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TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
June 10, 2019
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Agenda
Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
FY 2019-2020 Budget
Water Tax Update
2019 Legislation
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
•May 17 was the last day for fiscal committees to report bills to
the Floor
•Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees held
Suspense File hearings on May 16
–Considered over 1,000 bills in just over two hours
–Approximately 400 of these bills failed to pass and are now two-year bills
•May 31 was the last day for bills to pass out of their house of
origin
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FY 2019-2020 Budget
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FY 2019-2020 Budget
•The Governor, Senate, and Assembly all have introduced their own Budget proposals
•The Senate and Assembly have convened their Budget Conference Committee
–Senator Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) is included
•Final Budget must be passed by
June 15
•Due to Proposition 54 (2016),
all bills need to be in print 72
hours before they can be voted on
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Water Tax Update
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Water Tax Update
Water Tax Proposal/Action
Governor Remains committed to establishing a sustainable source of
funding for safe and affordable drinking water. 2019 Budget
proposal includes water tax framework to generate ~$110
million/year
Senate Rejected the Governor’s water tax proposal, and instead
adopted a position in their Budget for $150 million per year
from the General Fund for safe and affordable drinking
water programs, contingent on SB 200 (Monning) passing
Assembly Deferred action by referring the issue to legislative policy
committees
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Water Tax Update –AB 217 (Garcia)
•AB 217 takes an all-encompassing approach to the issue:
–Same agricultural fees as SB 623
–$200 million/year for 5 years from the
General Fund
–$0.50 per month for urban water customers
•Passed the Asm. Appropriations
Committee with 11 ayes and 7 noes
–Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris &
Assemblyman Tyler Diep voted no
•Currently on the Assembly Floor with an urgency clause
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2019 Legislation
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2019 Legislation
Bill Description OCSD
Position
Status
AB 292 (Quirk)The bill would require the state board to adopt uniform water recycling criteria for raw water augmentation, on or before December 31, 2023.
Support Referred to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
AB 405 (Rubio)Would exempt chemicals used by a city, county, public utility, and sanitation district to treat water, recycled water, or wastewater from sales tax
Support Held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 1486 (Ting)Expands surplus land requirements for both the state and local
agencies. Requires that agencies offer surplus land to affordable housing developers and others when they determine it will be sold.
Work with
Author
Working with Author on amendments.
AB 1672 (Bloom)Would prohibit manufacturers from labeling wipes as “flushable”
unless they meet objective standards
Support Held in the Assembly Appropriations
Committee
SB 200 (Monning)Would establish the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in
the State Treasury. No funding attached.
Watch Passed the Senate, currently in the
Assembly waiting for assignment to
Committee
SB 332 (Hertzberg)Requires each wastewater treatment facility that discharges
through an ocean outfall and affiliated water suppliers to reduce
the facility’s annual flow as compared to the average annual
wastewater discharge baseline volume by at least 50% on or
before January 1, 2030, and by at least 95% on or before January
1, 2040.
Work with
Author
Held in the Senate Appropriations
Committee
SB 667 (Hueso)Would require CalRecycle to develop an investment strategy to
drive innovation and support technological development and
infrastructure in order to meet specified organic waste reduction
and recycling targets
Support Passed the Senate, currently in the
Assembly waiting for assignment to
Committee
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Thank You
Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell
Southern California Director Senior Associate
CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com
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