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SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
March 11, 2019
Slide 2
Agenda
Legislative Schedule
Water Tax Update
2019 Legislation
Slide 3
Legislative Schedule
Slide 4
Legislative Schedule
•Bill introduction deadline was February 22
•Over 2,500 bills were introduced before the bill introduction
deadline
•Bills must be in print for 30 days before they can be heard in
committee
Slide 5
Water Tax Update
Slide 6
Water Tax Update
•Senator Monning has introduced SB 200
–Spot bill that could be a legislative vehicle for the water tax
•Bill does not currently contain any tax or fee provisions
•Asm. Budget Subcommittee 3
meeting March 20 about Water Tax
•Senate Budget Subcommittee 2
meeting on March 21 about Water Tax
Slide 7
Water Tax Counter Proposal
•ACWA is sponsoring SB 669 (Caballero)
•SB 669 creates a Safe Drinking Water
Fund to assist community water systems
in disadvantaged communities that are
chronically noncompliant
•Money would be provided from:
•Federal Contributions
•Voluntary Contributions
•Gifts
•Grants
•General Fund Transfers
•Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Funds
•State Bond Funding
•Net Revenue from Interest
Slide 8
2019 Legislation
Slide 9
SB 332 (Hertzberg)
•Declares discharge from ocean outfalls as waste and unreasonable
•50%reduction of baseline volume of the facility’s annual flow from outfall byJanuary1,2030
•95%reduction of baseline volume of the facility’s annual flow from outfall byJanuary1,2040
•Applies to both NPDES permitholders (owner/operator of wastewater treatmentfacility)and affiliated water suppliers.
•Status –Referred to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and will beheardonApril3
•OCSD Legislative Platform Connection
–Legislative and Regulatory Policies: Work with legislators who introduced legislation such as SB 163 (Hertzberg, 2015) in order to ensure that no unrealistic regulations are placed on wastewater treatment facilities, including OCSD
Slide 10
AB 292 (Quirk)
•AB 292 clarifies the terms used for recycled water
•Cleans up definitions enacted by AB 574 (Quirk)in 2017
•Specifically deletes the terms "direct potable reuse"and "indirect potable
reuse for groundwater recharge"and uses the following terms:raw water
augmentation,treated drinking water augmentation,groundwater
augmentation,and reservoir water augmentation.
•Status –Referred to the Assembly Local Government Committee
•OCSD Legislative Platform Connection
–Legislative and Regulatory Policies: Support measures that promote
and provide for the use of reclaimed water
Slide 11
Thank You
Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell
Southern California Director Senior Associate
CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com
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