AB 2248 — Water quality: California-Mexico cross-border rivers.

Summary

Existing law establishes the California-Mexico Border Relations Council in state government, chaired by the Secretary for Environmental Protection, and prescribes the functions and duties of the council with respect to coordinating the activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state government, and state and local efforts that are of concern between California and Mexico. Existing law requires the council to develop a strategic plan to guide a project to study, monitor, remediate, and enhance water quality in the New River in the County of Imperial. Existing law requires the council to establish the New River Water Quality, Public Health, and River Parkway Development Program to coordinate funding for, and the implementation of, recommendations from the strategic plan and related projects. This bill would make $100,000,000 available from the General Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute, to the State Water Resources Control Board for grants and direct expenditures to address water quality problems arising in the California-Mexico cross-border rivers. The bill would require the funding to be available for purposes consistent with the New River Water Quality, Public Health, and River Parkway Development Program and water quality projects for the Tijuana River and would make 5% of the funding available for the administrative costs of the state board in implementing these provisions and 5% available for the costs of the Office of the Attorney General in enforcing these provisions. The bill would require the state board, in consultation with the California Environmental Protection Agency, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board, to administer the funding, as specified. The bill would require expenditures of the funding to be consistent with the work of the California Environmental Protection Agency Border Affairs Program and would require priority for the funding to be given to projects that have funding committed by the United States, the Republic of Mexico, the State of Baja California, or the City of Tijuana or Mexicali. The bill would authorize grant funding to be conditioned on enforceability and accountability mechanisms agreed upon by the state board and the recipient, as prescribed, and would authorize funding to be provided for activities or projects in the State of Baja California under certain circumstances. The bill would require the state board and the California Environmental Protection Agency to notify the leadership office in each house of the Legislature on cross-border collaboration and the expenditure of the funding.

Bill Text

• Enrolled 09/01/22 - Enrolled Current pdf September 01, 2022
• Amended 08/11/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 11, 2022
• Amended 06/30/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 30, 2022
• Amended 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly pdf March 24, 2022
• Amended 03/17/22 - Amended Assembly pdf March 17, 2022
• Introduced 02/16/22 - Introduced pdf February 16, 2022
• AB2248 View text html

Action History

1. September 18, 2022

   Vetoed by Governor.

2. September 12, 2022

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

3. August 30, 2022

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).

4. August 30, 2022

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

5. August 30, 2022

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5232.).

6. August 15, 2022

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

7. August 11, 2022

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

8. August 11, 2022

   From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).

9. August 02, 2022

   In committee: Referred to suspense file.

10. June 30, 2022

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

11. June 29, 2022

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29).

12. June 01, 2022

    Referred to Com. on E.Q.

13. May 24, 2022

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

14. May 23, 2022

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4847.)

15. May 19, 2022

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

16. May 19, 2022

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).

17. May 11, 2022

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

18. April 26, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

19. April 06, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W.

20. March 28, 2022

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

21. March 24, 2022

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

22. March 21, 2022

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

23. March 17, 2022

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

24. March 17, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and W.,P., & W.

25. February 17, 2022

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

26. February 16, 2022

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Christopher M. Ward · Cosponsor
• David Alvarez · Cosponsor
• Hueso · Cosponsor
• Robert Garcia · Primary

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