BILL NUMBER: AB 2734	CHAPTERED  08/23/04

	CHAPTER  242
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 23, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to amend Section 1007 of the Fox Canyon Groundwater
Management Agency Act (Chapter 1023 of the Statutes of 1982),
relating to the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2734, Strickland.  Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency.
   Existing law, the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency Act,
creates the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency and authorizes
the agency to perform groundwater management activities within its
boundaries.  The act authorizes the agency to impose a groundwater
extraction charge, not to exceed $3 per acre-foot pumped per year, on
the extraction of groundwater from water extraction facilities to
finance those groundwater management activities undertaken by the
agency.
   This bill would change that $3 per acre-foot cap to $6 per
acre-foot.
   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 1007 of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management
Agency Act (Chapter 1023 of the Statutes of 1982) is amended to read:

  Sec. 1007.  The groundwater extraction charge shall not exceed six
dollars ($6) per acre-foot pumped per year.
  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 generate necessary funding, as soon as possible, for
the management of groundwater in accordance with the Fox Canyon
Groundwater Management Agency Act, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.