California Assembly Bill AB1334 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1334INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blakeslee FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 13475 of the Water Code, relating to water quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1334, as introduced, Blakeslee. State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. Existing law continuously appropriates state and federal funds in the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to the State Water Resources Control Board for loans and other financial assistance for the construction of publicly owned treatment works by a municipality, the implementation of a management program, the development and implementation of a conservation and management plan, and other related purposes in accordance with the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. This bill would make technical nonsubstantive changes to findings and declarations set forth in the state act that relate to the establishment of the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 13475 of the Water Code is amended to read: 13475. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that  since   because  the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) provides for establishment of a perpetual water pollution control revolving loan fund,  which   that  will be partially capitalized by federal contributions, it is in the interest of people of the state, in order to ensure full participation by the state under the federal Clean Water Act, to enact this chapter to authorize the state to establish and implement a  state/federal   state-federal  water pollution control revolving fund in accordance with federal provisions, requirements, and limitations. (b) The primary purpose of this chapter is to enact  a statute   statutes  consistent with the provisions and requirements of the federal Clean Water Act, as those provisions, requirements, and limitations relate to  the  establishment, management, and operation of a  state/federal   state-federal  water pollution control revolving fund. It is the intent of the Legislature that the terms of this chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve this purpose.