BILL NUMBER: SB 1522	CHAPTERED  09/11/00

	CHAPTER   391
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 28, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leslie
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Oller)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2000

   An act to add Section 13952.1 to the Water Code, relating to
water, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1522, Leslie.  Recycled water:  Lake Tahoe Basin.
   The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act contains special
water quality provisions governing waste disposal in the Lake Tahoe
Basin, including the requirement to transport prescribed sewage
effluent outside that basin, except as specified.
   This bill would authorize the South Tahoe Public  Utility District
to provide recycled water only to prevent the destruction of its
Luther Pass recycled water pump station from a catastrophic fire, as
defined, if certain requirements are met.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13952.1 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13952.1.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13951, the South Tahoe
Public Utility District may provide recycled water only to prevent
the destruction of its Luther Pass recycled water pump station from a
catastrophic fire if all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The district submits an engineering report to the Lahontan
Regional Board and the State Department of Health Services, as
required by that regional board and that department.
   (2) The Lahontan Regional Board, the State Department of Health
Services, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency authorize the use of
recycled water, and the specified area or areas in the immediate
vicinity of the pump station where that recycled water may be used,
only to prevent the destruction of the district's Luther Pass
recycled water pump station from a catastrophic fire.
   (3) The fire incident commander authorizes the use of the recycled
water to prevent the destruction of the district's Luther Pass
recycled water pump station from a catastrophic fire, as authorized
pursuant to this section.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "catastrophic fire" means a
condition exists that will result in severe harm to life, property,
and the environment if the use of recycled water as authorized
pursuant to this section is not used, and all other methods to
extinguish the fire have been exhausted.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the recycled water export requirements to which the South
Tahoe Public Utility District is subject.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to prevent the possible destruction of the Luther Pass
recycled water pump facility from a catastrophic fire at the earliest
possible time, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately.