the grant fund
in lieu of interest that would otherwise be charged.
   (2) The charge authorized by this subdivision may be applied at
any time during the term of the financing, and once applied, shall
remain unchanged unless the board determines that the application of
the charge is any of the following:
   (A) No longer consistent with federal requirements regarding the
fund.
   (B) No longer necessary.
   (C) Negatively affecting the board's ability to fund projects that
supports its water quality goals.
   (3) The charge shall not increase the financing repayment amount
as set forth in the terms and conditions imposed pursuant to this
chapter.
   (4) If the board ceases collecting the charge before the financing
repayment is complete, the board shall replace the charge with an
identical interest rate.
   (d) (1) Moneys in the grant fund, upon appropriation by the
Legislature to the board, may be expended, in accordance with this
chapter, for grants for projects described in subdivision (a) of
Section 13480 and subdivision (a) of Section 35.3115 of Title 40 of
the Code of Federal Regulations that serve small communities as
defined in subdivision (a) of Section 30925 of the Public Resources
Code. The board shall expend moneys appropriated from the grant fund
within a period of four years from the date of encumbrance.
   (2) For the purpose of approving grants, the board shall give
priority to projects that serve severely disadvantaged communities.