California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 951 — Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 342, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    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 26, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The County Sanitation District Act provides for the formation of county sanitation districts. Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires the regular and special meetings of a legislative body to be held within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except that the local agency may meet in the closest meeting facility if it has no meeting facility within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, or at its principal office if that office is located outside the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, each state is required to identify those waters for which prescribed effluent limitations are not stringent enough to implement applicable water quality standards and to establish, with regard to those waters, total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) , subject to the approval of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for certain pollutants at a level necessary to implement those water quality standards. This bill would prohibit the meeting exception described above from applying to the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District when decisions are being made upon policy items relating to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of any pollutant. By imposing new duties on the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute. The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. 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 a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 342, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2740.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2293.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  12. 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.

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  14. Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1349.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  18. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29).

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Read second time and amended.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15).

  22. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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

  24. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wilk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

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

AB 951 WILK Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Campos — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Burke — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Chang — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Gray — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB951 Wilk By Runner

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Huff — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pan — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 951 WILK Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chang — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 951 do?
The County Sanitation District Act provides for the formation of county sanitation districts. Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires the regular and special meetings of a legislative body to be held within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except that the local agency may meet in the closest meeting facility if it has no meeting facility within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, or at its principal office if that office is located outside the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, each state is required to identify those waters for which prescribed effluent limitations are not stringent enough to implement applicable water quality standards and to establish, with regard to those waters, total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) , subject to the approval of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for certain pollutants at a level necessary to implement those water quality standards. This bill would prohibit the meeting exception described above from applying to the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District when decisions are being made upon policy items relating to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of any pollutant. By imposing new duties on the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute. The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. 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 a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 951?
AB 951 is sponsored by Wilk.
What is the current status of AB 951?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 951?
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