BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2669
Author: V. Manuel Perez (D)
Amended: 6/17/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ENV. QUALITY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/28/10
AYES: Simitian, Runner, Corbett, Hancock, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Strickland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 52-24, 6/3/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund:
planning and
construction grants
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill adds environmental documentation to
the costs of a single project that the Department of Public
Health is required to determine by an assessment of
affordability under the California Safe Drinking Water Act.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, under the Safe Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund Law of 1997:
1.Sets the maximum "planning grant" for a participating
public water system's costs for planning, engineering
studies, environmental documentation, and design of a
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project at no more than $500,000. Maximum amounts are
also set for construction grants.
2.Requires total funding for planning, engineering studies,
project design, and construction costs, whether in the
form of a loan or grant, to be determined by an
assessment of affordability using criteria established by
the Department of Public Health (DPH).
This bill adds environmental documentation to the list of
costs to be determined by an assessment of affordability
using DPH criteria.
Comments
According to the author's office, "AB 2669 ensures that DPH
considers environmental documentation costs when
determining funding based on DPH criteria."
Related Legislation
AB 1438 (Conway) Chapter 531, Statutes of 2009, among other
things, set a limit of $500,000 for planning, engineering
studies, environmental documentation, and design of a
single project. Current law also requires total funding
for planning, engineering studies, project design, and
construction costs, whether in the form of a loan or grant,
to be determined by an assessment of affordability using
criteria established by DPH. AB 1438, however, did not
also add "environmental documentation" to the affordability
assessment requirement. This bill corrects this oversight.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio,
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Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada, John A.
Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Conway,
Cook, DeVore, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore,
Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Norby, Audra Strickland,
Vacancy
TSM:nl 8/4/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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