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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 403
          Author:   Alejo (D)
          Amended:  8/24/12 in Senate
          Vote:     27

           
          ALL PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT


          SUBJECT  :    Water quality:  Greater Monterey County 
          Regional Water
                      Management Group

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill appropriates $2 million from the Waste 
          Discharge Permit Fund to the Greater Monterey County 
          Regional Water Management Group for assessment and 
          feasibility studies needed to develop a plan addressing 
          drinking water and wastewater issues in disadvantaged 
          communities located in the Salinas Valley.

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/24/12 deletes the previous 
          version of the bill relating to public drinking water 
          standards and replaces it with the above language.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law requires the assessment of 
          penalties for violations of water quality laws and requires 
          the money generated by these civil penalties to be 
          deposited into the fund, to be expended by the State Water 
          Resources Control Board upon appropriation of the 
          Legislature for the purpose of pollution abatement in the 
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          state's waters.

          This bill appropriates $2 million from the Waste Discharge 
          Permit Fund to the Greater Monterey County Regional Water 
          Management Group for purposes of developing a plan 
          addressing contaminated water issues affecting 
          disadvantaged communities in the Salinas Valley.  The 
          Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group is 
          required to submit a plan to the Legislature by January 1, 
          2016.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  Yes   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No

          Appropriates $2 million from the Waste Discharge Permit 
          Fund. 

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/27/12)

          Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group
          Nielsen and Associates


          DLW:n   8/27/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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