Bob Wieckowski
- Democratic
Author
The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from imposing taxes for local purposes, but allows the Legislature to authorize local governments to impose them. This bill would authorize a local public entity that supplies water at retail or wholesale for the benefit of persons within the service area or area of jurisdiction of that public entity to impose, by ordinance, an excise tax on an excessive user of water, at a rate not to exceed 300% of the purchase price of the water, if the ordinance proposing the tax is approved by 23 of the electors voting on the measure and the revenue from the tax is equally distributed between the public entity and the State Water Resources Control Board for water conservation efforts within the jurisdiction of the public entity.
July 1 hearing: Heard for testimony only.
From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1031.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 885.) (May 4).
Set for hearing May 4.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 732.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 21.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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| SB789 | HTML |
| 02/27/15 - Introduced | |
| 05/11/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/08/15 - Amended Assembly |
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