BILL NUMBER: AB 983	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 116760.40 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 983, as introduced, Perea. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund.
   Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the
State Department of Public Health to administer provisions relating
to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health,
including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and
demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable,
safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking
Water Act, adopting and enforcing regulations, and conducting studies
and investigations to assess the quality of water in domestic water
supplies.
   Existing law establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the department for the
provision of grants and revolving fund loans to provide for the
design and construction of projects for public water systems that
will enable suppliers to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing
law authorizes the department to establish specified separate
accounts or subaccounts within the fund.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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.  Section 116760.40 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   116760.40.  The department may undertake any of the following
actions to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund:
   (a) Enter into agreements with the federal government for federal
contributions to the fund.
   (b) Accept federal contributions to the fund.
   (c) Use moneys in the fund for the purposes permitted by the
federal act.
   (d) Provide for the deposit of matching funds and other available
and necessary moneys into the fund.
   (e) Make requests, on behalf of the state, for deposit into the
fund of available federal moneys under the federal act.
   (f) Determine, on behalf of the state, that public water systems
that receive financial assistance from the fund will meet the
requirements of, and otherwise be treated as required by, the federal
act.
   (g) Provide for appropriate audit, accounting, and fiscal
management services, plans, and reports relative to the fund.
   (h) Take additional incidental action as may be appropriate for
adequate administration and operation of the fund.
   (i) Enter into an agreement with, and accept matching funds from,
a public water system. A public water system that seeks to enter into
an agreement with the department and provide matching funds pursuant
to this subdivision shall provide to the department evidence of the
availability of those funds in the form of a written resolution, or
equivalent document, from the public water system before it requests
a preliminary loan commitment.
   (j) Charge public water systems that elect to provide matching
funds a fee to cover the actual cost of obtaining the federal funds
pursuant to Section 1452(e) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec.
300j-12) and to process the loan application. The fee shall be waived
by the department if sufficient funds to cover those costs are
available from other sources.
   (k) Use money returned to the fund under Section 116761.85 and any
other source of matching funds, if not prohibited by statute, as
matching funds for the federal administrative allowance under Section
1452(g) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300j-12).
   (  l  ) Establish separate accounts or subaccounts ,
 as required or allowed in the federal act and related guidance,
for funds to be used for  the  administration of the fund
and other purposes.  Within the fund the   The
 department shall establish the following accounts  within
the fund  , including, but not limited to:
   (1) A fund administration account for state expenses related to
administration of the fund pursuant to Section 1452(g)(2) of the
federal act.
   (2) A water system reliability account for department expenses
pursuant to Section 1452(g)(2)(A), (B), (C), or (D) of the federal
act.
   (3) A source protection account for state expenses pursuant to
Section 1452(k) of the federal act.
   (4) A small system technical assistance account for department
expenses pursuant to Section 1452(g)(2) of the federal act.
   (5) A state revolving loan account pursuant to Section 1452(a)(2)
of the federal act.
   (6) A wellhead protection account established pursuant to Section
1452(a)(2) of the federal act.
   (m) Deposit federal funds for administration and other purposes
into separate accounts or subaccounts  ,  as allowed by the
federal act.
   (n) Determine, on behalf of the state, whether sufficient progress
is being made toward compliance with the enforceable deadlines,
goals, and requirements of the federal act and the California Safe
Drinking Water Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270).