BILL NUMBER: AB 2446	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 71631.7 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2446, as amended, Waldron. Standby charges: San Luis Rey
Municipal Water District.
   Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, prohibits
a standby assessment or availability charge from exceeding $10 per
acre per year for each acre of land on which the charge is levied or
$10 per year for a parcel less than one acre. Existing law, operative
until January 1, 2015, prohibits a standby assessment or
availability charge levied in any improvement district situated
within the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District from exceeding $30
per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or $30 per
year for a parcel less than one acre and requires the proceeds in
excess of $10 per acre per year or $10 per year for a parcel less
than one acre to be used for the purposes of the improvement
district.
   This bill would  , until January 1, 2020, 
prohibit a standby assessment or availability charge levied for the
San Luis Rey Municipal Water District from exceeding $30 per acre per
year for land on which the charge is levied or $30 per year for a
parcel less than one acre. This bill would require the proceeds from
the standby assessment or availability charge to be used for the
purposes of management of local water supply and its quality.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 71631.7 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   71631.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 71631, for the San Luis Rey
Municipal Water District, the standby assessment or availability
charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for
land on which the charge is levied or thirty dollars ($30) per year
for a parcel less than one acre. The proceeds from any standby
assessment or availability charge shall only be used for the purposes
of management of local water supply and its quality.
   (b) This section, applicable only to the San Luis Rey Municipal
Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special water
management problems of those areas included within that district.

   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends
that date.