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Orders for bringing this Act into force. SCHEDULE. Summary of Amendments * * * * STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 36 of 1964.—At present the Head-works and the Rising Main of the Bangalore Water Supply Scheme are under the control of Government while the distribution of water is under the control of the Bangalore Municipal Corporation. The present water supply being inadequate, Government have sanctioned the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme at an estimated cost of Rs. 26 crores. It will be necessary to change the present distribution system wherever necessary to suit the proposed water supply. As the supply of water from the new scheme will be adequate, it will be necessary to improve the present underground drainage system to make use of the water to the maximum extent. It is, therefore, necessary to entrust the administration of water supply and sewerage to the same Authority. The World Bank Authorities who will be financing the Water Supply Scheme have desired that the administration of both the Water Supply and Drainage in Bangalore be entrusted to an independent and autonomous body. The proposed Board will be solely in charge of the Water Supply and Underground drainage in Bangalore. The present Bill provides for constitution of Water Supply and Sewerage Board for Bangalore. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 25th June 1964 as No. 166 at page. 86.) II Amending Act 6 of 1966.—At present the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board maintains the water supply and sewerage system in Bangalore and it will shortly embark upon large scale developments in connection with the long range Water Supply and Sewerage Project involving very heavy financial commitments. In order to effectively carry out the functions and responsibilities entrusted to it, the Board will have to be given a larger measures of autonomy than is now contemplated by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964. It is also considered that the accounting system of the Board should be based on commercial principles in order to provide information required by an undertaking of this character, with provision for depreciation as a charge against revenues every year. Statutory provision is necessary to enable the Board to pay to Government interest on the value of the assets transferred to it by the Government. Certain other minor amendments to improve the working of the Board are also found desirable. Hence this Bill. 5 (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 12th October 1965 as No. 192A at page. 14.) III Amending Act 10 of 1966.—It is considered necessary to amend the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Municipal Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Act, 1949, in certain respects, in order to afford more amenities to the public, to augment the resources of the corporation and to streamline the administration of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike by avoiding delays. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 23rd February 1966 as No. 30 at page. 18.) IV Amending Act 18 of 1984.—The Public Accounts Committee has suggested that in order to have better financial control and with a view to further streamline its accounts procedures, the audit of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board could be entrusted to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Accordingly section 25 of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act is proposed to be amended, empowering Government to appoint auditors of its choice. Section 32 of the Act provides for supply of water for domestic purposes. Section 33 specifies that the supply of water for flushing latrines or drains and for all baths other than swimming baths or public baths shall be deemed to include the supply of water for domestic purposes. Section 35 provides for supply of water for non-domestic purposes. The water that is being supplied to hotels in Bangalore City are charged at the rates prescribed for non-domestic purposes. Hence in writ petitions Nos. 6160 of 1974 and others filed by some hotels, the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka had directed the Board to determine the percentage of water utilised for domestic and non- domestic purposes respectively, in respect of each of the petitioners’ establishments from the date of the writ petition. Since the hotels are being run on commercial lines, it is necessary that the entire water supply should be charged at the non-domestic rates and to validate the collections already made at these rates. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 18th January 1984 as No. 48 at page. 4.) V Amending Act 19 of 2009.— It is considered necessary to provide for making it mandatory to build rainwater harvesting structure by households in order to preserve the groundwater by amending the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964. Hence the Bill. (LA Bill No.27 of 2009, File No. DPAL 6 Shasana 2009) [Entry 5 and 17 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] VI Amending Act 15 of 2010.- A Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Engineer (retired) reviewed the provisions of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1964 and the provisions of the Water Supply and Sewerage Acts of several cities viz., Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi with a view to adopt best practices useful to the Board and has made certain recommendations. Considering those recommendations it is considered necessary to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1964 to provide for,- (a) extension of the provisions of the Act to whole of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike area; (b) enhancement of the maximum number of members of the Board to nine; (c) empowering the Board to insist on owners or occupiers to adopt water conservation methods like rain water harvesting and recycling of waste water for non-potable or potable purpose; 6 (d) enhancement of penalties on various offences punishable under this Act; (e) acquisition of land for the purposes of the Board; and (f) certain consequential amendments; Opportunity is also taken to amend,- (i) the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 to exempt property taxes on buildings of the Board; and (ii) the Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation for protection of sources of drinking water) Act, 1999 to appoint an officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner belonging to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board in respect of Bangalore and an officer of KUWSS Board in respect of areas falling under other Municipal Corporations and Municipal Council to act as appropriate authority under the said Act. