Tasha Boerner
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 77
Author
The County Water Authority Act provides for the formation of county water authorities and grants to those authorities specified powers with regards to providing water service. The act provides 2 methods of excluding territory from any county water authority, one of which is that a public agency whose corporate area as a unit is part of a county water authority may obtain exclusion of the area by submitting to the electors within the public agency, at any general or special election, the proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority. Existing law requires that, if a majority of the electors approve the proposition, specified actions take place to implement the exclusion. This bill, the Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023, would additionally require the public entity to submit the proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority to the electors within the territory of the county water authority. The bill would require the 2 elections to be separate; however, the bill would authorize both elections to run concurrently. The bill would require the ballot materials to include a fiscal impact statement, as described. The bill would also require the ballot materials for the election encompassing the territory of the county water authority to include a statement describing the annual aggregated fiscal impact to remaining members of the county water authority as a result of the reorganization. The bill would require the county water authority to prepare that statement. By imposing a higher level of service on a local agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require a majority vote for withdrawal in both elections for the withdrawal of the public agency from the territory of the county water authority. 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 8. Page 3230.).
Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Ordered to the unfinished business file.
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 2403.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 12).
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1594.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB399 | HTML |
| 02/02/23 - Introduced | |
| 06/14/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/14/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/14/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/13/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/06/23- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 07/07/23- Senate Governance and Finance | |
| 08/27/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/01/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/04/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/06/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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