BILL NUMBER: SB 233	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hertzberg

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to amend Section 5993 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish and wildlife.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 233, as introduced, Hertzberg. Conduits and screens: fish
screen monitoring.
   Existing law regulates the construction and installation of any
screen installed on conduits used in producing, generating,
transmitting, delivering, or furnishing electricity for light, heat,
or power and conduits with a maximum flow capacity over 250 cubic
feet per second of water to prevent fish from passing through the
conduit. Existing law requires, before the installation of any
screen, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the owner to enter
into an agreement that defines the method of determining the cost of
maintenance, repairs, operation, and keeping the screen free of
debris.
   This bill would additionally require the agreement to define the
method of determining the cost of monitoring the screen's
performance.
   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 5993 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   5993.  Before the installation of any screen under the provisions
of this article, the department and the owner shall enter into an
agreement defining the method of determining the cost of 
monitoring screen performance,  maintenance, repairs, operation,
and keeping the screen free of debris, which agreement shall provide
that  ,  in the event either the department or the owner
objects to  such   the  cost  , 
the matter shall be referred to the Director of General Services for
his  or her  final and conclusive decision.