California Assembly Bill 1642
Session 20212022
California Environmental Quality Act: water system well and domestic well projects: exemption.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 30, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1642
State
California
Session
20212022
Rudy Salas, Jr.
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Author
Motion Text
AB 1642 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
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 relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. Existing law establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and long terms. Existing law requires the state board to annually adopt, and update every 3 years, a fund expenditure plan that contains specified information, including, but not limited to, a list of water systems that consistently fail to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. Existing law requires the state board to develop a drinking water needs assessment to inform the board's annual fund expenditure plan.
This bill would, until January 1, 2028, exempt from CEQA a well project, as defined, that meets specified conditions, including that the domestic well or the water system to which the well is connected has been designated by the state board as high risk or medium risk in the state board's drinking water needs assessment. The bill would require a lead agency, before determining that a well project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to these provisions, to contact the state board to determine whether claiming the exemption will affect the ability of the well project to receive federal financial assistance or federally capitalized financial assistance. The bill would require a lead agency that determines that a well project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to these provisions to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk, as provided. Because the bill would increase the responsibilities of a lead agency related to the applicability of this exemption, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
01/12/22 - Introduced
January 12, 2022
03/24/22 - Amended Assembly
March 24, 2022
06/30/22 - Amended Senate
June 30, 2022
08/30/22 - Enrolled
August 30, 2022
09/30/22 - Chaptered
September 30, 2022
03/18/22- Assembly Natural Resources
March 18, 2022
04/25/22- Assembly Appropriations
April 25, 2022
04/29/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
April 29, 2022
06/27/22- Senate Environmental Quality
June 27, 2022
08/03/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 3, 2022
08/25/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 25, 2022
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09/30/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 859, Statutes of 2022.
09/30/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/06/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/29/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 2.).
08/25/2022
Assembly
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
08/25/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
08/25/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5120.).
08/02/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/01/2022
Senate
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
06/30/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/29/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29).
06/14/2022
Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
06/10/2022
Senate
6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
06/06/2022
Senate
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
05/18/2022
Senate
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
05/05/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/05/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 2. Page 4571.)
04/28/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
04/27/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 27).
03/28/2022
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/24/2022
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
03/23/2022
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 21).
01/20/2022
Assembly
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
01/13/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
01/12/2022
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 13, 2022 12:13:12 PM
Record Updated
Nov 23, 2022 12:23:57 PM