AB 822

This bill increases the limits on family income and grant awards under this

state's well compensation grant program.

Under current law, an individual owner or renter of a contaminated private well

may apply for a grant from the Department of Natural Resources to cover a portion

of the costs to treat the water, reconstruct the well, construct a new well, connect to

a public water supply, or fill and seal (abandon) the well. To be eligible for a grant

the well owner or renter's annual family income may not exceed $65,000. A grant

awarded under the program may not exceed 75 percent of a project's eligible costs and

may not cover any part of a project's eligible costs that exceeds $12,000, which means

that a grant may not exceed $9,000. In addition, if the well owner or renter's annual

family income exceeds $45,000, the amount of the award is reduced by 30 percent of

the amount by which the annual family income exceeds $45,000.

This bill increases the family income limit to $90,000 and increases the grant

award limit to 75 percent of $16,000, which means that a grant under the bill may

not exceed $12,000. The bill also increases the amount of annual family income that

triggers a reduction of an award to $65,000.