Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 272Introduced by Assembly Member GipsonFebruary 01, 2017An act to amend Section 13000 of the Water Code, relating to water quality. An act to add Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, relating to water.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 272, as amended, Gipson. Water quality. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act.The Davis-Grunsky Act provides for state financial assistance, in the form of grants and loans, to public agencies for, among other things, distribution of water for domestic purposes. The act authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in making loans or grants pursuant to the act, to impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the states investment and that are necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. 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 a receiving water system where a public water system or a state small water system, as specified, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act authorizes the state board to order the extension of service to an area within a disadvantaged community that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water, as specified. To provide affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities, the act, if the state board finds that consolidation or extension of service is either not appropriate or not technically or economically feasible, authorizes the state board to contract with an administrator to provide administrative and managerial services to a designated public water system to assist that public water system with the provision of an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water.This bill, the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act, would authorize the department and the state board to condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project. The bill would authorize the department and state board to provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for these purposes.The bill would specifically authorize an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County to consult with the state board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system under the California Safe Drinking Water Act is appropriate.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act. SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The State of California has approximately 7,500 public water systems that serve drinking water to Californians.(b) Communities in southeast Los Angeles County (the Southeast) receive their drinking water from a multitude of water suppliers, including small public water agencies, municipalities, investor-owned utilities, and mutual water companies. Some cities, such as the cities of Compton and Maywood, have several water suppliers. Compton, with a population of 97,877 people, has five water suppliers and the City of Maywood, with a population of 27,748 people has three mutual water companies.(c) A 2015 study from the Los Angeles campus of the University of California reported that, presently, nearly 100 public and private entities are involved in the management of potable water supplies in the [Los Angeles] region - a system born out of a history of fragmented water rights and governance regimes following rapid urban expansion. The report noted the diversity of small water retailers in the Southeast and problems with mutual water companies. It concluded that such a fragmented system can lead to uneven water provision, as each of the nearly 100 retailers set their own prices and drought-related policies.(d) In order to receive certain state or federal funding for water infrastructure, water suppliers are required to show that they have the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate and maintain the infrastructure. The Southeast has several water suppliers that are unable to show that they have such capacity, including some that now seek state funding to fix their water systems.SEC. 3. Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) is added to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.SEC. 4. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of southeast Los Angeles County including the multitude of water suppliers that provide drinking water to the area and need to complete water infrastructure projects.SECTION 1.Section 13000 of the Water Code is amended to read:13000.The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)The people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state.(b)Activities and factors that may affect the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible.(c)The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by interbasin water development projects and other statewide considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography, population, recreation, agriculture, industry, and economic development vary from region to region within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a framework of statewide coordination and policy.
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 272Introduced by Assembly Member GipsonFebruary 01, 2017An act to amend Section 13000 of the Water Code, relating to water quality. An act to add Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, relating to water.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 272, as amended, Gipson. Water quality. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act.The Davis-Grunsky Act provides for state financial assistance, in the form of grants and loans, to public agencies for, among other things, distribution of water for domestic purposes. The act authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in making loans or grants pursuant to the act, to impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the states investment and that are necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. 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 a receiving water system where a public water system or a state small water system, as specified, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act authorizes the state board to order the extension of service to an area within a disadvantaged community that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water, as specified. To provide affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities, the act, if the state board finds that consolidation or extension of service is either not appropriate or not technically or economically feasible, authorizes the state board to contract with an administrator to provide administrative and managerial services to a designated public water system to assist that public water system with the provision of an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water.This bill, the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act, would authorize the department and the state board to condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project. The bill would authorize the department and state board to provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for these purposes.The bill would specifically authorize an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County to consult with the state board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system under the California Safe Drinking Water Act is appropriate.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 272
Introduced by Assembly Member GipsonFebruary 01, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson
February 01, 2017
An act to amend Section 13000 of the Water Code, relating to water quality. An act to add Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 272, as amended, Gipson. Water quality. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act.
