BILL ANALYSIS
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Bill No: SB 1169
Author: Lowenthal (D)
Amended: 8/20/10
Vote: 21
PRIOR SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-1, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Water
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes numerous technical amendments to
update and clarify the Water Code.
Assembly Amendments delete the version of the bill that
passed the Senate regarding health care coverage and now
addresses the issue of water resources. The amended bill
clarifies that the State Water Resources Control Board, on
its own motion, may review regional water quality control
board basin planning actions and updates cross-references,
deletes obsolete provisions, and makes technical changes.
ANALYSIS : Existing law creates the State Water Resource
Control Board (SWRCB), and nine regional water quality
control boards, with authority over water allocation and
water quality protection. The regional boards develop and
enforce water quality objectives and regional basin plans,
issue waste discharge requirements and monitor water
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quality.
This bill:
1. Extends the terms of two board members on each of the 9
regional water quality control boards in the state to
September 30, 2014, in order to make the terms for each
board member consistent and uniform.
2. Requires an agency delivering recycled water to a
condominium project, prior to the indoor use of the
water, to file a report with the State Department of
Public Health, instead of the regional water quality
control board.
3. Deletes an existing exemption from constitutional
subvention requirements which has been found to be
unconstitutional by a court of appeal.
4. Deletes a requirement for notice in permit or license
revocation procedures where the permit or license holder
themselves is requesting the revocation.
5. Clarifies existing provisions relating to unlawful
discharges for which a federal Clean Water Act permit
has not been issued.
6. Clarifies that the State Water Resources Control Board,
on its own motion, may review regional water quality
control board basin planning actions.
7. Updates cross-references, deletes obsolete provisions,
and makes various other technical or clarifying changes.
Comments
This bill is a technical water cleanup bill sponsored by
the State Water Resources Control Board, and makes numerous
technical, clarifying and non-substantive changes to update
and improve the Water Code. It also makes a few
non-controversial substantive changes to conform to other
existing laws and to clarify procedures. There is no
opposition.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee,
negligible costs, if any.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Tom
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,
Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng,
Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Buchanan
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bill Berryhill, Furutani, Norby, Vacancy,
Vacancy
CTW:do 08/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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