Bill Text: CA AB1244 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Workers' compensation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 852, Statutes of 2016. [AB1244 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1244-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1244	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gray

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to  add Section 1229.2 to   amend
Section 1229 of  the Water Code, relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1244, as amended, Gray. Water rights: small irrigation use.
   Existing law authorizes any person to obtain a right to
appropriate water for a small irrigation use upon registering the use
with the State Water Resources Control Board and thereafter applying
the water to reasonable and beneficial use with due diligence.
Existing law provides that the board is not required to adopt general
conditions applicable to appropriations for small irrigation use
until the board determines that funds are available for that purpose.
Existing law provides that the authority to register for small
irrigation use is effective only to the extent that the board
establishes the general conditions for the applicable category of
small irrigation use. Existing law requires the board, prior to
adopting other general conditions for small irrigation use, and no
later than June 30, 2012, to adopt general conditions for small
irrigation use for facilities used for frost protection in a
prescribed area, unless the board determines that sufficient funds
are not available for that purpose.
   This bill would require the  board to adopt  
board, when adopting  general conditions,  in
consultation  to consult  with the Department of
Food and  Agriculture,   Agriculture and 
the University of California Cooperative  Extension, and
others, including, but not limited to the Department of Fish and
Wildlife, for small irrigation use, unless the board determines that
sufficient funds are not available for that purpose.  
Extension, regarding relevant agricultural information, and with the
Department of Fish and Wildlife, regarding potential impacts on fish
and wildlife species, for small irrigation use other than for
facilities used for frost protection in a prescribed area. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 1229 of the   Water
Code   is amended to read: 
   1229.  (a) The board is not required to adopt general conditions
for small irrigation use pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
1228.6 until the board determines that funds are available for that
purpose.
   (b) A registration for small irrigation use pursuant to this
article is not authorized until the board establishes general
conditions for small irrigation use pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 1228.6 to protect instream beneficial uses.
   (c) The board may establish general conditions for some methods of
diversion or categories of small irrigation use before establishing
general conditions for other methods or categories, in which case a
registration for small irrigation use is authorized only for those
methods or categories for which the board has established the general
conditions for the protection of instream beneficial uses.
   (d) The board, prior to adopting other general conditions for
small irrigation use, and no later than June 30, 2012, shall adopt
general conditions for registration of small irrigation use for
facilities used for frost protection in the area described in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1259.4, unless the board
determines that sufficient funds are not available for that purpose.

   (e) The board, when adopting general conditions, shall consult
with the Department of Food and Agriculture and the University of
California Cooperative Extension, regarding relevant agricultural
information, and with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, regarding
potential impacts on fish and wildlife species, for small irrigation
use not described in subdivision (d).  
  SECTION 1.    Section 1229.2 is added to the Water
Code, to read:
   1229.2.  Notwithstanding Section 1229, the board shall adopt
general conditions, in consultation with the Department of Food and
Agriculture, the University of California Cooperative Extension, and
others, including, but not limited to, the Department of Fish and
Wildlife, for small irrigation use not described in subdivision (d)
of Section 1229, unless the board determines that sufficient funds
are not available for that purpose.