California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB560 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/17/2017

                    Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  March 30, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 560Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 14, 2017 An act to amend Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 560, as amended, Salas. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: priority projects: project financing: severely disadvantaged communities.Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish eligibility criteria for project financing that is consistent with federal law.This bill, to the extent permitted by federal law, would authorize the board to give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-base basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  March 30, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 560Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 14, 2017 An act to amend Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 560, as amended, Salas. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: priority projects: project financing: severely disadvantaged communities.Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish eligibility criteria for project financing that is consistent with federal law.This bill, to the extent permitted by federal law, would authorize the board to give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-base basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  March 30, 2017

Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2017
Amended IN  Assembly  March 30, 2017

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 560

Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 14, 2017

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas
February 14, 2017

 An act to amend Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to water. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 560, as amended, Salas. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: priority projects: project financing: severely disadvantaged communities.

Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish eligibility criteria for project financing that is consistent with federal law.This bill, to the extent permitted by federal law, would authorize the board to give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-base basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.

Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish eligibility criteria for project financing that is consistent with federal law.

This bill, to the extent permitted by federal law, would authorize the board to give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-base basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.

SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.

116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.

116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.



116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.

(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may give priority to projects for water systems that serve severely disadvantaged communities, regardless of population size of the community, on a discretionary, case-by-case basis. provide principal forgiveness, grant funding, and 0 percent financing to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan would result in unaffordable water rates.

(c) For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is greater than 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area.