Existing law, the Desert View Water District-Bighorn Mountains Water Agency Consolidation Law, authorized a consolidation between the Desert View Water District and the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency and required a county water district consolidated with the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency to separately account for and use all funds derived from the operation of the former district system exclusively for the purposes of maintenance, operation, betterments, and bond debt service of the acquired system until all debt of the former system has been paid in full or until a majority vote of the electorate, as prescribed, authorizes other expenditures.
California SB 246 (20132014) — Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency.
Existing law, the Desert View Water District-Bighorn Mountains Water Agency Consolidation Law, authorized a consolidation between the Desert View Water District and the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency and required a county water district consolidated with the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency to separately account for and use all funds derived from the operation of the former district system exclusively for the purposes of maintenance, operation, betterments, and bond debt service of the acquired system until all debt of the former system has been paid in full or until a majority vote of the electorate, as prescribed, authorizes other expenditures.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 246 Fuller Senate Third Reading By NESTANDE — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #9 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #2 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Fuller — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2013-02-21 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2013-03-14 Set for hearing April 17.
2013-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 566.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-04-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2013-04-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 712.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-16 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2013-06-10 Hearing postponed by committee.
2013-08-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2719.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-08-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2013-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2043.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2013-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 343, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6f33df9-9f47-481a-b98e-d85f21dfbc9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).