BILL NUMBER: AB 853	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Arambula

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 56878 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 853, as introduced, Arambula. Local agencies: small community
water systems.
   Existing law defines "small community water system" to mean a
community water system that serves no more than 3,300 service
connections or a yearlong population of no more than 10,000 persons.
Under the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act
of 2000, the local area formation commission is responsible for the
conducting organization and reorganization proceedings for special
districts, as specified.
   This bill would require the local agency formation commission to
conduct a feasibility review for the consolidation of a small
community water system with one or more of the water systems in the
county, if the board of supervisors of the county receives a written
complaint from a resident or group of residents of a small community
water system, and a majority of the board votes to require the report
by the commission.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 56878 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   56878.  (a) Upon receipt by the board of supervisors, of a written
complaint from any resident or group of residents of a small
community water system, as defined by subdivision (aa) of Section
116275 of the Health and Safety Code, the board of supervisors may
require, upon majority vote, the local agency formation commission in
that county to initiate a feasibility study relating to the
consolidation of the small community water system with one or more of
the water systems in the county.
   (b) To meet the requirements of this section, a local agency
formation commission shall be eligible to receive financial
assistance pursuant to Section 116326 of the Health and Safety Code.