Amended in Assembly April 28, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 20, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2446

Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 71631.7 of the Water Code, relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2446, as amended, Waldron. Standby charges: San Luis Rey Municipal Water District.

Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, prohibits a standby assessment or availability charge from exceeding $10 per acre per year for each acre of land on which the charge is levied or $10 per year for a parcel less than one acre. Existing law, operative until January 1, 2015, prohibits a standby assessment or availability charge levied in any improvement district situated within the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District from exceeding $30 per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or $30 per year for a parcel less than one acre and requires the proceeds in excess of $10 per acre per year or $10 per year for a parcel less than one acre to be used for the purposes of the improvement district.

This bill begin delete would extend the operation of the provision for San Luis Rey Municipal Water District end delete begin insert would, end insert until January 1, 2020 begin insert , prohibit a standby assessment or availability charge levied for the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District from exceeding $30 per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or $30 per year for a parcel less than one acre. This bill would require the proceeds from the standby assessment or availability charge to be used for the purposes of management of local water supply and its quality end insert .

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 71631.7 of the Water Code is amended
to read:

71631.7.  

(a) Notwithstanding Section 71631, begin delete in any
improvement district situated within end delete begin insert for end insert the San Luis Rey
Municipal Water District, the standby assessment or availability
charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for
land on which the charge is levied or thirty dollars ($30) per year
for a parcel less than one acre. begin delete In the improvement district, the end delete
begin insert The end insert proceeds from any standby assessment or availability charge
begin delete in excess of ten dollars ($10) per acre per year or ten dollars ($10)
per year for a parcel less than one acre end delete shall only be used for the
purposes of begin delete that improvement district end delete begin insert management of local water
supply and its quality end insert .

(b) This section, applicable only to the San Luis Rey Municipal
Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special
water management problems of those areas included within that
district.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which
is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.