BILL NUMBER: SB 2036	CHAPTERED  09/06/02

	CHAPTER  400
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 5, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 29, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Morrow

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to repeal Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 35260) of
Part 4 of Division 13 of the Water Code, relating to water districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2036, Morrow.   Los Alisos Water District.
   (1) Existing law, the California Water District Law, provides for
the formation of California water districts and grants to those
districts the authority to provide water and sewage services.  That
district law generally requires the members of the board of a
California water district, and the voters of that district, to be
landowners.  Existing law provides specific exceptions to the
district law, including the method of elections for the Los Alisos
Water District.  That exception, among other things, requires the
voters of the Los Alisos Water District and the directors to be
residents and registered voters of the district.
   This bill would repeal the specific election provisions applicable
only to the Los Alisos Water District, thereby, among other things,
requiring voters and directors of that district to be landowners,
rather than residents, and making that district otherwise subject to
the election provision applicable to districts governed by the
district law.  The bill would create additional duties on local
officials regarding the conduct of that district election, thereby
imposing a state-mandated local program.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 35260) of Part 4 of
Division 13 of the Water Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.