BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Recommended Positions on State Legislation: SB 971 (Hertzberg) Small Water Supplier and Countywide Water Shortage Contingency Planning; *Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District $20 million Senator Beall Member Budget Request; *AB 2560 (Quirk) Water Quality: Notification and Response Levels: Procedures; *AB 3232 (Friedman) Commercial Washing Machines: Microfiber Filters;*SB 952 (Nielsen) Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Backup Electrical Resources: Deenergizing Events; *SB 1044 (Allen) Firefighting Equipment and Foam: PFAS Chemicals; and Other Legislation Which May Require Urgent Consideration for a Position by the Board.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Adopt a position of "Support" on: SB 971 (Hertzberg) Small Water Supplier and Countywide Water Shortage Contingency Planning;
B. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District $20 million Senator Beall Member Budget Request;
C. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 2560 (Quirk) Water Quality: Notification and Response Levels: Procedures;
D. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 3232 (Friedman) Commercial Washing Machines: Microfiber Filters;
E. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: SB 952 (Nielsen) Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Backup Electrical Resources: Deenergizing Events; and
F. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: SB 1044 (Allen) Firefighting Equipment and Foam: PFAS Chemicals.
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SUMMARY:
SB 971 (Hertzberg) Small Water Supplier and Countywide Water Shortage Contingency Planning. (I-02/11/20)
Position Recommendation: Support
Priority Recommendation: 3
SB 971 would require a small water supplier, with 1,000 to 2,999 service connections, to prepare and adopt a water shortage contingency plan. Additionally, small water suppliers with 15 to 999 service connections would be required to take specified actions related to water shortage planning and response.
Current law requires every water supplier to prepare an Urban Water Ma...
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