State Water Resources Control Board: drinking water: hexavalent chromium removal.
AB 2016
California Bills
20250AB__201698AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-17 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-16 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Jeff Gonzalez
An act to add
Section 116365.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to water, and making an appropriation therefor. water, and making an appropriation therefor State Water Resources Control Board: drinking water: hexavalent chromium removal. The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the State of California.
The act requires the state board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria, and requires a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium. This bill would appropriate $69,425,000 from the General Fund to the board for the purpose of removing hexavalent chromium from drinking water. The bill would require the board to make specified grants to specified entities to undertake construction or planning and design of facilities to remove hexavalent chromium from drinking water.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax laws, defines “gross income” as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income, including, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, an exclusion from gross income for retirement pay received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, during the taxable year, not to exceed $20,000, from the federal government for service performed in the uniformed services, as defined, and an exclusion for income annuity payments received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, not to exceed $20,000, pursuant to a United States Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan, as specified.
Existing law defines “qualified taxpayer” for the purpose of these exclusions to mean taxpayers that satisfy specified income limitations. </xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would amend the above-described exclusions to eliminate the income limitations for taxpayers and to eliminate the $20,000 limitation on income eligible for exclusion.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. </xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.</xhtml:p>"?> TWO_THIRDS YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION
Section 116365.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 116365.7. (
a) Sixty-nine million four hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($69,425,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Water Resources Control Board for the purpose of removing hexavalent chromium from drinking water. (
b) The State Water Resources Control Board shall provide grants to undertake construction or planning and design of facilities to remove hexavalent chromium from drinking water as follows:
(1) A grant of nine million three hundred thousand dollars ($9,300,000) to the Coachella Valley Water District.
(2) A grant of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the Mission Springs Water District.
(3) A grant of three million dollars ($3,000,000) to the Indio Water Authority.
(4) A grant of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the City of Watsonville.
(5) A grant of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the Sunnyslope County Water District.
(6) A grant of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) to the Soquel Creek Water District.
(7) A grant of four million dollars ($4,000,000) to the City of Los Banos.
(8) A grant of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to the City of Coachella.
(9) A grant of one million one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($1,125,000) to the City of Banning. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:RTC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'10.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'17132.9.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 17132.9 of the <caml:DocName>Revenue and Taxation Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_86B8153B-5F0A-4570-8286-8A452C0CBB95"><caml:Num>17132.9.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_EC4B2E19-6976-4372-97D8-973F730C62CD"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, gross income shall not include retirement pay received by a taxpayer during the taxable year from the federal government for service in the uniformed services.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of this section, “uniformed services” means the Armed Forces of the United States, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training, or full-time National Guard duty, the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(c)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>This
section shall remain in effect only until December 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_0B5EDC10-D0A9-488C-858E-C63FAB5F5662"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:RTC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'10.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'17132.10.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 17132.10 of the <caml:DocName>Revenue and Taxation Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_AF0E767A-61C5-48D5-B012-BE917F22481E"><caml:Num>17132.10.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_AF1D0E93-7015-4149-A67B-09033BBCB72D"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, gross income shall not include annuity payments received by a taxpayer during the taxable year pursuant to a United States Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of this section, “United States Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan” or “plan” means a survivor benefit plan established pursuant to Sections to 1455, inclusive, of Title of the United States Code.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(c)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>This
section shall remain in effect only until December 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_35916F64-F56E-4891-862B-E539DB86EE78"><caml:Num>SEC. 3.</caml:Num><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of complying with the requirements of
Section of the Revenue and Taxation Code, with respect to the exclusions allowed by
Section 17132.9 and 17132.10 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as extended by this act, hereafter known as “the exclusions,” the Legislature finds and declares the following:</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(1)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The specific goals of the exclusions are as follows:</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(A)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>To recognize the loss and sacrifice of our military families and give them the support that our community owes them.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(B)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>To provide some financial relief to families that have experienced not only the loss of a loved one, but also often the loss of the sole income of the family, and who are now trying to make ends meet on a portion of that original income.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(2)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>There is no available data to collect or report with respect to the exclusions.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>This
section shall remain in effect only until December 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_ADFBCE38-C43A-4C4B-A724-0A656AAF8114"><caml:Num>SEC. 4.</caml:Num><caml:Content><xhtml:p>This act provides for a tax levy within the meaning of