BILL NUMBER: AB 2488	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ruskin

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2488, as introduced, Ruskin. City and County of San Francisco:
regional water system.
   Under existing law, the City and County of San Francisco operates
the Hetch Hetchy Project as a regional water delivery system,
supplying water to persons and entities in San Francisco and the
Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.
   Existing law, the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
Act, governs the formation and operation of the Bay Area Water Supply
and Conservation Agency. The act authorizes the agency to acquire
water and water rights, and take other specified actions relating to
the regional water system of the City and County of San Francisco.
   Existing law, the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System
Financing Authority Act, establishes the San Francisco Bay Area
Regional Water System Financing Authority and authorizes the
authority to issue revenue bonds and take other actions to improve
the reliability of the regional water system of the City and County
of San Francisco.
   This bill would state legislative intent to enact legislation to
modify certain definitions set forth in those laws and to make
various other changes affecting those laws.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to accomplish all of the following:
   (a) Update the laws governing the Bay Area Water Supply and
Conservation Agency and the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water
System Financing Authority.
   (b) Modify the definition of "public entities," set forth in the
San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority Act,
to reflect changes in the membership of the authority.
   (c) Modify the definition of "eligible public entities," set forth
in the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act, to reflect
changes in the membership of the agency.
   (d) Modify the various references to "master water sales contract"
to reflect a recent water supply agreement, dated July 2009, between
the City and County of San Francisco and wholesale customers in the
Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.