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 42 of 2009, File No. DPAL 32 Shasana 2009] [Entry 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] VII Amending Act 32 of 2010.- In Government Order No.UDD 27 MNI 2000, dated:26-12- 2003, Water Supply and Sewerage Project was sanctioned for implementation in seven city municipal councils of Bommanahalli, Byatarayanapura, K.R.Puram, Mahadevapura, Rajarajeshwari Nagara, Dasarahalli, Yelahanka and one town municipal council of Kengeri of the Bangalore Metropolitan Area, at a total cost of Rs.658.65 crores. In Govt. order No.UDD 36 MNI 2004, dated:13-02-2004 the structure for the collection of beneficiary capital contribution from different categories of properties in the 7 CMC’s and one TMC under reference has been approved. It has also been ordered that the Beneficiary capital contribution collected by the Urban Local Bodies should be kept in greater Bangalore water supply and sanitation policy, beneficiary capital account to be held jointly by the concerned Urban Local Bodies and Karnataka Urban infrastructure Development Finance Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike for further transfer to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. But, this Government order was challenged by a petitioner in writ petition No. 322/2008 in the High Court of Karnataka, on the ground that the said Government order to collect beneficiary capital contribution are not supported by Law. Therefore, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board was not able to defend the impugned Government orders in the above writ petition. Therefore, it is considered necessary to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964 to provide for empowering the Government to issue directions to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board to levy and collect the beneficiary capital contribution through Local bodies towards the water supply and sanitation projects. And also to validate the beneficiary capital contribution collected with effect form 1st January 2003, by the Local authority in accordance with Government order referred above. Hence the Bill, [L.A. Bill No. 16 of 2010, File No. DPAL 54 Shasana 2009] [Entries 17 and 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] 7 VIII Amending Act 05 of 2011.- It is considered necessary to provide for making it mandatory to build rainwater harvesting structure by households in order to preserve the groundwater by amending the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964. Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.7 of 2011, File No. Samvyashae 34 Shasana 2010] [Entries 5 and 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] IX Amending Act 28 of 2013.- It is considered necessary to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 36 of 1964) to provide for,- Collection of up to 50% of the pro-rata charges in addition to the penalties and pro-rata charges payable from the persons having unauthorized connections subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations. Hence the Bill [L.A. Bill No.1 of 2013, File No. Samvyashae 62 Shasana 2012] [Entries 5 and 17 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] X Amending Act 25 of 2016.- The proposed amendment is necessitated in view of the Karnataka Housing Board and Bangalore Development Authority have been allotting sites in terms of square meters measuring 216 square meters and 108 square meters in favour of their successful applicants which is marginally less than 2400 square feet and 1200 square feet respectively. In this background, it is considered necessary to amend section 72-A of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964 to make compulsory of providing Rain Water Harvesting in sital area of not less than 216 square meters and every owner who propose to construct a building on a sital area of not less than 108 square meters. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 18 of 2016, File No. Samvyashae 56 Shasana 2015] [entries 5 and 17 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] XI Amending Act 02 of 2017.- It is considered necessary to amend section 15 of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1964, to empower the Board to prepare and carryout scheme,- (a) with the approval of the Government at cabinet level in respect of any estimates above ten crore rupees, irrespective of source of funds; and (b) with the approval of the Government Administrative Department level to estimates of less than ten crore rupees with Government grants or loan as source of funds. Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.39 of 2016, File No. Samvyashae 49 Shasana 2016] [entries 6, 17 and 32 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] 8 XII Amending Act 29 of2021.- It is considered necessary to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 36 of 1964) in order to,- (i) reduce the dependency on Cauvery water or underground water; (ii) reduce the flow of storm water drains; (iii) mitigate urban flooding; (iv) reduce non-point source pollution of surface and ground water; (v) manage the summer peak demand through ground water charging and ground water table or aquifer; (vi) provide fresh water source through rain water harvesting, where the ground water quality is poor; and (vii) mandate rain water harvesting as the rain harvested water is free, readily available and has no distribution cost. Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 23 of 2021, File No. Samvyashae 25 Shasana 2021] [Entry 5 and 17 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No. 820 in part-IVA dated: 07.10.2021] XIII Amendment Act 61 of 2025:- It is considered necessary to amend the following Acts for decriminalising and rationalising offences and to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business, namely:-