Tom Daly
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Orange County Water District Act, prescribes the powers of the Orange County Water District. Existing law grants the district the power to perform actions useful or necessary to replenish the underground water basin within the district, or to augment and protect the quality of the common water supplies of the district. The act authorizes the district to conduct any investigations of the quality of the surface and groundwaters within the district that the district determines to be necessary and appropriate to determine whether those waters are contaminated or polluted. The act authorizes the district to expend available funds to perform any cleanup, abatement, or remedial work required under the circumstances which, in the determination of the board of directors, is required by the magnitude of the endeavor or the urgency of prompt action needed to prevent, abate, or contain any threatened or existing contamination of, or pollution to, the surface or groundwaters of the district, and requires the person causing or threatening to cause that contamination or pollution to be liable to the district to the extent of the reasonable costs actually incurred. This bill would require the district, when cleaning up or containing contamination or pollution, abating the effects of the contamination or pollution, or, in the case of threatened contamination or pollution, taking other removal or remedial action described above, to provide prior notice of the action to a regional water quality control board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to meet and confer with agencies and any responsible party, as provided, and to comply with the requirements of the National Contingency Plan, as prescribed. Among other things, bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the district adopt a policy to address the process for groundwater remediation projects and that the district enter into a memorandum of understanding between it, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana region, and the Orange County Health Care Agency to establish a process of review of the district's proposed groundwater remediation projects. The bill would declare that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Died on third reading file.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14).
In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5197.)
From consent calendar.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
(pending re-referral to the Com. on L. GOV.)
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4575.)
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. GOV.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2712 | HTML |
| 02/21/14 - Introduced | |
| 04/23/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/01/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/22/14 - Amended Senate |
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