BILL NUMBER: AB 2446 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 818
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 11, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2014
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, 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 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.
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.