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                                                                  AB 626
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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 626 (Eng)
          As Amended  August 17, 2009
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |50-28|(June 2, 2009)  |SENATE: |21-13|(September 1,  |
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           Original Committee Reference:    W.,P. & W.  

           SUMMARY  :  Requires the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to  
          achieve the 10% statewide allocation of Integrated Regional  
          Water Management (IRWM) funding for disadvantaged communities  
          within each region.  

           The Senate amendments  made grammar corrections. 

           EXISTING LAW  appropriates $181,971,000 of IRWM bond funds to  
          DWR, including $139 million for implementation and planning  
          grants.  Not less than 10% of that $139 million is required to  
          address the critical water supply needs of disadvantaged  
          communities and to facilitate participation of those communities  
          in integrated regional water management planning.  

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill was substantially similar  
          to the version passed by the Senate.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Senate Appropriations Committee described this  
          bill's costs as "minor and absorbable" and cost pressures as  
          "minor."

           COMMENTS  :  AB 626 amends a $139 million appropriation for IRWM  
          projects in last year's SB 1 X2 (Perata).  Last year's  
          appropriation requires DWR to allocate at least 10% of IRWM  
          funding - statewide - to the needs of disadvantaged communities.  
           This bill would extend that 10% minimum to each region, but  
          only to the extent that such extension does not affect  
          expeditious allocation of IRWM funding.  The author suggests  
          that imposing this minimum allocation to disadvantaged  
          communities will promote greater participation by such  
          communities in the IRWM program.










                                                                  AB 626
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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Alf W. Brandt / W.,P. & W. / (916)  
          319-2096 



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