BILL NUMBER: AB 2124	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to add Section  38087   189.4  to
the  Education   Water  Code, relating to
school  facilities.   facilities, and making an
appropriation therefor. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2124, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. School facilities: water 
bottle  filling stations:  State Water Resources Control
Board  grant program.
   Existing law requires a school district to provide access to free,
fresh drinking water during meal times in school food service areas
by July 1, 2011, unless the governing board of a school district
adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to comply with this
requirement and demonstrating the reasons why it is unable to comply
due to fiscal constraints or health and safety concerns. 
Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board as a
state agenc   y with authority over matters relating to
water quality. 
   This bill would require the  State Department of Education
  state board  to establish, by regulation, a
grant program for local educational agencies to install new water
 bottle  filling stations on school campuses or to replace
existing water fountains on school campuses with new water 
bottle  filling stations. The bill would  provide that
its provisions shall not be implemented unless funding is provided
for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
  appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the
state board for allocation to local educational agencies for these
purposes and would require the funds to supplement, not supplant,
other state   funds apportioned to those local educational
agencies for their support. The bill would also provide that the
funds appropriated by this bill would be applied to the minimum
funding requirements for school districts and community college
districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California
Constitution. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes
 . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.



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

   SECTION 1.    Section 189.4 is added to the 
 Water Code   , to read:  
   189.4.  (a) The board shall establish, by regulation, a grant
program for local educational agencies to install new water bottle
filling stations on school campuses.
   (b) Grant recipients may use grant funds only to install new water
bottle filling stations on school campuses or to replace existing
water fountains on school campuses with new water bottle filling
stations.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "local educational agencies"
include school districts, charter schools, and county offices of
education. 
   SEC. 2.    (a) The sum of ten million dollars
($10,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
State Water Resources Control Board for allocation to local
educational agencies pursuant to Section 189.4 of the Water Code.
 
   (b) The funds allocated to local educational agencies pursuant to
this section shall supplement, and not supplant, other state funds
apportioned to these local educational agencies for their support.
 
   (c) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds appropriated
pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be "General Fund
revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in
subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, and included
within the "total allocations to school districts and community
college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated
pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in subdivision (e) of Section
41202 of the Education Code.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 38087 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   38087.  (a) The department shall establish, by regulation, a grant
program for local educational agencies to install new water filler
stations on school campuses.
   (b) Grant recipients may use grant funds only to install new water
filling stations on school campuses or to replace existing water
fountains on school campuses with new water filling stations.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "local educational agencies"
include school districts, charter schools, and county offices of
education.
   (d) This section shall not be implemented unless funding is
provided for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another
statute.