Bill Text: CA AB2422 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Western Delta Intakes
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2422 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2422-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2422 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bill Berryhill
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to amend Section 147 of add Section
148 to the Water Code, relating to water resources , and
making an appropriation therefor .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2422, as amended, Bill Berryhill. State Water
Resources Development System: reporting requirement.
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Western Delta Intakes Concept:
feasibility study.
Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources operates the
State Water Resources Development System . Existing law
requires the department, on or before January 10, 2010, and annually
thereafter, to prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the fiscal
committees of the Legislature a report, as prescribed, about the
budget of the State Water Resources Development System.
that includes dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in
these provisions. require the department to undertake
an expedited evaluation and feasability study of the Western Delta
Intakes Concept, as defined, and to consult with the Department of
Fish and Game, as specified. This bill would require the department
to prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before January 1,
2014, a prescribed report about the feasability study.
Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply,
Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an
initiative bond act approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006,
statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the
amount of $5,388,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe
drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, and resource
protection program. Under existing law, $65,000,000 of that bond
money is available to the department for planning and feasibility
studies related to the existing and potential future needs for
California's water supply, conveyance, and flood control systems.
This bill would appropriate $750,000 of that bond money to the
department to pay the costs of the study of the Western Delta Intakes
Concept.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no yes
. Fiscal committee: no yes .
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 148 is added to the
Water Code , to read:
148. (a) (1) The department shall undertake an expedited
evaluation and feasibility study of the Western Delta Intakes
Concept.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the "Western Delta Intakes
Concept" means a proposal that would provide a large scaleable intake
facility on the publicly owned land of Sherman Island in the Western
Delta, thereby allowing more natural freshwater to flow through the
Delta before any surplus water is extracted. The concept also
includes connecting tunnels and the construction of up to two million
acre feet of storage in the vicinity of the Clifton Court Forebay in
order to allow the extraction of more water in periods of high flow
to compensate for the extraction of less water in periods of low
flow. The purpose of the concept is to fully achieve the coequal
goals of ecosystem restoration in the Delta and reliable water
exports at the highest possible level.
(b) The department, in conducting the study required pursuant to
subdivision (a), shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game
with regard to the potential environmental and ecological impacts and
benefits of the Western Delta Intakes Concept, including issues of
water quality and fish entrainment.
(c) On or before January 1, 2014, the department shall prepare and
submit to the Legislature a report that includes its findings
pursuant to subdivision (a). If the department determines that the
implementation of the Western Delta Intakes Concept is feasible, the
department shall include in the report recommendations with regard to
specific facilities to be constructed, and shall identify potential
funding sources, for the purposes of implementing the Western Delta
Intakes Concept.
(d) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (c) is inoperative on January 1, 2018, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 75041 of the
Public Resources Code, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($750,000) is hereby appropriated to the department to pay
the costs of the study required by this section.
SECTION 1. Section 147 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
147. (a) On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter,
the department shall prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the
fiscal committees of the Legislature a report with regard to the
budget for the State Water Resources Development System.
(b) The department shall include in the report all of the
following information:
(1) A description of the expenditures made, or projected to be
made, as applicable, on behalf of the State Water Resources
Development System, by program and fund, and of the total revenues
expended, or projected to be expended, as applicable, for that
system, including each fund source.
(2) A description of the positions within the department that
carry out functions related to the State Water Resources Development
System, and the total number of those positions.
(3) A description of any funds, other than funds generated by the
State Water Resources Development System, that are expended, or
projected to be expended, as applicable, for the State Water
Resources Development System, including those funds used for
cost-sharing purposes.
(4) An itemization of all contracts related to the Bay-Delta
Conservation Plan financed, or projected to be financed, as
applicable, in full or in part with funds generated by the State
Water Resources Development System, including the dollar amount of
those contracts and a brief description of the purposes of those
contracts.
(c) The department shall include in each report information
relating to three fiscal years including the two completed fiscal
years that immediately precede the year in which the report is due,
along with applicable information for the fiscal year in which the
report is due. The department shall prepare the first report required
under subdivision (a) for the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal
years.
