BILL NUMBER: AB 88	CHAPTERED  07/16/01

	CHAPTER  63
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 16, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alquist
   (Principal coauthors:  Assembly Members Cohn, Diaz, and Salinas)

                        JANUARY 8, 2001

   An act to add Section 13.2 to the Santa Clara Valley Water
District Act (Chapter 1405 of the Statutes of 1951), relating to the
Santa Clara Valley Water District, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 88, Alquist.  Santa Clara Valley Water District:  special
taxes.
   The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara
Valley Water District and grants to the district specified powers,
including the authority to levy taxes to pay the cost of carrying out
any of the purposes of the district, as specified.
   This bill would authorize the district to impose special taxes in
accordance with specified provisions of existing law and to provide
an exemption from these taxes for residential parcels owned and
occupied by one or more taxpayers who are at least 65 years of age if
the total household income is less than an amount that is approved
by the voters of the district.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13.2 is added to the Santa Clara Valley Water
District Act (Chapter 1405 of the Statutes of 1951), to read:
  13.2.  For the purposes of levying special taxes pursuant to
paragraph (2) of Section 13, the district may impose special taxes in
accordance with Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code
at minimum uniform rates per land use category and size.  The
district may provide an exemption from these taxes for residential
parcels owned and occupied by one or more taxpayers who are at least
65 years of age if the total household income is less than an amount
that is approved by the voters of the district.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to enable the Santa Clara Valley Water District to
finance projects in an equitable manner as soon as possible,
consistent with the will of the electorate, it is necessary that this
act take effect immediately.