BILL NUMBER: SB 1310	CHAPTERED  07/16/04

	CHAPTER  155
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 15, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 18, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johnson

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2004

   An act to amend Section 127 of the Metropolitan Water District Act
(Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969), relating to the Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1310, Johnson.  Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California: complaints.
   (1) Existing law, the Metropolitan Water District Act, until
January 1, 2005, requires the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California to submit to the Legislature an annual report that
includes a description of the complaints and certain other
communications submitted to the district from member public agencies
alleging unethical, unauthorized, or illegal activities by the
district in the previous calendar year.  The act requires the
district to include in the report a description of the actions taken
by the district in response to the complaints and litigation.
   This bill would change that date to January 1, 2010.  By extending
the period during which the district is required to prepare and
submit that annual report to the Legislature, the bill would impose 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.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 127 of the Metropolitan Water District Act
(Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969) is amended to read:
  Sec. 127.  (a) Commencing on or before February 1, 2000, and each
February 1 thereafter, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California shall submit to the Legislature a report that includes a
description of the complaints and other communications submitted to
the district from member public agencies that allege unethical,
unauthorized, or illegal activities by the district against any
member public agency or the public, in the previous calendar year.
   (b) The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California shall
include in the report a description of the actions taken by the
district in response to the complaints and litigation.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2010, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1,  2010, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.