California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 240 — Mutual water companies.

Last action — Last day to consider Governor's item veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2013. Enacted.

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Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    8 passed, 2 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, a mutual water company is defined as a corporation organized for or engaged in the business of selling, distributing, supplying, or delivering water for irrigation or domestic purposes that provides in its articles or bylaws that the water shall be sold, distributed, supplied, or delivered only to owners of its shares, as specified. (1) Existing law requires each board member of a mutual water company that operates a public water system to complete a training course regarding the duties of board members of mutual water companies, as specified. This bill would require a board member to repeat this training course every 6 years. (2) Existing law permits a mutual water company that is not a public utility to levy assessments upon its shares, unless otherwise provided in its articles or bylaws. This bill would also permit the board of directors of a mutual water company, if authorized by its articles or bylaws, to record a notice of lien against a shareholder's property if the shareholder has not timely paid any rate, charge, or assessment arising from, or related to, water services provided by the mutual water company to the shareholder's property and if the shareholder was given at least 20 days' notice of the lien. (3) Existing law, the California Public Records Act, provides that public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency that retains those records, and that every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as provided. The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. This bill would enact the Mutual Water Company Open Meeting Act, which would apply to mutual water companies, and would permit an eligible person to attend a meeting of a mutual water company, as those terms are defined, and to speak during the meeting, except as provided. The bill would also require the board of the mutual water company that operates a public water system to adopt, in an open meeting, an annual budget on or before the start of each fiscal year. The bill would require the board of a mutual water company that operates a public water system to contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to conduct an annual review of the financial records and reports of the mutual water company, as specified. The bill would also require the board of directors of a mutual water company that operates a public water system to make specified documents available to an eligible person, as defined, upon payment of fees covering the direct costs of duplication, as specified. (4) Existing law declares that water is a valuable natural resource in California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the state's agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. Existing law declares that local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to encourage collaboration among mutual water companies that operate public water systems in the City of Maywood to create a public agency that can consolidate drinking water services for the people and business of that city. The Budget Act of 2011 appropriated $7,500,000 from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006 to the Department of Public Health for the provision of grants to public agencies, as specified, to improve drinking water infrastructure in communities served by mutual water companies in the Cities of Maywood and Santa Ana. This bill would limit the use of this appropriation to providing grants to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for water quality improvement projects for the benefit of the City of Maywood, subject to specified conditions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Last day to consider Governor's item veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

  2. Consideration of Governor's item veto pending.

  3. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2013.

  4. Approved by the Governor with item veto.

  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  6. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 3306.).

  7. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (September 11).

  8. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3247.)

  9. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  10. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2112.).

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) .

  14. In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  16. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Ordered to second reading.

  21. Withdrawn from committee.

  22. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  23. Withdrawn from committee.

  24. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  25. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12).

  26. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  27. Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and N.R. & W.

  28. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  29. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1152.)

  30. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  31. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17).

  32. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  33. From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  34. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Rendon · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Rendon

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 240 RENDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 52 Yea · 24 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 482102
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 522402
% of votes cast 67%31%0%3%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Linder — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Levine — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Logue — Yea
Medina — Yea
Allen — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Garcia — Not Voting
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Fox — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gorell — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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amendments be concurred in.

Passed 6 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6201
Total 6201
% of votes cast 67%22%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Gordon — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Rendon — Yea

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3rd Reading AB240 Rendon By Wolk

Passed 22 Yea · 13 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 201303
Democratic 2001
Total 221304
% of votes cast 56%33%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Galgiani — Nay
Hancock — Not Voting
Huff — Nay
Knight — Nay
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
De León — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Torres — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8501
Democratic 1000
Total 9501
% of votes cast 60%33%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Emmerson — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leno — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Monning — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea

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Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13001
Democratic 0001
Total 13002
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wright — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting

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Do pass.

Failed 7 Yea · 5 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7502
Democratic 0001
Total 7503
% of votes cast 47%33%0%20%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Torres — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Emmerson — Nay
Wyland — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.

Failed 7 Yea · 5 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7502
Democratic 0001
Total 7503
% of votes cast 47%33%0%20%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Leno — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Block — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Not Voting
Torres — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting

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AB 240 RENDON Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65003
Democratic 7000
Republican 4000
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Stone — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Torres — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Atkins — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Nestande — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Fox — Not Voting
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Total 9000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Waldron — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 240 do?
Under existing law, a mutual water company is defined as a corporation organized for or engaged in the business of selling, distributing, supplying, or delivering water for irrigation or domestic purposes that provides in its articles or bylaws that the water shall be sold, distributed, supplied, or delivered only to owners of its shares, as specified. (1) Existing law requires each board member of a mutual water company that operates a public water system to complete a training course regarding the duties of board members of mutual water companies, as specified. This bill would require a board member to repeat this training course every 6 years. (2) Existing law permits a mutual water company that is not a public utility to levy assessments upon its shares, unless otherwise provided in its articles or bylaws. This bill would also permit the board of directors of a mutual water company, if authorized by its articles or bylaws, to record a notice of lien against a shareholder's property if the shareholder has not timely paid any rate, charge, or assessment arising from, or related to, water services provided by the mutual water company to the shareholder's property and if the shareholder was given at least 20 days' notice of the lien. (3) Existing law, the California Public Records Act, provides that public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency that retains those records, and that every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as provided. The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. This bill would enact the Mutual Water Company Open Meeting Act, which would apply to mutual water companies, and would permit an eligible person to attend a meeting of a mutual water company, as those terms are defined, and to speak during the meeting, except as provided. The bill would also require the board of the mutual water company that operates a public water system to adopt, in an open meeting, an annual budget on or before the start of each fiscal year. The bill would require the board of a mutual water company that operates a public water system to contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to conduct an annual review of the financial records and reports of the mutual water company, as specified. The bill would also require the board of directors of a mutual water company that operates a public water system to make specified documents available to an eligible person, as defined, upon payment of fees covering the direct costs of duplication, as specified. (4) Existing law declares that water is a valuable natural resource in California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the state's agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. Existing law declares that local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to encourage collaboration among mutual water companies that operate public water systems in the City of Maywood to create a public agency that can consolidate drinking water services for the people and business of that city. The Budget Act of 2011 appropriated $7,500,000 from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006 to the Department of Public Health for the provision of grants to public agencies, as specified, to improve drinking water infrastructure in communities served by mutual water companies in the Cities of Maywood and Santa Ana. This bill would limit the use of this appropriation to providing grants to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for water quality improvement projects for the benefit of the City of Maywood, subject to specified conditions.
Who sponsors AB 240?
AB 240 is sponsored by Rendon.
What is the current status of AB 240?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2013. Enacted.
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