California Water Resiliency Act.

Plain English Breakdown

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California Water Resiliency Act

This act requires the state treasurer to put money into a new fund each year to help build and fix water systems that provide clean drinking water for homes, businesses, and farms.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new fund called the Water Conveyance and Capacity Infrastructure Fund.
• Requires the Treasurer to add 1% of all state revenues from the General Fund into this new fund every year.
• Gives money in the fund to the California Water Commission for costs related to water projects.
• Provides grants for building, repairing, designing, and constructing water infrastructure that ensures clean drinking water for homes and businesses, as well as water for farms.

Who It Names or Affects

• The state treasurer
• The California Water Commission
• People who need clean drinking water
• Farmers who use water

Terms To Know

General Fund

A main fund in the state budget that holds money for different government programs.

Water Conveyance and Capacity Infrastructure Fund

A new fund created to help pay for water projects.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be in the fund each year.
• It is unclear what specific types of water infrastructure projects will qualify for grants.

Official Summary Text

ACA 11, as introduced, Macedo.
California Water Resiliency Act.
The California Constitution declares that the general welfare requires that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable, and that the right to the use of water does not extend to the waste or unreasonable use, method of use, or method of diversion of water.
This measure, the California Water Resiliency Act, would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 1% of all state revenues from the General Fund to the Water Conveyance and Capacity Infrastructure Fund, which the measure would create. The measure would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to the California Water Commission for its actual costs of implementing these provisions and for administering grants for the entitlement, repair, design, and construction of water infrastructure projects that will
maintain or expand the availability of clean, safe drinking water for homes and businesses, and water for agricultural uses, consistent with area of origin water rights.

Current Bill Text

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