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                                                                  AB 2669
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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2669 (V. Manuel Perez)
          As Amended  June 17, 2010
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(June 3, 2010)  |SENATE: |33-0 |(August 5,     |
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               (vote not relevant)

          Original Committee Reference:    E.S. & T.M.  

           SUMMARY  :   Adds environmental documentation to the list of costs  
          to be determined by an assessment of affordability using  
          Department of Public Health (DPH) criteria.

           The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of the bill,  
          and instead add environmental documentation to the list of costs  
          to be determined by an assessment of affordability using DPH  
          criteria.

           EXISTING LAW  :  

          Under the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997:

          1) Sets the maximum  amount of a planning grant for a  
             participating public water system's costs for planning,  
             engineering studies, environmental documentation, and design  
             of a 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 DPH.



           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill established legislative  
          intent to encourage the Department of Water Resources, if it  
          elects to expend integrated regional water management funds to  
          implement a pilot program for disadvantaged community  
          assistance, to require a recipient of funds under the pilot  
          program to conduct specified activities.  








                                                                  AB 2669
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           FISCAL EFFECT  :   According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, this bill is subject to Senate Rule 28.8.  


           COMMENTS  :   AB 1438 (Conway) Chapter 531, Statutes of 2009,  
          among other requirements, 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, failed to include "environmental documentation"  
          in the affordability assessment requirement.  AB 2669 corrects  
          this oversight.
           
           This subject matter was not heard in the Assembly.  
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Shannon McKinney / E.S. & T.M. / (916)  
          319-3965                                          FN:  0005707