LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1172, as amended, Galgiani. Eastern San Joaquin County Water
District.
(1) Existing
Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local
Government Reorganization Act of 2000, establishes procedures for the
consolidation of special districts. The Water Conservation District
Law of 1931 generally governs the formation of water conservation
districts and specifies the powers and purposes of those districts.
This bill would specify the powers and purposes
of the Eastern San Joaquin County Water District (district) to
fix and collect specified charges, and to continue to
collect specified charges and assessments, on and after the
date on which the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission
approves the consolidation of the Stockton-East Water District and
the Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District. The
district would be organized into 9 divisions and the board of
directors of the district would consist of 9 members. By imposing
requirements on the district, the bill would impose a state-mandated
local program. The bill would authorize the board of directors to
reduce the number of its members to 7 and the number of the district'
s divisions to 7. The bill would state the findings and
declarations of the Legislature concerning the need for special
legislation.
(2) 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.
The bill would also authorize a local agency formation commission,
in approving the consolidation or reorganization of 2 or more
districts into a single water conservation district, to temporarily
increase the number of members on the board of directors of the
consolidated or reorganized district, as specified.