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STATE OF CALIFORNIA EXHIBIT A
AUTHENTICATED
ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL
Senate Bill No. 634

CHAPTER 833

An act to repeal Section 57114.5 of the Government Code, to amend
Sections 21530 and 21531 of the Public Contract Code, to repeal the Castaic
Lake Water Agency Law (Chapter 28 of the First Extraordinary Session of
the Statutes of 1962), and to create the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency,
and prescribing its boundaries, organization, operation, management,
financing, and other powers and duties, relating to water districts.

[Approved by Governor October 15, 2017. Filed with
Secretary of State October 15, 2017.]

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SB 634, Wilk. Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.
Existing law, the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law, created the Castaic
Lake Water Agency and authorizes the agency to acquire water and water
rights, including water from the State Water Project, and to provide, sell,
and deliver water at wholesale for municipal, industrial, domestic, and other
purposes.
This bill would repeal the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law.
Existing law, the County Water District Law, authorizes the formation
of county water districts and authorizes those districts to appropriate, acquire,
and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose and to operate
water rights, works, properties, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to
convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any purpose authorized by
that law.
This bill would reorganize the Newhall County Water District and the
Castaic Lake Water Agency into the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency,
which this bill would create, and prohibit the Castaic Lake Water Agency
and the Newhall County Water District from operating as separate entities
or exercising independent functions. The bill would generally specify the
powers and purposes, as well as the boundaries, of the Santa Clarita Valley
Water Agency and would provide that the purpose of the agency is to
provide, sell, manage, and deliver surface water, groundwater, and recycled
water at retail or wholesale within the agency’s territory. The bill would
prescribe the composition of the board of directors of the agency.
Existing law authorizes the Castaic Lake Water Agency to prescribe
methods for the construction of works and for the letting of contracts for
the construction of works, structures, or equipment, or the performance or
furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies, for carrying out specified
provisions. Existing law requires all contracts for any improvement or unit
of work when the cost estimate exceeds $5,000 to be let to the lowest
responsible bidder or bidders. Existing law authorizes the agency to have

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