Bill Text: CA SB76 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB76 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 76	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 23, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

                        JANUARY 9, 2015

    An act relating to the Budget Act of 2015.  
An act to amend Section 6100 of, and to add Sections 12025.1 and
12025.   2 to, the Fish and Game Code, to add Section 8687.9
to the Government Code, to amend Section 4629.6 of the Public
Resources Code, and to amend Section 81046 of, to amend, repeal, and
add Section 13442 of, and to add Sections 189 and 81023 to, the Water
Code, relating to water, and making an appropriation therefor, to
take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 76, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. 
Budget Act of 2015.   Water.  
   (1) Existing law requires any new diversion of water from any
stream having populations of salmon and steelhead that is determined
by the Department of Fish and Wildlife to be deleterious to salmon
and steelhead to be screened by the owner of the diversion. Existing
law requires the department to submit to the owner its proposals as
to measures necessary to protect the salmon and steelhead within 30
days of receipt of a notice of a diversion of water from a stream
having populations of salmon and steelhead.  
   This bill would instead require the department, within 30 days of
providing written notice to the owner that the department has
determined that the diversion is deleterious to salmon and steelhead,
to submit to the owner its proposals as to measures necessary to
protect the salmon and steelhead.  
   (2) Existing law prohibits the construction or maintenance, in
certain fish and game districts, of any device or contrivance that
prevents, impedes, or tends to prevent or impede, the passing of fish
up and down stream. A violation of this provision is a misdemeanor.
 
   This bill would impose an additional civil penalty of not more
than $8,000 for a violation of this provision.  
   (3) Existing law declares that the diversion or use of water other
than as authorized by specified provisions of law is a trespass.
Existing law authorizes the executive director of the State Water
Resources Control Board to issue a complaint to a person who violates
certain laws regarding the use and diversion of water, and subjects
the violator to administrative civil liability. Existing law requires
that the complaint be served by personal notice or certified mail
and inform the party served that the party may request a hearing not
later than 20 days from the date the party was served.  
   This bill would authorize the Director of the Department of Fish
and Wildlife, or his or her designee, to issue a complaint in
accordance with the above-specified provisions alleging that an
unauthorized diversion or use of water harms fish and wildlife
resources.  
   (4) Existing law prohibits a charter city from receiving or using
state funding or financial assistance for a construction project if
the city has a charter provision or ordinance that authorizes a
contractor to not comply with prevailing wage provisions on any
public works contract or if the city has awarded, within the prior 2
years, a public works contract without requiring the contractor to
comply with prevailing wage provisions, as specified. Existing law
authorizes charter cities to receive or use state funding or
financial assistance if the city has a local prevailing wage
ordinance, applicable to all of its public works contracts, that
includes requirements that are equal to or greater than the state's
prevailing wage requirements, as specified.  
   This bill would exempt from that prohibition funding and financial
assistance provided to a charter city in response to an emergency.
 
   (5) Existing law provides various technical assistance
opportunities to disadvantaged communities for projects relating to
groundwater sustainability, clean drinking water, and water recycling
and advanced treatment water technology projects.  
   This bill would establish the Office of Sustainable Water
Solutions within the State Water Resources Control Board to promote
permanent and sustainable drinking water and wastewater treatment
solutions to ensure effective and efficient provision of safe, clean,
affordable, and reliable drinking water and wastewater treatment
services. The bill would authorize the office to take certain actions
in furtherance of this purpose.  
   (6) Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act,
authorizes the imposition and collection of civil and criminal
penalties for specified violations of that act. The act requires
certain moneys, including General Fund revenues of penalties,
collected pursuant to these provisions to be deposited in the State
Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account in the State Water
Quality Control Fund. The act continuously appropriates the moneys in
the account to the State Water Resources Control Board for specified
cleanup programs.  
   The act authorizes the state board, upon application by a public
agency, specified tribal governments, or not-for-profit organizations
serving disadvantaged communities that have authority to clean up a
waste or abate the effects of a waste to order moneys in the account
to be paid to the entity to assist in cleaning up the waste or
abating its effects on waters.  
   This bill would, until July 1, 2018, additionally authorize the
state board to pay these moneys to a community water system that
serves a disadvantaged community and would authorize moneys in the
account to be used to assist in addressing an urgent drinking water
need. By authorizing new expenditures from a continuously
appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill
would exempt projects using moneys paid pursuant to these provisions
from state contracting and procurement requirements, as specified,
and would authorize the state board to adopt guidelines for the
allocation and administration of moneys in the account that would be
exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act.  
   (7) Existing law establishes the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency
Revolving Fund and provides that the moneys in the fund are available
to the Department of Water Resources, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, for the purpose of water use efficiency projects.
Existing law requires moneys in the fund to be used for purposes that
include, but are not limited to, at or below market interest rate
loans to local agencies, as defined, and permits the department to
enter into agreements with local agencies that provide water or
recycled water service to provide loans.  
   Existing law, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure
Improvement Act of 2014, approved by the voters as Proposition 1 at
the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, authorizes the
issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $7,545,000,000
to finance a water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvement
program. The bond act provides that the sum of $810,000,000 is to be
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for expenditures
on, and competitive grants and loans to, projects that are included
in and implemented in an adopted integrated regional water management
plan and respond to climate change and contribute to regional water
security. The bond act authorizes the use of $100,000,000 of those
funds for direct expenditures, and for grants and loans, for certain
water conservation and water use efficiency plans, projects, and
programs.  
   This bill would transfer to the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency
Revolving Fund the sum of $10,000,000 of the proceeds of these bonds
for water conservation and water use efficiency projects and programs
to achieve urban water use targets. This bill would require the
department to use $5,000,000 for a pilot project for local agencies
to provide water efficiency upgrades to eligible residents. This bill
would require the department to use the other $5,000,000 for local
agencies to provide low-interest loans to customers to finance the
installation of onsite improvements to repair or replace, as
necessary, cracked or leaking water pipes to conserve water. The bill
would authorize the department to provide local agencies with
zero-interest loans of up to $3,000,000 and would require a local
agency that receives a loan pursuant to these provisions to exercise
reasonable efforts to recover the costs of the loan. The bill would
also authorize the department to waive up to 10% of the repayment
amount for costs that could not be recovered by a local agency. 

