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AB 2568: Water district directors: compensation.
What AB 2568 does, verified September 29, 2026
The proposed law aims to amend the Water Code in California. It seeks to modify the existing rules regarding compensation for water district directors. Currently, water districts are allowed to provide compensation for up to 10 days of service in a calendar month. The proposed law would increase this limit to 15 days, giving directors more flexibility in their compensation. This change would apply to all water districts in California.
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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2026. (2026-09-27)Alert me
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| Sep. 27, 2026 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2026. |
| Sep. 27, 2026 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Aug. 28, 2026 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. |
| Aug. 24, 2026 | In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. |
| Aug. 24, 2026 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). |
Latest bill textChaptered version, September 27, 2026 · 576 words
Assembly Bill No. 2568
CHAPTER 621
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 20202 of the Water Code, relating to water.
[ Approved by Governor September 27, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 27, 2026. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2568, Johnson. Water district directors: compensation.
Existing law authorizes a water district, as defined, to adopt an ordinance that provides compensation to members of the governing board, as specified. Existing law prohibits a water district from adopting an ordinance that compensates members of the governing board for more than a total of 10 days in any calendar month.
This bill would, until January 1, 2032, authorize a water district that has at least 90,000 residents within its jurisdiction to adopt an ordinance that compensates members of the governing board for up to a total of 15 days in any calendar month, but would require the members of the governing board of a water district that compensates its members for more than 10 days in a calendar month to annually adopt a written policy describing, based on a finding supported by substantial evidence, why providing compensation for more than 10 days per calendar month is necessary for the effective operation of the water district.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 20202 of the Water Code is amended to read:20202.
(a) An ordinance, adopted pursuant to this chapter, to increase the amount of compensation that may be received by members of the governing board of a water district above the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day may not exceed an amount equal to 5 percent, for each calendar year following the operative date of the last adjustment, of the compensation that is received when the ordinance is adopted.(b) No ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall authorize compensation for more than a total of 10 days in any calendar month, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c).
(c) No ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter by a water district that has at least 90,000 residents within its jurisdiction shall authorize compensation for more than a total of 15 days in any calendar month.
(d) If a water district compensates its members for more than 10 days in a calendar month pursuant to subdivision (c), the members of the governing board of the water district shall annually adopt a written policy describing, based on a finding supported by substantial evidence, why providing compensation for more than 10 days per calendar month is necessary for the effective operation of the water district.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2.
Section 20202 is added to the Water Code, to read:20202.
(a) In any ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter to increase the amount of compensation which may be received by members of the governing board of a water district above the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, the increase may not exceed an amount equal to 5 percent, for each calendar year following the operative date of the last adjustment, of the compensation which is received when the ordinance is adopted.(b) No ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall authorize compensation for more than a total of 10 days in any calendar month.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2032.
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