BILL NUMBER: SCA 31	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        APRIL 6, 2006

   A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California
an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Article X C
thereto, relating to resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 31, as introduced, Simitian  Clean Drinking Water, Water
Supply Security, and Environmental Improvement Bond Act of 2006.
   Existing provisions of the California Constitution prohibit the
creation by the Legislature of debts in excess of $300,000 except for
a single object or work specified in a law creating the debt, which
is approved by the people by a majority of the votes cast in a
general or direct primary election.
   This measure would establish requirements for the amendment or
repeal of a bond measure designated as the "Clean Drinking Water,
Water Supply Security, and Environmental Improvement Bond Act of 2006"
to be submitted to the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide
general election.
   This measure would provide that it would become operative only if
the specified bond measure is approved by the voters at the November
7, 2006, statewide general election, and would provide, in that
event, that it would become operative commencing on November 7, 2006.

   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.




   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2005 -06 Regular
Session commencing on the sixth day of December 2004, two-thirds of
the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the
people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State
be amended as follows:
  First--  That Article X C is added thereto, to read:
      ARTICLE X C
CLEAN DRINKING WATER, WATER SUPPLY SECURITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT BOND ACT OF 2006

      SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Constitution, the Clean Drinking Water, Water Supply Security, and
Environmental Improvement Bond Act of 2006 (Division 26.6 (commencing
with Section 79600) of the Water Code), submitted to the voters at
the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, may be amended or
repealed, directly or indirectly, only pursuant to any of the
following:
   (a) By a statute passed by a two-thirds vote of the membership of
each house of the Legislature that is signed by the Governor and
approved by three-fourths of the votes cast on the proposition in a
statewide direct primary or general election.
   (b) By an initiative statute passed by three-fourths of the votes
cast on the proposition in a statewide direct primary or general
election.
   (c) By a statute proposed at a constitutional convention that is
approved by three-fourths of the votes cast on the proposition in a
statewide direct primary or general election.
  Second--  That this measure shall become operative only if the bond
act described in Article X C of the California Constitution, as
added by this measure, is submitted to, and is approved by, the
voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election and, in
that event, this measure shall become operative commencing on
November 7, 2006.