republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency: financial matters."
description: "Under existing law, the City and County of San Francisco operates the Hetch Hetchy Project as a regional water delivery system, supplying water to persons and entities in San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Existing law, the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act, governs the formation and operation of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) by 24 public entities that purchase water from San Francisco. The act authorizes the agency to borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue notes and bonds, including revenue bonds, as specified. The act authorizes the agency to make proceeds of bonds authorized by the act available to other local public agencies on mutually satisfactory terms and conditions to assist in the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of works designed and intended in whole or in part to furnish water to the members of the agency, whether those works are carried out jointly by the agency and other local public agencies, or solely by those other public agencies. The act further authorizes the agency to impose reasonable rates, fees, and charges on specified entities that are sufficient to generate revenue to pay the principal and interest on any bonds issued by the agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2167"
citation: "California AB 2167 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency: financial matters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13735eb6-7d4a-469a-8c46-370e76b95bbd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167"
source_hash: "0d2918fc6aaa82a0ea494fa5d028f1aca759b35806b478f76de1e39dd73cc3b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2167 (20112012) — Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency: financial matters.

Under existing law, the City and County of San Francisco operates the Hetch Hetchy Project as a regional water delivery system, supplying water to persons and entities in San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Existing law, the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act, governs the formation and operation of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) by 24 public entities that purchase water from San Francisco. The act authorizes the agency to borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue notes and bonds, including revenue bonds, as specified. The act authorizes the agency to make proceeds of bonds authorized by the act available to other local public agencies on mutually satisfactory terms and conditions to assist in the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of works designed and intended in whole or in part to furnish water to the members of the agency, whether those works are carried out jointly by the agency and other local public agencies, or solely by those other public agencies. The act further authorizes the agency to impose reasonable rates, fees, and charges on specified entities that are sufficient to generate revenue to pay the principal and interest on any bonds issued by the agency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216799INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216798AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216797AMD)
4. **06/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216796AMD)
5. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216795AMD)
6. **07/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216794AMD)
7. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216792CHP)
8. **AB2167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167)
9. **08/20/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2167&version=20110AB216793ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2167 HILL Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2167 Hill By Yee — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2167 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4777.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-06-25** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-07-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4478.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5948.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13735eb6-7d4a-469a-8c46-370e76b95bbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).