Bill Text: CA AB1095 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Salton Sea: restoration projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 722, Statutes of 2015. [AB1095 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1095-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1095	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to  water, and making an appropriation
therefor.   the Salton Sea. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1095, as amended, Eduardo Garcia.  Water Quality,
Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014: restoration
funding:  Salton  Sea.   Sea: 
 restoration   projects.  
   The Salton Sea Restoration Act requires the Secretary of the
Natural Resources Agency, in consultation and coordination with the
Salton Sea Authority, to lead Salton Sea restoration efforts. The act
authorizes the authority to lead a feasibility study, in
coordination and under contract with the secretary, as prescribed.
The act requires the secretary to seek input from the authority with
regard to specified components of the restoration of the the Salton
Sea.  
   This bill would require, on or before March 31, 2016, the Natural
Resources Agency to submit to the Legislature a list of shovel-ready
Salton Sea restoration projects, including information regarding
project costs and project completion timelines.  
   Existing law, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure
Improvement Act of 2014, approved by the voters as Proposition 1 at
the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, authorizes the
issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $7,545,000,000
to finance a water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvement
program.  The act makes $475,000,000 available, upon appropriation,
to the Natural Resources Agency to support projects that fulfill
certain obligations of the state, including, among others,
intrastate or multiparty water quantification settlement agreement
provisions relating to the Salton Sea, including ecosystem
restoration projects, as set forth in specified provisions of law.
 
   This bill would appropriate an unspecified sum from that portion
of the Proposition 1 funds to the Natural Resources Agency to be used
for restoration projects that fulfill obligations of the state in
complying with the above-referenced intrastate or multiparty water
quantification settlement agreement provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no
 . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    On or before March 31, 2016, the
Natural Resources Agency shall submit to the Legislature a list of
shovel-ready Salton Sea restoration projects, including information
regarding project costs and project completion timelines. 

  SECTION 1.    Of the funds authorized pursuant to
Section 79736 of the Water Code, the sum of ____ dollars ($____) is
hereby appropriated from the Water Quality, Supply, and
Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014 to the Natural Resources
Agency to support restoration projects that fulfill the obligations
of the state in complying with intrastate or multiparty water
quantification settlement agreement provisions, as set forth in
Chapters 611, 612, and 613 of the Statutes of 2003 and Chapter 614 of
the Statutes of 2004.