CaliforniaJoint powers agreements: water corporations.
What it does
Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their governing bodies, by agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties. Existing law authorizes 2 or more local public entities, or a mutual water company, as defined, and a public agency, to provide insurance, as specified, by a joint powers agreement. Existing law authorizes a mutual water company and a public agency to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of risk pooling, as specified.
More detail
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including water corporations.
This bill would authorize a water corporation, as defined, a mutual water company, and one or more public agencies to provide insurance, as specified, by a joint powers agreement. The bill would also authorize a water corporation, a mutual water company, and one or more public agencies to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of risk pooling, as specified. The bill would prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from allowing a water corporation to join a joint powers agency for insurance coverage if there are no greater benefits to the customers of the water corporation than are provided by the water corporation's current insurance policy. The bill would require the joint powers agency to be 100% reinsured with no joint and several liability, no assessments, and no financial liability attributable to the participating members, as provided. If a water corporation enters into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of risk pooling, the bill would require the water corporation to submit an annual information filing to the Public Utilities Commission and the joint powers agency, as specified.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 1Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 1Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 3In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB428 Blanca Rubio By McNerney. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 3Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2461.).Passed Senate
- Aug 20Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 19From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jul 8From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 7
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E., U & C.Minor
- May 6In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 5Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1424.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 428 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 9
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 1Re-referred to Com. on INS.Minor
- Mar 28From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.Major
- Feb 18Referred to Coms. on INS. and L. GOV.Minor
- Feb 6From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- Feb 5Read first time. To print.Introduced