Bill Text: CA AB627 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Water Resources Development System: Delta
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB627 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB627-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 627 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bill Berryhill
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
An act to amend Section 147 of the Water Code, relating
to the State Water Resources Development System. An
act to add Section 148 to the Water Code, relating to the State Water
Resources Development Sy stem.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 627, as amended, Bill Berryhill. State Water Resources
Development System: annual report. Delta
Corridors Plan: feasibility study.
Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources operates the
State Water Resources Development System that includes dams,
reservoirs, and other infrastructure.
This bill would require the department to undertake an expedited
evaluation and feasibility study with regard to the implementation of
a specified Delta Corridors Plan as part of the State Water
Resources Development System. The bill would require the department
to consult with the Department of Fish and Game to study specified
impacts and benefits of the Delta Corridors Plan and to include in
the study an assessment of the incorporation of the Two-Gates Fish
Protection Demonstration Project managed by the United States Bureau
of Reclamation into the Delta Corridors Plan. The department would be
required to prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before
January 1, 2013, a report that includes its feasibility findings. If
the department determines the implementation of the plan is feasible,
the department would be required to include recommendations with
regard to specific facilities to be constructed, and to identify
potential funding sources, for the purposes of implementing the plan.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate money to the department to pay the costs of the
feasibility study required by this bill.
Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to
prepare, and submit to the fiscal committees of the Legislature, an
annual report relating to the budget for the State Water Resources
Development System, and prescribes the information to be included in
the annual report.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
requirement.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. 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) The department shall undertake an expedited evaluation
and feasibility study with regard to the implementation of a
through-Delta conveyance plan referred to as the Delta Corridors
Plan, as part of the State Water Resources Development System. For
the purposes of this section, the "Delta Corridors Plan" means the
plan described in the document entitled "Proposal to Reconnect the
San Joaquin River to the Estuary," dated March 23, 2007.
(b) The department, in conducting the study required pursuant to
subdivision (a), shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game
to study the potential environmental and ecological impacts and
benefits of the Delta Corridors Plan, including issues of water
quality and fish entrainment.
(c) The study required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include
an evaluation of ways the Delta Corridors Plan could incorporate the
Two-Gates Fish Protection Demonstration Project managed by the United
States Bureau of Reclamation and shall assess the potential impacts
and benefits of operating that project in conjunction with the Delta
Corridors Plan.
(d) On or before January 1, 2013, 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 plan described in subdivision (a) 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 plan.
(e) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (d) is inoperative on January 1, 2017, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate money to the Department of Water Resources to pay the
costs of the feasibility study required by Section 148 of the Water
Code.
SEC. 3. This act shall be known, and may be cited,
as the Clean Water Pathways Act.
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 the 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.
