BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 752
Author: Arambula (D)
Amended: 6/8/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/22/09
AYES: Simitian, Runner, Ashburn, Corbett, Hancock,
Lowenthal, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0 (Consent), 5/11/09 - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund:
severely
disadvantaged communities
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill defines a severely disadvantaged
community as a community with a median household income of
less than 60 percent of the statewide median household
income for purposes of the provisions governing expenditure
of monies in the State Water Pollution Control Revolving
Fund Small Community Grant Fund.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the State Water
Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund
in the State Treasury. Money in the fund may be expended
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for grants for projects that serve small communities, as
defined, with priority given to projects that serve
severely disadvantaged communities.
Existing law defines "severely disadvantaged community" for
purposes of the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and
Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond
Act of 2006 as a community with a median household income
of less than 60 percent of the statewide average.
This bill defines "a severely disadvantaged community" as a
community with a median household income of less than 60
percent of the statewide median household income for
purposes of the provisions governing expenditure of monies
in the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small
Community Grant Fund.
Comments
According to the author's office, this bill provides
technical clean up to AB 2356 (Arambula), Chapter 609,
Statutes of 2008, by adopting the same definition of
"severely disadvantaged communities" for the State Water
Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund
as is provided in the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality
and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection
Bond Act of 2006.
Prior Legislation
AB 2356 (Arambula), Chapter 609, Statutes of 2008 . Created
the Small Community Grant Fund from which the State Water
Resources Control Board is to make grants for small
community wastewater projects. The statute specifies that,
in awarding the grants, SWRCB is to give preference to
projects that serve "severely disadvantaged communities.
AB 2356 did not define such communities, however, leaving
it to the SWRCB to interpret the term's meaning in awarding
grants.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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SUPPORT : (Verified 6/29/09)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO
Association of California Water Agencies
Friant Water Authority
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning,
Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Duvall, Yamada
TSM:cm 6/29/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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