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          |         SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER         |
          |                   Senator Fran Pavley, Chair                    |
          |                    2009-2010 Regular Session                    |
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          BILL NO: AB 2277                   HEARING DATE: June 29, 2010  
          AUTHOR: Fletcher                   URGENCY: No  
          VERSION: May 17, 2010              CONSULTANT: Dennis O'Connor  
          DUAL REFERRAL: No                  FISCAL: Yes  
          SUBJECT: Water conservation: urban retail water suppliers.  
          
          BACKGROUND AND EXISTING LAW
          One of the bills in the water package passed last November in  
          the 7th Extraordinary Session was SBX7 7 (Steinberg).  That  
          bill, among other things, requires the state to achieve 20%  
          reduction in urban per capita water use by December 31, 2020.   
          The bill provided that urban retail water supplier's  
          implementation plan consider the United States Department of  
          Defense military installation's requirements under a specific  
          federal executive order.

          PROPOSED LAW
          The bill corrects a reference to a federal executive order on  
          how the military should be treated in the water conservation  
          bill.

          ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT
          This bill would correct the reference to the federal executive  
          order.

          ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: None

          COMMENTS 
           Bill Conflicts.   Provisions in this bill conflict with a number  
          of other bills, not the least of which is this Committee's  
          Committee Bill (SB 1478).  Specifically, this bill includes  
          similar but different language to SB 1478's on how to correct  
          the reference to the federal executive order.  Most  
          significantly, it not only corrects the specific reference to  
          the executive order affecting the military, it adds a provision  
          that requires the urban retail water supplier to consider any  
          other applicable executive order governing water conservation by  
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          any federal agencies.  To avoid conflicting language and  
          chaptering issues, this Committee may wish to amend the bill to  
          conform to the language in SB 1478.

          SUGGESTED AMENDMENT: On page 2, line 21, delete "and any other  
          applicable presidential executive order governing water  
          conservation by federal agencies".
          
          SUPPORT:  San Diego County Water Authority

          OPPOSITION:  None Received




































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