BILL NUMBER: AB 419	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Caballero

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to add Section 6525.1 to the Government Code, relating to
joint powers agreements.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 419, as introduced, Caballero. Joint powers agreements: water
utilities.
   Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes a
public agency, which is defined as a federal, state, or local
governmental agency, a public corporation, or a district or a
regional transportation commission, to enter into an agreement for
the joint exercise of powers and to create an agency or entity that
is separate from the parties to the agreement.
   This bill would authorize a water utility that is regulated by the
Public Utility Commission to enter into a joint powers agreement
with one or more public agencies and other water suppliers, if the
purpose of the joint powers agreement pertains to regional or local
water management.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6525.1 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   6525.1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a water
utility that is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission may
enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more public agencies
and other water suppliers, if the purpose of the joint powers
agreement pertains to regional or local water management, including,
but not limited to, water supply, water or wastewater treatment, or
water distribution.