California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 634 — Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 833, Statutes of 2017.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law, created the Castaic Lake Water Agency and authorizes the agency to acquire water and water rights, including water from the State Water Project, and to provide, sell, and deliver water at wholesale for municipal, industrial, domestic, and other purposes. This bill would repeal the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law. Existing law, the County Water District Law, authorizes the formation of county water districts and authorizes those districts to appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose and to operate water rights, works, properties, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any purpose authorized by that law. This bill would reorganize the Newhall County Water District and the Castaic Lake Water Agency into the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, which this bill would create, and prohibit the Castaic Lake Water Agency and the Newhall County Water District from operating as separate entities or exercising independent functions. The bill would generally specify the powers and purposes, as well as the boundaries, of the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency and would provide that the purpose of the agency is to provide, sell, manage, and deliver surface water, groundwater, and recycled water at retail or wholesale within the agency's territory. The bill would prescribe the composition of the board of directors of the agency. Existing law authorizes the Castaic Lake Water Agency to prescribe methods for the construction of works and for the letting of contracts for the construction of works, structures, or equipment, or the performance or furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies, for carrying out specified provisions. Existing law requires all contracts for any improvement or unit of work when the cost estimate exceeds $5,000 to be let to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders. Existing law authorizes the agency to have work done by force account without advertising for bids and to purchase in the open market materials and supplies when the estimated cost of the work or the cost of the materials and supplies does not exceed $5,000. This bill would instead make these provisions applicable to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency and would increase these cost and cost estimate limits to $30,000. Existing law requires, for any proposal involving the dissolution of the Newhall County Water District, that the local agency formation commission forward the change of organization or reorganization for confirmation by the voters if the commission finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitted for confirmation by the voters has been signed, as prescribed. This bill would repeal that provision. Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (act) , provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts. This bill would require the agency to submit an application for conditions addressing the creation of the agency to the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles, as specified, and require the commission to prepare a written report, which may contain specific conditions to which the agency would be subject and which the commission deems appropriate under the act. The bill would require the agency to reimburse the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles for all costs associated with the submittal, review, consideration, preparation, and determination associated with the application for conditions and the preparation of the written report. By imposing duties on the agency and a county in connection with the operation of the agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 833, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 2929.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 3251.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 1).

  12. August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 11).

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W.

  17. Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W.,P., & W.

  18. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1344.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  20. Published May 26 at 9 p.m.

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. Ordered to second reading.

  23. Read third time and amended.

  24. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  25. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1188.) (May 25).

  26. Set for hearing May 25.

  27. May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  28. Set for hearing May 15.

  29. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  30. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 884.) (April 26).

  31. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  32. Set for hearing April 26.

  33. April 19 hearing postponed by committee.

  34. Set for hearing April 19.

  35. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  36. Set for hearing March 28.

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

  38. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  39. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wilk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Wilk

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB634 Wilk Concurrence

Passed 34 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31103
Democratic 3002
Total 34105
% of votes cast 85%3%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
De León — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Allen — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Newman — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 634 Wilk Senate Third Reading By LACKEY

Passed 62 Yea · 13 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 45904
Democratic 11400
Republican 6000
Total 621304
% of votes cast 78%16%0%5%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Not Voting
Thurmond — Not Voting
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Rubio — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Friedman — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Levine — Nay
Dababneh — Nay
Ting — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Eggman — Nay
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gloria — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Nay
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10003
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 14003
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Friedman — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 13 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11200
Republican 2000
Total 13200
% of votes cast 87%13%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Harper — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Wood — Yea
Salas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Gloria — Nay
Levine — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Chu — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Friedman — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife]

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Total 9000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 634 do?
Existing law, the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law, created the Castaic Lake Water Agency and authorizes the agency to acquire water and water rights, including water from the State Water Project, and to provide, sell, and deliver water at wholesale for municipal, industrial, domestic, and other purposes. This bill would repeal the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law. Existing law, the County Water District Law, authorizes the formation of county water districts and authorizes those districts to appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose and to operate water rights, works, properties, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any purpose authorized by that law. This bill would reorganize the Newhall County Water District and the Castaic Lake Water Agency into the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, which this bill would create, and prohibit the Castaic Lake Water Agency and the Newhall County Water District from operating as separate entities or exercising independent functions. The bill would generally specify the powers and purposes, as well as the boundaries, of the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency and would provide that the purpose of the agency is to provide, sell, manage, and deliver surface water, groundwater, and recycled water at retail or wholesale within the agency's territory. The bill would prescribe the composition of the board of directors of the agency. Existing law authorizes the Castaic Lake Water Agency to prescribe methods for the construction of works and for the letting of contracts for the construction of works, structures, or equipment, or the performance or furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies, for carrying out specified provisions. Existing law requires all contracts for any improvement or unit of work when the cost estimate exceeds $5,000 to be let to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders. Existing law authorizes the agency to have work done by force account without advertising for bids and to purchase in the open market materials and supplies when the estimated cost of the work or the cost of the materials and supplies does not exceed $5,000. This bill would instead make these provisions applicable to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency and would increase these cost and cost estimate limits to $30,000. Existing law requires, for any proposal involving the dissolution of the Newhall County Water District, that the local agency formation commission forward the change of organization or reorganization for confirmation by the voters if the commission finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitted for confirmation by the voters has been signed, as prescribed. This bill would repeal that provision. Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (act) , provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts. This bill would require the agency to submit an application for conditions addressing the creation of the agency to the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles, as specified, and require the commission to prepare a written report, which may contain specific conditions to which the agency would be subject and which the commission deems appropriate under the act. The bill would require the agency to reimburse the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles for all costs associated with the submittal, review, consideration, preparation, and determination associated with the application for conditions and the preparation of the written report. By imposing duties on the agency and a county in connection with the operation of the agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
Who sponsors SB 634?
SB 634 is sponsored by Wilk.
What is the current status of SB 634?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.
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