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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 80
          Author:   Assembly Budget Committee
          Amended:  2/25/14 in Senate
          Vote:     21


           SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE  :  12-0, 2/26/14
          AYES:  Leno, Anderson, Beall, Block, Corbett, Hancock, Jackson,  
            Mitchell, Monning, Roth, Torres, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Nielsen, Berryhill, Walters, Wright

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Not relevant


           SUBJECT  :    Budget Act of 2013:  drought relief

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes various changes to provide immediate  
          drought relief, water efficiency, housing assistance and water  
          supply protection related to the drought.

           ANALYSIS  :    This bill appropriates $472.5 million (bond funds)  
          for integrated regional water management, and provides statutory  
          guidance necessary to implement the 2013-14 Budget.

          This bill includes the following key changes:

          1.Integrated Regional Water Management:  Provides $472.5 million  
            for integrated regional water management grants (mainly local  
            assistance).  Accelerates the allocation of funds and required  
            co-benefits for water supply, water efficiency, and/or  
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            drought.

          2.Housing Assistance:  Allows $10 million from the existing  
            Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund appropriation to be made  
            available for rental assistance related to the drought.   
            Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development  
            to make the Office of Migrant Services available for persons  
            or families experiencing hardships as a result of the drought.

          3.Penalties for Illegal Diversions:  Revises the definition of a  
            critically dry (drought) year and applies this definition to  
            increased penalties for illegal diversions from $500 to $1,000  
            per day and $2,500 per acre foot of water.  Non-drought year  
            provisions remain the same. Increases the penalty for  
            violating a cease and desist order for water diversion from  
            $1,000 to $10,000 per day in drought years.  Penalties and  
            civil liability may be imposed by court or State Water  
            Resources Control Board order.

          4.Water Recycling:  Amends the emergency regulations for water  
            recycling to include critically dry and drought years as  
            eligible criteria.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  Yes   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  Yes



          JA:e  2/26/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

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