BILL NUMBER: SB 822	CHAPTERED  09/22/05

	CHAPTER  271
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Margett and Romero

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 601.2 to the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality
Authority Act (Chapter 776 of the Statutes of 1992), relating to
water, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 822, Margett  San Gabriel Basin restoration.
   Under existing law, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority
administers cleanup operations on behalf of the San Gabriel Basin.
   This bill would authorize the authority to receive state funds in
connection with those cleanup projects for the purpose of meeting a
certain federal requirement for nonfederal matching funds.
   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.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The State of California has established the cleanup of the San
Gabriel Basin as a matter of significant regional and statewide
water supply and water quality importance, as reflected in the
establishment and mission of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality
Authority, as provided in Chapter 776 of the Statutes of 1992, as
amended.
   (b) It is a matter of statewide priority that the San Gabriel
Basin Water Quality Authority secure the maximum amount of available
funds from the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund established by
Public Law 106-554.
   (c) The State of California may consider, to the extent of
available resources and subject to the conditions and requirements of
relevant bond and grant programs, participating as a funding partner
for the purpose of meeting the nonfederal matching funds
requirements set forth in Public Law 106-554.
  SEC. 2.  Section 601.2 is added to the San Gabriel Basin Water
Quality Authority Act (Chapter 776 of the Statutes of 1992), to read:

  Sec. 601.2.  The authority may receive state funds in connection
with a project undertaken in accordance with this act for the purpose
of meeting the nonfederal matching fund requirement set forth in
Section 110 of Public Law 106-554.
  SEC. 3.  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 facilitate the cleanup of groundwater in the San
Gabriel Basin as soon as possible, thereby protecting public health
and safety, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.