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STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

RESOLUTION NO. 97-073

ADOPTION OF REVISED APPENDIX TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE

 

WHEREAS:

1. The Political Reform Act, Government Code sections 81000 and following, requires all state agencies to adopt a Conflict of Interest Code containing a list of designated positions within the Agency and, for each position, a list of the types of economic interests which must be reported.

2. Government Code section 87306 requires every state agency to review its Conflict of Interest Code every two years and revise it if necessary.

3. The SWRCB's Conflict of Interest Code was last revised in 1995. Because new positions were created and some positions were eliminated or renamed, the Appendix to the Code, which contains the SWRCB's list of designated positions and corresponding disclosure categories for the SWRCB and RWQCBs, must be updated.

4. A revised Appendix was, therefore, prepared and circulated for a 60-day public comment period.

5. The revised Appendix was amended in response to the comments received.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The revised Appendix is adopted, and the Executive Director is authorized to transmit it, with the required declaration, to the Fair Political Practices Commission for approval.

CERTIFICATION

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on September 18, 1997.

/s/ Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board


NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT WAS ADOPTED BY THE SWRCB IN STRIKEOUT/UNDERSCORE FORMAT. THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE SENT TO THE FPPC FOR APPROVAL.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE FOR THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

The Political Reform Act (Government Code Section 81000, et seq.) requires state and local government agencies to adopt and promulgate conflict of interest codes. The Fair Political Practices Commission has adopted a regulation (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, § 18730) which can be incorporated by reference in an agency's code. After public notice and hearing it may be amended by the Fair Political Practices Commission to conform to amendments in the Political Reform Act. Therefore, the terms of Title 2, California Code of Regulations section 18730 and any amendments to it duly adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission are hereby incorporated by reference. This regulation and the attached Appendix designating officials and employees and establishing disclosure categories, shall constitute the conflict of interest code of the State Water Resources Control Board.

Designated employees shall file statements of economic interests with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) who will make the statements available for public inspection and reproduction. (Gov. Code § 81008.) Upon receipt of the statements of the State Board Executive Director and the State Board Members, the SWRCB shall make and retain a copy and forward the original of these statements to the Fair Political Practices Commission. Statements for all other designated employees shall be retained by the SWRCB.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE

FOR THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

APPENDIX

Designated Positions and Disclosure Categories

I. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

A. Executive

1. State Board Members 1

2. Executive Director 1

3. Deputy Director 1

4. Chief, Office of Statewide Consistency 1

5. Chief, Evaluation and Consistency Unit 1

6. Economists, Office of Statewide Consistency 1

7. Chief, Policy Development 1

B. Division of Water Quality

1. Division Chief 1

2. All Branch Chiefs 1

3. All Section Supervisors 1

C. Division of Administrative Services

1. Division Chief 2,8

2. Assistant Division Chief 2,8

3. Chief, Business Management and Support Branch 2

4. Professional Staff, Contracts, Business Management and Special Projects Sections 2

5. Supervisors (including Chief), Information Services Branch 8

6. Professional Staff, Telecommunications Section 2,8

7. Filing Officer (defined in Government Code Section 82027) 9

D. Division of Water Rights

1. Division Chief 1

2. Chief, Special Programs 1

3. Chief, Administration of Water Rights 1

4. Chief, Application and Petition Section 3,4

5. Chief, Licensing and Hearing Section 3

6. Chief, Environmental Section 3

7. Chief, Bay-Delta Section/Complaint Section 1

E. Division of Clean Water Programs

1. Division Chief 1

2. Principal Engineer, Loans & Grants Branch 5,6,7

3. Supervisor, Facilities Planning and Design Section 5,6

4. Supervisor, Grants Reimbursement Section 5

5. Supervisor, Office of Water Reclamation and Operations Section 5,7

6. Principal Engineer, Regulatory Programs Branch 1

7. Supervisor, Underground Storage Tank/Program Support Section 1

8. Supervisor, Land Disposal Section 1

9. Supervisor, Underground Tank Cleanup Fund Section 1

F. Office of the Chief Counsel

1. Chief Counsel 1

2. All Attorneys 1

G. Office of Legislative and Public Affairs

1. Chief 1

II. REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARDS

A. All Regional Board Members 1

B. Region 1

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. Supervising Water Resources Control Engineer 1

4. Northern District Supervisor 1

5. Southern District Supervisor 1

6. Non-Point Source Section Supervisor 1

7. Surveillance and Monitoring and Planning Supervisor 1

8. Site Mitigation Supervisor 1

9. Underground Tanks Supervisor 1

10.Associate Government Program Analyst 2

C. Region 2

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. All Division Chiefs 1

4. All Section Leaders 1

5. Regional Administrative Officer 2

D. Region 3

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. All Unit Supervisors 1

4. Regional Administrative Officer 2

E. Region 4

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officers 1

3. All Section Chiefs 1

4. Chief, Santa Monica Bay Project 1

5. All Unit Chiefs 1

6. All Non-Supervising Seniors 1

7. Regional Administrative Officer 2

8. Staff Services Analysts (Business Services) 2

F. Region 5

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. Principal Engineer, Fresno Office 1