The Davis-Grunsky Act provides for state financial assistance, in the form of grants and loans, to public agencies for, among other things, distribution of water for domestic purposes. The act authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in making loans or grants pursuant to the act, to impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the states investment and that are necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. 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 a receiving water system where a public water system or a state small water system, as specified, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act authorizes the state board to order the extension of service to an area within a disadvantaged community that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water, as specified. To provide affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities, the act, if the state board finds that consolidation or extension of service is either not appropriate or not technically or economically feasible, authorizes the state board to contract with an administrator to provide administrative and managerial services to a designated public water system to assist that public water system with the provision of an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water.This bill, the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act, would authorize the department and the state board to condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project. The bill would authorize the department and state board to provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for these purposes.The bill would specifically authorize an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County to consult with the state board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system under the California Safe Drinking Water Act is appropriate.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.
The Davis-Grunsky Act provides for state financial assistance, in the form of grants and loans, to public agencies for, among other things, distribution of water for domestic purposes. The act authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in making loans or grants pursuant to the act, to impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the states investment and that are necessary to carry out the purposes of the act.
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 a receiving water system where a public water system or a state small water system, as specified, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act authorizes the state board to order the extension of service to an area within a disadvantaged community that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water, as specified. To provide affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities, the act, if the state board finds that consolidation or extension of service is either not appropriate or not technically or economically feasible, authorizes the state board to contract with an administrator to provide administrative and managerial services to a designated public water system to assist that public water system with the provision of an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water.
This bill, the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act, would authorize the department and the state board to condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project. The bill would authorize the department and state board to provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for these purposes.
The bill would specifically authorize an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County to consult with the state board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system under the California Safe Drinking Water Act is appropriate.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act. SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The State of California has approximately 7,500 public water systems that serve drinking water to Californians.(b) Communities in southeast Los Angeles County (the Southeast) receive their drinking water from a multitude of water suppliers, including small public water agencies, municipalities, investor-owned utilities, and mutual water companies. Some cities, such as the cities of Compton and Maywood, have several water suppliers. Compton, with a population of 97,877 people, has five water suppliers and the City of Maywood, with a population of 27,748 people has three mutual water companies.(c) A 2015 study from the Los Angeles campus of the University of California reported that, presently, nearly 100 public and private entities are involved in the management of potable water supplies in the [Los Angeles] region - a system born out of a history of fragmented water rights and governance regimes following rapid urban expansion. The report noted the diversity of small water retailers in the Southeast and problems with mutual water companies. It concluded that such a fragmented system can lead to uneven water provision, as each of the nearly 100 retailers set their own prices and drought-related policies.(d) In order to receive certain state or federal funding for water infrastructure, water suppliers are required to show that they have the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate and maintain the infrastructure. The Southeast has several water suppliers that are unable to show that they have such capacity, including some that now seek state funding to fix their water systems.SEC. 3. Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) is added to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.SEC. 4. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of southeast Los Angeles County including the multitude of water suppliers that provide drinking water to the area and need to complete water infrastructure projects.SECTION 1.Section 13000 of the Water Code is amended to read:13000.The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)The people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state.(b)Activities and factors that may affect the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible.(c)The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by interbasin water development projects and other statewide considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography, population, recreation, agriculture, industry, and economic development vary from region to region within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a framework of statewide coordination and policy.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act.
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act.
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act.
