The County Water District Law governs the operations of the Coachella Valley County Water District. The County Water District Law authorizes a district to drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both and to acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport, or dispose of water resulting from these activities. Under existing law, the district is authorized to raise funds by special assessment on benefited land in proportion to the benefits derived by the benefited lands, as prescribed.
California SB 171 (20132014) — Drainage: Coachella Valley County Water District.
The County Water District Law governs the operations of the Coachella Valley County Water District. The County Water District Law authorizes a district to drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both and to acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport, or dispose of water resulting from these activities. Under existing law, the district is authorized to raise funds by special assessment on benefited land in proportion to the benefits derived by the benefited lands, as prescribed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 171 Hueso Senate Third Reading By RENDON — 53–16 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hueso — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2013-02-14 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-09 Withdrawn from committee.
2013-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2013-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2013-04-16 Set for hearing May 8.
2013-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 881.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 942.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-28 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2013-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-07-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 2290.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-07-03 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2013-08-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2013-08-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 119, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4165b7e6-7f5a-4d67-9a42-bf89db460739. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).