AB 508 — Drinking water: consolidation and extension of service: domestic wells.

Summary

(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties. The act authorizes the state board to order consolidation with, or extension of service from, a receiving water system, as defined, if a public water system or state small water system serving a disadvantaged community consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water or if a disadvantaged community is reliant on a domestic well that consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act requires the state board, before ordering consolidation or extension of service, to, among other things, obtain written consent from any domestic well owner for consolidation or extension of service. The act makes any domestic well owner within the consolidation or extended service area that does not provide written consent ineligible, until consent is provided, for water-related grant funding, as specified. The act also requires the state board, before ordering consolidation or extension of service, to make a finding that consolidation of the receiving water system and subsumed water system or extension of service to the subsumed water system is appropriate and technically and economically feasible. The act defines "subsumed water system" for these purposes as the public water system, state small water system, or affected residences consolidated into or receiving service from the receiving water system. This bill would modify the provision that authorizes consolidation or extension of service if a disadvantaged community is reliant on a domestic well described above to instead authorize consolidation or extension of service if a disadvantaged community, in whole or in part, is substantially reliant on domestic wells that consistently fail to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The bill would impose the additional requirement that the state board consider how many owners of dwelling units served by domestic wells in the service area have provided or are likely to provide written consent to extension of service and would specify that the state board need not find that any specific percentage of the owners of dwelling units served by domestic wells in the service area are likely to consent to the consolidation or extension of service to serve their dwelling units. The bill would revise the requirement for written consent from a domestic well owner to instead prohibit an order from requiring the consolidation or extension of service to a residence served solely by a domestic well until an owner of the affected residence provides written consent to the consolidation or extension of service. The bill would revise the definition of a subsumed water system to apply to affected residences served by domestic wells. (2) The act also requires the state board, before ordering consolidation or extension of service, to, among other things, hold at least one public meeting at the initiation of this process in a place as close as feasible to the affected areas. The act requires the state board to make reasonable efforts to provide a 30-day notice of the meeting, as specified. This bill would require the state board to include prescribed information in the 30-day notice. (3) Upon ordering consolidation or extension of service, the act requires the board, among other things, to compensate the receiving water system for any capacity lost as a result of the consolidation or extension of service, as necessary and appropriate, either by paying a capacity connection fee or providing additional capacity needed as a result of the consolidation or extension of service, and by paying legal fees. This bill would rename a capacity connection fee a capacity charge and would require a capacity charge to be paid only to the extent that it does not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/27/19 - Chaptered Current pdf September 27, 2019
• Enrolled 09/06/19 - Enrolled pdf September 06, 2019
• Amended 08/12/19 - Amended Senate pdf August 12, 2019
• Amended 07/05/19 - Amended Senate pdf July 05, 2019
• Amended 06/06/19 - Amended Senate pdf June 06, 2019
• Amended 05/06/19 - Amended Assembly pdf May 06, 2019
• Amended 04/29/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 29, 2019
• Amended 04/11/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 11, 2019
• Amended 03/25/19 - Amended Assembly pdf March 25, 2019
• Introduced 02/13/19 - Introduced pdf February 13, 2019
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Action History

1. September 27, 2019

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2019.

2. September 27, 2019

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 11, 2019

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

4. September 05, 2019

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 3016.).

5. September 03, 2019

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. September 03, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2446.).

7. August 20, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 19, 2019

   From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

9. August 12, 2019

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

10. July 31, 2019

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

11. July 10, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. July 05, 2019

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

13. July 03, 2019

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3).

14. June 12, 2019

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

15. June 06, 2019

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

16. June 06, 2019

    Referred to Coms. on EQ. and GOV. & F.

17. May 24, 2019

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

18. May 23, 2019

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 1868.)

19. May 20, 2019

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

20. May 16, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 16).

21. May 16, 2019

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1760.)

22. May 15, 2019

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

23. May 13, 2019

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)

24. May 07, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

25. May 06, 2019

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

26. April 30, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

27. April 29, 2019

    Read second time and amended.

28. April 25, 2019

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24).

29. April 22, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

30. April 11, 2019

    Read second time and amended.

31. April 10, 2019

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 9).

32. March 26, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

33. March 25, 2019

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended.

34. March 25, 2019

    Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. GOV.

35. February 14, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

36. February 13, 2019

    Read first time. To print.

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• Chu · Primary

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