CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2000

Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis

January 30, 2024

An act to amend Section 138.10 of the Water Code, relating to the State Water Project.


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AB 2000, as introduced, Mathis. State Water Project: permit and license conditions.
Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources operates the State Water Project, which includes state water facilities, as defined. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law requires the director of the department, in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, to prepare a plan, on or before January 1, 2006, to meet the existing permit and license conditions for which the department has an obligation, and to submit copies of the plan to the state board and the California Bay-Delta Authority prior to increasing the existing permitted diversion rate at the State Water Project’s Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the latter provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 138.10 of the Water Code is amended to read:

138.10.
 (a) On or before January 1, 2006, the director, in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior or his or her the Secretary of the Interior’s designee, shall prepare a plan to meet the existing permit and license conditions for which the department has an obligation, as described in the State Water Resources Control Board Decision No. 1641.
(b) The plan shall be designed to achieve compliance with the permit and license conditions described in subdivision (a). The director shall prepare the plan, and submit copies of the plan to the board and the California Bay-Delta Authority, prior to increasing the existing permitted diversion rate at the State Water Project’s Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant.
(c) Nothing in this section limits or restricts the department in its operation of the State Water Project due to failure of other water rights permittees or licensees to meet water quality conditions of their respective permits or licenses.