4. Supervisor, Redding Office 1

5. All Section Supervisors 1

6. All Unit Seniors 1

7. All Non-supervising Seniors 1

8. Regional Administrative Officer 2

9. Staff Services Analyst 2

G. Region 6

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. Supervisor, Victorville Office 1

4. All Section Chiefs 1

5. All Lead Associate Water Resources Control Engineers 1

6. Regional Administrative Officer 2

H. Region 7

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. All Section Chiefs 1

4. Special Projects Senior 1

5. Sanitary Engineering Associate, SLIC Program Manager 1

6. Associate Governmental Program Analyst 2

I. Region 8

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. Environmental Program Manager 1

4. All Section Chiefs 1

5. Regional Administrative Officer 2

J. Region 9

1. Executive Officer 1

2. Assistant Executive Officer 1

3. All Unit Chiefs 1

4. Chief, Special Assignments and Emergency Response 1

5. Chief, San Diego Bay Cleanup Project Unit 1

6. Senior Engineer and Ombudsman 1

7. Staff Services Analyst 2

K. Consultant* 1

Consultants shall be included in the list of designated employees and shall disclose pursuant to the broadest disclosure category in the code subject to the following limitation:

The executive director or executive officer may determine in writing that a particular consultant, although a "designated position," is hired to perform a range of duties that is limited in scope and thus is not required to fully comply with the disclosure requirements described in this section. Such written determination shall include a description of the consultant's duties and, based upon that description, a statement of the extent of disclosure requirements. The executive director's or executive officer's determination is a public record and shall be retained for public inspection in the same manner and location as this conflict of interest code.

DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES

Disclosure categories applied to members, officers and employees of Regional Water Quality Control Boards refer to the jurisdiction of the applicable Regional Water Quality Control Board as set forth in Water Code Section 13200 and 13260(a). Disclosure categories applied to members, officers and employees of the State Water Resources Control Board refer to the jurisdiction of the State Water Resources Control Board which is the entire State of California. Notwithstanding this limitation of disclosure categories, disclosure of a financial interest outside the jurisdiction of the applicable State or Regional Water Board (for example, the identity of the donor of certain gifts) may be required by statute or regulation.

Category 1

(a) All investments and business positions in business entities, interest in real property and sources of income.

Category 2

(a) Any source of income and any investment and business positions in a business entity, which source of income or business entity is of a type which contracts with the State Board or a Regional Board to provide services, supplies, materials, machinery or equipment.

(b) All interests in real property.

Category 3

(a) Any source of income and any investment and business positions in a business entity which source of income or business entity holds a water right entitlement from the State Board as well as any source of income and any investment in a business entity which is an applicant for a water right entitlement from the State Board.

(b) Any interest in real property for which the application for a water right entitlement has been made or for which a water right entitlement has been obtained.

Category 4

(a) Any source of income and any investment and business positions in a business entity which source of income or business entity is a party to a court reference proceeding or is a claimant of a right in a statutory adjudication proceeding.

(b) Any interest in real property with respect to which water rights are being adjudicated in a court reference proceeding or in a statutory adjudication proceeding.

Category 5

(a) Any source of income and any investment and business positions in a business entity, which source of income or business entity engages in the design or construction of municipal wastewater treatment facilities or manufactures equipment for use in municipal wastewater treatment facilities.

Category 6

(a) Any source of and any investment and business positions in a business entity which source of income or business entity provides research, planning or environmental impact reporting services related to water supply or water quality.

Category 7

(a) Any source of income and any investments and business positions in a business entity which source of income or business entity engages in the provision of training courses which may serve as experience equivalents in accordance with Section 2481(d) and (e) of the State Board's regulations (Title 23, California Code of Regulations), regarding operator training and certification.

(b) Any source of income from any holder of, or applicant for, a wastewater treatment plant operator certificate pursuant to Chapter 14 of the State Board's regulations (Title 23, California Code of Regulations).

Category 8

(a) Any source of income and any investment and business positions in a business entity, which source of income or business entity is of a type which contracts with the State Board or a Regional Board to provide computer related services, supplies, materials, machinery or equipment.

Category 9

(a) Any source of income from any person who is a State or Regional Water Board member, officer or employee who holds a position on the Designated Positions list of this Conflict of Interest Code.

NOTE: Authority Cited: Sections 87300, 87304, Government Code. Reference: Sections 87300, et seq., Government Code.

 

Given the limited and particular application of these regulations, it has been determined that these regulations shall not be set forth in full in the California Administrative Code, but that appropriate reference be made therein pursuant to Government Code section 11344.

These regulations are available to the public for review or purchase at cost at the following locations:

State Water Resources Control Board/Personnel Officer/901 P Street /P.O. Box 100 Sacramento, California 95812-0100

Fair Political Practices Commission/428 J Street, Suite 800/P.O. Box 807/Sacramento, California 95804

Archives/Secretary of State/1020 O Street/Sacramento, California 95814
 
 

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