Bill Sponsor
California Assembly Bill 2318
Session 20232024
State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account: receipts and expenditures: report.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2024
First Action
Feb 12, 2024
Latest Action
Sep 29, 2024
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2318
State
California
Session
20232024
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Author
Assembly Votes (4)
Senate Votes (2)
Summary
Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards regulate water quality and prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and the federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program established by the federal Clean Water Act. Existing law requires each regional board to formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the region, as provided. Existing law requires specified moneys to be paid into the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account, which is established in the State Water Quality Control Fund, including, among other moneys, the proceeds of civil penalties for violations of certain waste discharge requirements. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys in the account for specified purposes, including, among others, the payment of grant moneys to eligible entities to assist in cleaning up a waste, abating the effects of a waste on waters of the state, or addressing an urgent drinking water need. This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, no later than January 1 of each year, to post on its internet website a report describing the receipts and expenditures of the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account, as provided. The bill would require the board to provide the initial report no later than January 1, 2026, and to include data for the period from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2025, inclusive, in that report, as provided. The bill would require the board, no later than June 30, 2025, to separately account within the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account all categories of receipts, including, among other categories, enforcement fines.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 13, 2024 12:18:40 PM
Record Updated
Oct 10, 2024 12:31:19 PM