BILL NUMBER: AB 37	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        DECEMBER 3, 2012

   An act to  add Section 10544.5 to the Water Code, relating
to water resources   amend Section 995 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance 
.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 37, as amended, Perea.  Integrated regional water
management plans: funding: disadvantaged communities.  
Unemployment insurance: reporting requirements: status of funds.
 
   Existing unemployment insurance law requires the Employment
Development Department to submit to the Legislature in May and
October of each year a report on the status of the Unemployment Fund
and the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, containing actual
and forecasted information on each fund, as specified.  
   This bill would additionally require the department, whenever the
Unemployment Fund indicates a negative balance, to include in the
status report on the Unemployment Fund the estimated cost impact on
employers from the changes in a specified federal tax credit and the
estimated amount the state is expected to pay in interest charges on
any outstanding loan to the federal government.  
   Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning
Act of 2002, authorizes a regional water management group, as
defined, to prepare and adopt an integrated regional water management
plan. The act requires an integrated regional water management plan
to address specified water quality and supply matters. 

   Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply,
Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an
initiative bond act approved by the voters as Proposition 84 at the
November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorized the issuance
of bonds in the amount of $5,388,000,000 for the purposes of
financing a safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood
control, and resource protection program. Existing law, with regard
to these bond funds, appropriates $181,791,000 to the State
Department of Public Health for integrated regional water management
activities, and requires, for certain of those funds, that the
department allocate not less than 10% to facilitate and support the
participation of disadvantaged communities in integrated regional
water management planning and for projects that address critical
water supply or water quality needs for disadvantaged communities.
 
   This bill would require in each integrated regional water
management region that not less than 10% of any funding for
integrated regional water management planning purposes be used to
facilitate and support the participation of disadvantaged communities
in integrated regional water management planning and for projects
that address critical water supply or water quality needs for
disadvantaged communities. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 995 of the  
Unemployment Insurance Code   is amended to read: 
   995.   The   (a)    
Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the 
  department shall submit to the Legislature in May and
October of each year a report on the status of the Unemployment Fund
and the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund. Each report shall
include both actual and forecasted information on the fund balances,
receipts, disbursements, claim data, tax rates, and employment
levels. 
   (b) Whenever the Unemployment Fund indicates a negative balance,
the department shall include in the status report on the Unemployment
Fund the estimated cost impact on employers from the changes in the
Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax credit and the estimated
amount the state is expected to pay in interest charges on any
outstanding loan to the federal government.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 10544.5 is added to the
Water Code, to read:
   10544.5.  In each integrated regional water management region, not
less than 10 percent of any funding for the purposes of this part
shall be used to facilitate and support the participation of
disadvantaged communities in integrated regional water management
planning and for projects that address critical water supply or water
quality needs for disadvantaged communities.