HB2103

THE CONTEXT: Currently, a county board of supervisors (BOS) may establish a program to allow persons to make gifts, grants or donations for the purpose of providing financial assistance, to qualified owners of residential real property, for making improvements to an existing drinking water well or providing for a water delivery system for the residents. A county BOS is required to designate an entity to operate the program.

WHAT THE BILL DID: of providing financial assistance, to qualified owners of residential real property, for making improvements to an existing drinking water well or providing for a water delivery system for the residents. A county BOS is required to designate an entity to operate the program.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to put public resources toward the named state purpose through an accountable appropriation. It would expand the projects eligible for grant monies from a county water improvement financial assistance program to include water hauling, and would also modify the list of eligible uses of grant monies to include the acquisition or installation of water storage tanks for storing hauled water, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.