Municipal water districts: water service: Indian lands.
Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law, upon the request of certain Indian tribes and the satisfaction of certain conditions, requires a district to provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to the Indian tribe's lands that are not within a district, as prescribed. Existing law also authorizes a district, until January 1, 2023, under specified circumstances, to apply to the applicable local agency formation commission to provide this service of water to Indian lands, as defined, that are not within the district and requires the local agency formation commission to approve such an application.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2081
California AB 2081 (20212022)
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Municipal water districts: water service: Indian lands.
California AB 2081 (20212022) — Municipal water districts: water service: Indian lands.
Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law, upon the request of certain Indian tribes and the satisfaction of certain conditions, requires a district to provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to the Indian tribe's lands that are not within a district, as prescribed. Existing law also authorizes a district, until January 1, 2023, under specified circumstances, to apply to the applicable local agency formation commission to provide this service of water to Indian lands, as defined, that are not within the district and requires the local agency formation commission to approve such an application.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2081 Eduardo Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2081 Eduardo Garcia et al By Jones — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2081 Eduardo Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Ramos — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Waldron — author (person)
Ward — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2022-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 Coauthors revised.
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4512.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-11 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2022-05-12 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4988.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66352e19-9383-4c85-b94a-501e832b1f76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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