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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 30	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, Perea. Water quality.
   Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act 
(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  (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 Clean Water
  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  the annual   that 
charge  in lieu of interest  to be deposited in the
State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant
Fund (grant fund), along with any interest earned upon the moneys in
the grant fund. Existing law provides that the  annual
 charge  in lieu of interest  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  in lieu of interest until 2019
  without change unless the board determines that
application of the charge is not consistent with federal requirements
regarding the fund, at which time the board would be required to
replace the charge with an identical interest rate. This bill would
eliminate the prohibition on the deposit of more than $50,000,000
collected by the charge into the grant fund  .
   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.  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) Any amounts collected under this subdivision shall be
deposited in the grant fund, not more than fifty million dollars
($50,000,000) shall be deposited in the grant fund. 

   (3)
    (2)     (A)    The charge
authorized by this subdivision may be applied at any time during the
term of the financing, and once applied, shall remain unchanged
 until 2019, at which point it shall terminate and be
replaced by an identical interest rate. The   unless the
board makes the determination described in subparagraph (B). 

   (B) If the board determines that application of the charge is not
consistent with federal requirements regarding the fund, the board
shall cease the collection of the charge and shall replace the charge
with an identical interest rate. 
    (3)     The  charge shall not increase
the financing repayment amount as set forth in the terms and
conditions imposed pursuant to this chapter.
   (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 that serve small communities as defined in subdivision
(a) of Section 30925 of the Public Resources Code.
   (2) For the purpose of approving grants, the board shall give
priority to projects that serve severely disadvantaged communities.