Amended in Senate August 12, 2013

Amended in Senate June 20, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 18, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 37


Introduced by Assembly Member Perea

December 3, 2012


An act tobegin delete add Section 10544.5 to the Water Code, relating to water resourcesend deletebegin insert amend Section 995 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insuranceend insert.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 37, as amended, Perea. begin deleteIntegrated regional water management plans: funding: disadvantaged communities. end deletebegin insertUnemployment insurance: reporting requirements: status of funds.end insert

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Existing unemployment insurance law requires the Employment Development Department to submit to the Legislature in May and October of each year a report on the status of the Unemployment Fund and the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, containing actual and forecasted information on each fund, as specified.

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This bill would additionally require the department, whenever the Unemployment Fund indicates a negative balance, to include in the status report on the Unemployment Fund the estimated cost impact on employers from the changes in a specified federal tax credit and the estimated amount the state is expected to pay in interest charges on any outstanding loan to the federal government.

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Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act of 2002, authorizes a regional water management group, as defined, to prepare and adopt an integrated regional water management plan. The act requires an integrated regional water management plan to address specified water quality and supply matters.

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Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative bond act approved by the voters as Proposition 84 at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $5,388,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, and resource protection program. Existing law, with regard to these bond funds, appropriates $181,791,000 to the State Department of Public Health for integrated regional water management activities, and requires, for certain of those funds, that the department allocate not less than 10% to facilitate and support the participation of disadvantaged communities in integrated regional water management planning and for projects that address critical water supply or water quality needs for disadvantaged communities.

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This bill would require in each integrated regional water management region that not less than 10% of any funding for integrated regional water management planning purposes be used to facilitate and support the participation of disadvantaged communities in integrated regional water management planning and for projects that address critical water supply or water quality needs for disadvantaged communities.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 995 of the end insertbegin insertUnemployment Insurance Codeend insert
2begin insert is amended to read:end insert

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995.  

begin deleteThe end deletebegin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertNotwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the
4Government Code, theend insert
begin insert end insertdepartment shall submit to the Legislature
5in May and October of each year a report on the status of the
6Unemployment Fund and the Unemployment Compensation
7Disability Fund. Each report shall include both actual and
8forecasted information on the fund balances, receipts,
9disbursements, claim data, tax rates, and employment levels.

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10(b) Whenever the Unemployment Fund indicates a negative
11balance, the department shall include in the status report on the
12Unemployment Fund the estimated cost impact on employers from
P3    1the changes in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax
2credit and the estimated amount the state is expected to pay in
3interest charges on any outstanding loan to the federal government.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 10544.5 is added to the Water Code, to
5read:

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10544.5.  

In each integrated regional water management region,
7not less than 10 percent of any funding for the purposes of this
8part shall be used to facilitate and support the participation of
9disadvantaged communities in integrated regional water
10management planning and for projects that address critical water
11supply or water quality needs for disadvantaged communities.

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