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SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The State of California has approximately 7,500 public water systems that serve drinking water to Californians.(b) Communities in southeast Los Angeles County (the Southeast) receive their drinking water from a multitude of water suppliers, including small public water agencies, municipalities, investor-owned utilities, and mutual water companies. Some cities, such as the cities of Compton and Maywood, have several water suppliers. Compton, with a population of 97,877 people, has five water suppliers and the City of Maywood, with a population of 27,748 people has three mutual water companies.(c) A 2015 study from the Los Angeles campus of the University of California reported that, presently, nearly 100 public and private entities are involved in the management of potable water supplies in the [Los Angeles] region - a system born out of a history of fragmented water rights and governance regimes following rapid urban expansion. The report noted the diversity of small water retailers in the Southeast and problems with mutual water companies. It concluded that such a fragmented system can lead to uneven water provision, as each of the nearly 100 retailers set their own prices and drought-related policies.(d) In order to receive certain state or federal funding for water infrastructure, water suppliers are required to show that they have the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate and maintain the infrastructure. The Southeast has several water suppliers that are unable to show that they have such capacity, including some that now seek state funding to fix their water systems.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The State of California has approximately 7,500 public water systems that serve drinking water to Californians.(b) Communities in southeast Los Angeles County (the Southeast) receive their drinking water from a multitude of water suppliers, including small public water agencies, municipalities, investor-owned utilities, and mutual water companies. Some cities, such as the cities of Compton and Maywood, have several water suppliers. Compton, with a population of 97,877 people, has five water suppliers and the City of Maywood, with a population of 27,748 people has three mutual water companies.(c) A 2015 study from the Los Angeles campus of the University of California reported that, presently, nearly 100 public and private entities are involved in the management of potable water supplies in the [Los Angeles] region - a system born out of a history of fragmented water rights and governance regimes following rapid urban expansion. The report noted the diversity of small water retailers in the Southeast and problems with mutual water companies. It concluded that such a fragmented system can lead to uneven water provision, as each of the nearly 100 retailers set their own prices and drought-related policies.(d) In order to receive certain state or federal funding for water infrastructure, water suppliers are required to show that they have the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate and maintain the infrastructure. The Southeast has several water suppliers that are unable to show that they have such capacity, including some that now seek state funding to fix their water systems.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(a) The State of California has approximately 7,500 public water systems that serve drinking water to Californians.
(b) Communities in southeast Los Angeles County (the Southeast) receive their drinking water from a multitude of water suppliers, including small public water agencies, municipalities, investor-owned utilities, and mutual water companies. Some cities, such as the cities of Compton and Maywood, have several water suppliers. Compton, with a population of 97,877 people, has five water suppliers and the City of Maywood, with a population of 27,748 people has three mutual water companies.
(c) A 2015 study from the Los Angeles campus of the University of California reported that, presently, nearly 100 public and private entities are involved in the management of potable water supplies in the [Los Angeles] region - a system born out of a history of fragmented water rights and governance regimes following rapid urban expansion. The report noted the diversity of small water retailers in the Southeast and problems with mutual water companies. It concluded that such a fragmented system can lead to uneven water provision, as each of the nearly 100 retailers set their own prices and drought-related policies.
(d) In order to receive certain state or federal funding for water infrastructure, water suppliers are required to show that they have the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate and maintain the infrastructure. The Southeast has several water suppliers that are unable to show that they have such capacity, including some that now seek state funding to fix their water systems.
SEC. 3. Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) is added to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.
SEC. 3. Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 12893.50) is added to Part 6 of Division 6 of the Water Code, to read:
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CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.
CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.
CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act
CHAPTER 5.1. Southeast Los Angeles County Drinking Water Relief Act
12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).
12893.50. (a) The department and the State Water Resources Control Board may condition the awardance of financial assistance to an urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County that does not have adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity for a water infrastructure project on the participation of a public water agency that has sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to complete and operate the project.
(b) The department and State Water Resources Control Board may provide, upon appropriation, financial assistance to a public water agency for purposes of subdivision (a).
12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.
12893.51. An urban water supplier in southeast Los Angeles County may consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether consolidation with a receiving water system, extension of service, or provision of administrative or managerial services as a designated public water system, as described in Sections 116682 and 116686 of the Health and Safety Code, is appropriate.
SEC. 4. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of southeast Los Angeles County including the multitude of water suppliers that provide drinking water to the area and need to complete water infrastructure projects.
SEC. 4. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of southeast Los Angeles County including the multitude of water suppliers that provide drinking water to the area and need to complete water infrastructure projects.
SEC. 4. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of southeast Los Angeles County including the multitude of water suppliers that provide drinking water to the area and need to complete water infrastructure projects.
### SEC. 4.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)The people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state.
(b)Activities and factors that may affect the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible.
(c)The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by interbasin water development projects and other statewide considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography, population, recreation, agriculture, industry, and economic development vary from region to region within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a framework of statewide coordination and policy.