BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2776
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Date of Hearing: April 13, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Jared William Huffman, Chair
AB 2776 (Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife) - As Amended:
April 6, 2010
SUBJECT : Water
SUMMARY : Makes numerous technical amendments to update and
clarify the Water Code. Specifically, this bill :
1)Extends the terms of two board members on each of the 9
regional water quality control boards in the state to
September 30, 2014, in order to make the terms for each board
member consistent and uniform.
2)Requires an agency delivering recycled water to a condominium
project, prior to the indoor use of the water, to file a
report with the State Department of Public Health, in addition
to the regional water quality control board.
3)Deletes an existing exemption from constitutional subvention
requirements which has been found to be unconstitutional by a
court of appeal.
4)Deletes a requirement for notice in permit or license
revocation procedures where the permit or license holder
themselves is requesting the revocation.
5)Clarifies existing provisions relating to unlawful discharges
for which a federal Clean Water Act permit has not been
issued.
6)Clarifies that the SWRCB, on its own motion, may review
regional water quality control board basin planning actions.
7)Updates cross-references, deletes obsolete provisions, and
makes various other technical or clarifying changes.
EXISTING LAW : Creates the SWRCB, and 9 regional water quality
control boards, with authority over water allocation and water
quality protection. The regional boards develop and enforce
water quality objectives and regional basin plans, issue waste
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discharge requirements and monitor water quality.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : This bill is a technical water code cleanup bill
sponsored by the State Water Resources Control Board, and makes
numerous, technical, clarifying and non-substantive changes to
update and improve the Water Code. It also makes a few
non-controversial substantive changes to conform with other
existing laws and to clarify procedures. There is no
opposition.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
State Water Resources Control Board (sponsor)
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Diane Colborn / W., P. & W. / (916)
319-2096