Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions.
The Mitigation Fee Act authorizes a local agency to establish, increase, or impose a variety of fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions for services, and in connection with the approval of a development project, as defined. Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing fees for specified purposes, including fees for water or sewer connections, as defined, that exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless voter approval is obtained. Existing law provides that a local agency levying a new water or sewer connection fee or increasing a fee must do so by ordinance or resolution.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 323
California SB 323 (20212022)
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Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions.
California SB 323 (20212022) — Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions.
The Mitigation Fee Act authorizes a local agency to establish, increase, or impose a variety of fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions for services, and in connection with the approval of a development project, as defined. Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing fees for specified purposes, including fees for water or sewer connections, as defined, that exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless voter approval is obtained. Existing law provides that a local agency levying a new water or sewer connection fee or increasing a fee must do so by ordinance or resolution.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-08 March 11 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-03-11 Set for hearing March 25.
2021-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 633.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 20.
2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 859.) (April 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1035.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-06 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-22 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3015.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 2610.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18c459f1-ec2b-4c92-af62-dfa69e9d5ab1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).