BILL NUMBER: SB 511	CHAPTERED  09/14/06

	CHAPTER  243
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

   An act to add Section 13.5 to the County Water Authority Act
(Chapter 545 of the Statutes of 1943), relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 511, Hollingsworth  County water authority.
   (1) Existing law, the County Water Authority Act, provides for the
formation of a county water authority and prescribes the powers and
duties of a county water authority. The act requires the board of
directors of a county water authority to act by ordinance or
resolution for the purpose of administering the affairs of the
district.
   This bill would require a county water authority to prepare and
submit, at its own expense, a report to the Legislature, not before
January 1, 2008, and not later than January 1, 2009, regarding the
implementation of the procedures governing the meetings and actions
of the standing committees of its board of directors that were
adopted by that board in 2004 or 2005. By imposing reporting duties
on a county water district, 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 13.5 is added to the County Water Authority Act
(Chapter 545 of the Statutes of 1943), to read:
  SEC. 13.5.  An authority formed pursuant to this act shall prepare
and submit, at its own expense, a report to the Legislature, not
before January 1, 2008, and not later than January 1, 2009, regarding
the implementation of the procedures governing the meetings and
actions of the standing committees of the board of directors that
were adopted by the board of directors in 2004 or 2005.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.