republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2446.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standby charges: San Luis Rey Municipal Water District."
description: "Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, prohibits a standby assessment or availability charge from exceeding $10 per acre per year for each acre of land on which the charge is levied or $10 per year for a parcel less than one acre. Existing law, operative until January 1, 2015, prohibits a standby assessment or availability charge levied in any improvement district situated within the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District from exceeding $30 per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or $30 per year for a parcel less than one acre and requires the proceeds in excess of $10 per acre per year or $10 per year for a parcel less than one acre to be used for the purposes of the improvement district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2446"
citation: "California AB 2446 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Standby charges: San Luis Rey Municipal Water District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e47c09-b813-45f4-acd1-d516f3fd8ed2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446"
source_hash: "a8ee18528cd210ad943554714415271e4f683778e60e82c8431731af20efd8ca"
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 2446 (20132014) — Standby charges: San Luis Rey Municipal Water District.

Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, prohibits a standby assessment or availability charge from exceeding $10 per acre per year for each acre of land on which the charge is levied or $10 per year for a parcel less than one acre. Existing law, operative until January 1, 2015, prohibits a standby assessment or availability charge levied in any improvement district situated within the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District from exceeding $30 per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or $30 per year for a parcel less than one acre and requires the proceeds in excess of $10 per acre per year or $10 per year for a parcel less than one acre to be used for the purposes of the improvement district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446&version=20130AB244699INT)
2. **03/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446&version=20130AB244698AMD)
3. **04/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446&version=20130AB244697AMD)
4. **05/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446&version=20130AB244696AMD)
5. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446&version=20130AB244694CHP)
6. **AB2446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446)
7. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2446&version=20130AB244695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2446 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2446 Waldron By Anderson — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2446 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-20** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4962.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4414.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6091.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4e47c09-b813-45f4-acd1-d516f3fd8ed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).