HB2102

THE CONTEXT: A domestic water improvement district is a county improvement district that is formed for the purpose of constructing or improving a domestic water delivery system or purchasing an existing domestic water delivery system and, if necessary, making improvements to the system or a converted district. Currently, the process to establish a domestic water improvement district can begin after a petition is filed with the clerk of the county board of supervisors (BOS) that is signed by a majority of real property owners within the proposed district.

WHAT THE BILL DID: of constructing or improving a domestic water delivery system or purchasing an existing domestic water delivery system and, if necessary, making improvements to the system or a converted district. Currently, the process to establish a domestic water improvement district can begin after a petition is filed with the clerk of the county board of supervisors (BOS) that is signed by a majority of real property owners within the proposed district.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to define the water, land, energy, or environmental rule for domestic water improvement districts more clearly. It would expand the definition of waterworks to include standpipes, and would also includes a domestic water delivery system that is located in a subsequent AMA for the purpose of delivering water through water hauling as a valid reason for establishing an improvement district, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.