Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010.

(1) Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the voters to provide funds for water supply and protection facilities and programs. This bill would enact the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $9,785,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a water supply reliability and water source protection program. The bill would authorize the Department of Water Resources to establish and impose fees on water users in the state, including residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural water users. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to collect the fee pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedure Law. The bill would require the funds generated from the imposition of the fee to be deposited in the California Water Resources Fund, which the bill would establish in the State Treasury. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in the California Water Resources Fund to the department to pay for certain administrative costs and refunds, and to reimburse the General Fund for payments made to finance the debt service on the bonds issued pursuant to the bond act. The bill would provide for submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 2, 2010, statewide general election. (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.