BILL NUMBER: AB 752	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 8, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Arambula

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 13476 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 752, as amended, Arambula. State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Fund: severely disadvantaged communities.
   Existing law establishes the State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund in the State Treasury.
Money in the fund may be expended for grants for projects that serve
small communities, as defined, with priority given to projects that
serve severely disadvantaged communities. Existing law defines
"severely disadvantaged community" for purposes of the Safe Drinking
Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal
Protection Bond Act of 2006 as a community with a median household
income of less than 60% of the statewide average.
   This bill would define a severely disadvantaged community as a
community with a median household income of less than 60% of the
statewide median household income for purposes of the provisions
governing expenditure of moneys in the State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 13476 of the   Water
Code   is amended to read: 
   13476.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions govern the construction of this chapter:
   (a) "Administration fund" means the State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Fund Administration Fund.
   (b) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
   (c) "Federal Clean Water Act" or "federal act" means the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof
or supplemental thereto.
   (d) "Financial assistance" means assistance authorized under
Section 13480. Financial assistance includes loans, refinancing,
installment sales agreements, purchase of debt, and loan guarantees
for municipal revolving funds, but excludes grants. Financial
assistance may include grants for projects authorized pursuant to
Section 13480 to the extent that grants for those projects are funded
by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-5).
   (e) "Fund" means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.

   (f) "Grant fund" means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving
Fund Small Community Grant Fund.
   (g) "Matching funds" means money that equals that percentage of
federal contributions required by the federal act to be matched with
state funds.
   (h) "Municipality" has the same meaning and construction as in the
federal act and also includes all state, interstate, and
intermunicipal agencies.
   (i) "Publicly owned" means owned by a municipality. 
   (j) "Severely disadvantaged community" means a community with a
median household income of less than 60 percent of the statewide
median household income.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 13476 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
   13476.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
definitions govern the construction of this chapter:
   (a) "Administration fund" means the State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Fund Administration Fund.
   (b) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
   (c) "Federal Clean Water Act" or "federal act" means the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof
or supplemental thereto.
   (d) "Financial assistance" means assistance authorized under
Section 13480. Financial assistance includes loans, refinancing,
installment sales agreements, purchase of debt, and loan guarantees
for municipal revolving funds, but excludes grants.
   (e) "Fund" means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.

   (f) "Grant fund" means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving
Fund Small Community Grant Fund.
   (g) "Matching funds" means money that equals that percentage of
federal contributions required by the federal act to be matched with
state funds.
   (h) "Municipality" has the same meaning and construction as in the
federal act and also includes all state, interstate, and
intermunicipal agencies.
   (i) "Publicly owned" means owned by a municipality.
   (j) "Severely disadvantaged community" means a community with a
median household income less than 60 percent of the statewide median
household income.