Dan Logue
- Republican
Author
Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (state act) . The state act, with certain exceptions, imposes a mandatory minimum penalty of $3,000 for each serious waste discharge violation, as defined, or for certain other described violations if those violations occur 4 or more times in any period of 6 consecutive months, as prescribed. The state act authorizes the state board or a regional board to elect to require a publicly owned treatment works (POTWS) serving a small community, in lieu of assessing the mandatory minimum penalty against that POTWS, to spend an equivalent amount towards the completion of a compliance project proposed by that POTWS if certain requirements are met, including a requirement that the POTWS prepare a financing plan to complete the compliance project. Existing law defines "a publicly owned treatment works serving a small community" to mean a publicly owned treatment works serving a population of 10,000 persons or fewer or a rural county, with a financial hardship as determined by the state board after considering specified factors. This bill would require the financing plan prepared by the POTWS to include the completion of the compliance project within 5 years. The bill would authorize the state board, when determining financial hardship, if the state board finds that the review of the specified factors does not adequately represent the range of economic circumstances in a community, to also consider the impact of the penalties on individual ratepayers.
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3176.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2225.)
Read second time. To third reading.
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1629.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB914 | HTML |
| 02/26/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/23/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/23/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/09 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
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| No related documents. |
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