BILL NUMBER: AB 142	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        JANUARY 17, 2013

   An act  to add Division 26.8 (commencing with Section 79850)
to the Water Code,   relating to the Safe, Clean, and Reliable
Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 142, as amended, Perea. Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking
Water Supply Act of 2012.
   Existing law creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Act of 2012, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize
the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to
the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking
water and water supply reliability program. Existing law provides for
the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 4,
2014, statewide general election. 
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to amend the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Act of 2012.  
   This bill would require a state department that expends moneys in
grants or other expenditures from the bond act to provide information
to the Treasurer within a specified time period including the total
amount of moneys spent on each project or program, the specific
location of the project, and a detailed description of the project.
This bill would further require the Treasurer to post this
information on its Internet Web site, as specified.  
   This bill would take effect only if the Safe, Clean, and Reliable
Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 is approved by the voters. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Division 26.8 (commencing with Section
79850) is added to the   Water Code   , to read:
 

      DIVISION 26.8.  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAFE, CLEAN, AND RELIABLE
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ACT OF 2012


   79850.  (a) No later than 60 days after a state department has
expended moneys in grants or other expenditures pursuant to Division
26.7 (commencing with Section 79700), that state department shall
submit to the Treasurer all of the following information:
   (1) The total dollar amount of moneys awarded or expended each
project or program.
   (2) The specific location of the project or program.
   (3) A detailed description of the project or program.
   (b) The Treasurer shall post and update at least every six months,
all of the information provided pursuant to subdivision (a) on the
Treasurer's Internet Web site in a manner accessible to the general
public. 
   SEC. 2.    This act shall take effect only if the
Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 is
approved by the voters.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to review the amount of bonds that would be authorized to be issued
pursuant to the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act
of 2012 and to enact legislation to amend that act.