AB 2554 - An Act to Amend Sections 2 and 16 of the Los Angeles County Flood Control Act (Chapter 755 of the Statutes of 1915), Relating to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

An Act to Amend Sections 2 and 16 of the Los Angeles County Flood Control Act (Chapter 755 of the Statutes of 1915), Relating to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

AB 2554 — 2009-2010 Legislature

Summary

Existing law, the Los Angeles County Flood Control Act, establishes the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and authorizes the district to control and conserve the flood, storm, and other wastewater of the district. The act declares the district to be a body corporate and politic, and to have various powers, including the power to cause taxes to be levied and collected for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district.

This bill would authorize the district to impose a fee or charge, in compliance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution, to pay the costs and expenses of carrying out projects and providing services to improve water quality and reduce stormwater and urban runoff pollution in the district in accordance with specified criteria. The bill would require that any fees imposed be levied and collected together with taxes for county purposes, and the revenues paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district. The bill would require the county board of supervisors to expend the funds to pay for those costs and expenses, to be allocated as prescribed.

The act authorizes the board of the district, subject to certain… More

Existing law, the Los Angeles County Flood Control Act, establishes the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and authorizes the district to control and conserve the flood, storm, and other wastewater of the district. The act declares the district to be a body corporate and politic, and to have various powers, including the power to cause taxes to be levied and collected for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district.

This bill would authorize the district to impose a fee or charge, in compliance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution, to pay the costs and expenses of carrying out projects and providing services to improve water quality and reduce stormwater and urban runoff pollution in the district in accordance with specified criteria. The bill would require that any fees imposed be levied and collected together with taxes for county purposes, and the revenues paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district. The bill would require the county board of supervisors to expend the funds to pay for those costs and expenses, to be allocated as prescribed.

The act authorizes the board of the district, subject to certain limitations, to do all acts or things necessary or useful for the promotion of the work or the control of the floodwater and stormwater of the district, to conserve those waters for beneficial and useful purposes, and to protect from damage from floodwater and stormwater, the harbors, waterways, public highways, and property of the district. One limitation upon the authority of the board of the district is that it is not authorized to raise money for the district by any method or system other than by issuing bonds, or the levying of a tax upon the assessed value of all the real property of the district, except from the sale and lease of its property.

This bill would instead provide that the board of the district is not authorized to raise money for the district by any method or system other than by issuing bonds, the levying of a tax, or the imposition of a fee or charge in compliance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution. Hide

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Title

An Act to Amend Sections 2 and 16 of the Los Angeles County Flood Control Act (Chapter 755 of the Statutes of 1915), Relating to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

Author(s)

Julia Brownley

Co-Authors

Subjects

• Los Angeles County Flood Control District: fees and charges

Major Actions

Introduced	2/19/2010
Referred to Committee
Passed Assembly Committee on Local Government	4/28/2010
Passed Assembly	6/01/2010
Passed Senate Committee on Local Government	6/30/2010
Passed Senate Committee on Local Government	8/11/2010
Passed Senate	8/19/2010
Passed Assembly Committee on Local Government	8/25/2010
Passed Assembly	8/27/2010
Presented to the governor (enrolled)	9/10/2010
Became law (chaptered).	9/30/2010

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	Assembly Committee on Local Government	Do pass.	4/28/2010	This motion PASSED the Assembly Committee on Local Government 6 voted YES 2 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly	AB 2554 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading	6/01/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 48 voted YES 28 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate Committee on Local Government	Do pass.	6/30/2010	This motion PASSED the Senate Committee on Local Government 3 voted YES 2 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate Committee on Local Government	Do pass.	8/11/2010	This motion PASSED the Senate Committee on Local Government 3 voted YES 1 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Assembly 3rd Reading AB2554 Brownley By Lowenthal	8/19/2010	This bill PASSED the Senate 23 voted YES 10 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly Committee on Local Government	Senate amendments be concurred in.	8/25/2010	This motion PASSED the Assembly Committee on Local Government 6 voted YES 3 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Assembly	AB 2554 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments	8/27/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 48 voted YES 26 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	2/19/2010
		2/19/2010	Introduced. To print.
		2/21/2010	From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
		2/22/2010	Read first time.
		4/08/2010	Referred to Com. on L. GOV. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
		4/12/2010	Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
select this vote	Vote	4/28/2010	Do pass.
		4/29/2010	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 28).
		5/03/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		6/01/2010	Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 5422.)
		6/01/2010	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
select this vote	Assembly Vote on Passage	6/01/2010	AB 2554 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading
		6/10/2010	Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
		6/30/2010	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 30).
select this vote	Vote	6/30/2010	Do pass.
		7/01/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		8/05/2010	Read third time, amended. To second reading.
		8/09/2010	Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
		8/11/2010	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (August 11).
select this vote	Vote	8/11/2010	Do pass.
		8/12/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		8/19/2010	Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4670.)
		8/19/2010	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	8/19/2010	Assembly 3rd Reading AB2554 Brownley By Lowenthal
		8/23/2010	Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
		8/24/2010	Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6608.)
select this vote	Vote	8/25/2010	Senate amendments be concurred in.
		8/25/2010	From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25).
		8/27/2010	Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 6787.)
currently selected	Assembly Vote on Passage	8/27/2010	AB 2554 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments
		9/10/2010	Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
		9/30/2010	Approved by the Governor.
		9/30/2010	Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 602, Statutes of 2010.