   (8) The State Contract Act generally provides for a contracting
process by state agencies for public works of improvement pursuant to
a competitive bidding process, under which bids are awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, with specified alternative bidding
procedures authorized in certain cases.  
   Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, sets forth
the emergency powers of the Governor under its provisions and
empowers the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency for certain
conditions, including drought. During a state of emergency, existing
law authorizes the Governor to suspend any regulatory statute, or
statute prescribing the procedure for conduct of state business, or
the orders, rules, or regulations of any state agency where the
Governor determines and declares that strict compliance with any
statute, order, rule, or regulation would in any way prevent, hinder,
or delay the mitigation of the effects of the emergency. Pursuant to
this authority, the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency, and a
continued state of emergency, due to drought conditions and suspended
certain statutes.  
   This bill would suspend the provisions of the Government Code and
the Public Contract Code applicable to state contracts for purposes
of state agencies implementing the Governor's orders proclaiming a
state of emergency as long as the state of emergency due to drought
conditions remains in effect. The bill would specify that these
suspensions only apply to contracts that respond to conditions
arising from the drought and that support the state agencies in
specified actions. The bill would require approval by the Department
of Finance prior to the execution of any contract entered into
pursuant to this provision and would require that certain information
relating to these contracts be posted on the California Drought
Internet Web site.  
   This bill would require an agency receiving moneys from one or
more sources as appropriated pursuant to Assembly Bill 91 or Senate
Bill 75 of the 2015-16 Regular Session to use the services of the
California Conservation Corps or a certified community conservation
corps, as defined, for restoration, ecosystem protection projects, or
other similar work.  
   (9) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
 
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015. 
   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 6100 of the   Fish and
Game Code   is amended to read: 
   6100.   (a)    Notwithstanding any provision of
Article 3 (commencing with Section 5980) and Article 4 (commencing
with Section 6020), on or after  the effective date of this
article,   January 1, 1972,  any new diversion of
water from any stream having populations of salmon and steelhead
 which   that  is determined by the
department to be deleterious to salmon and steelhead shall be
screened by the owner. The construction, operation, or maintenance
costs of any screen required pursuant to this article shall be borne
by the owner of the diversion. 
   The department 
    (b)     The department, within 30 days
of  receipt of a   providing written 
notice  of such diversion,   to the owner that
the department has determined that the diversion is deleterious to
salmon and steelhead pursuant to subdivision (a),  or within the
time determined by mutual written agreement, shall submit to the
owner its proposals as to measures necessary to protect the salmon
and steelhead. The department shall notify the owner that it shall
make onsite investigation and shall make any other investigation
before it shall propose any  measure   measures
 necessary to protect fishlife. 
   The 
    (c)     The  department, or any agency
of the state, shall provide the owner of the diversion any available
information  which   that  is required by
 such   the  owner in order to comply with
the provisions of this article. 
   The 
    (d)     The  diversion shall not
commence until the department has determined that measures necessary
to protect fishlife have been incorporated into the plans and
construction of  such   the  diversion.
   SEC. 2.    Section 12025.1 is added to the  
Fish and Game Code   , to read:  
   12025.1.  (a) In addition to any penalties imposed by any other
law, a person found to have violated Section 5901 shall be liable for
a civil penalty of not more than eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for
each violation. Each day that a violation of Section 5901 occurs or
continues without a good faith effort by the person to cure the
violation after receiving notice from the department shall constitute
a separate violation.
   (b) All civil penalties imposed or collected by a court for a
separate violation pursuant to this section in connection with the
production or cultivation of a controlled substance shall not be
considered to be fines or forfeitures, as described in Section 13003,
and shall be apportioned in the manner described in subdivision (d)
of Section 12025.
   (c) All civil penalties imposed or collected by a court for a
separate violation pursuant to this section not in connection with
the production or cultivation of a controlled substance shall not be
considered to be fines or forfeitures, as described in Section 13003,
and shall be apportioned in the following manner:
   (1) Thirty percent shall be distributed to the county in which the
violation was committed pursuant to Section 13003. The county board
of supervisors shall first use any revenues from those penalties to
reimburse the costs incurred by the district attorney or city
attorney in investigating and prosecuting the violation.
   (2) (A) Thirty percent shall be distributed to the investigating
agency to be used to reimburse the cost of any investigation directly
related to the violations described in this section.
   (B) If the department receives reimbursement pursuant to this
paragraph for activities funded pursuant to subdivision (f) of
Section 4629.6 of the Public Resources Code, the reimbursement funds
shall be deposited into the Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration
Fund, created by Section 4629.3 of the Public Resources Code, if
there is an unpaid balance for a loan authorized by subdivision (f)
of Section 4629.6 of the Public Resources Code.
   (3) Forty percent shall be deposited into the Fish and Game
Preservation Fund.
   (d) (1) Civil penalties authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) may
be imposed administratively by the department according to the
procedures described in paragraphs (1) through (4), inclusive, of
subdivision (e) of Section 12025.
   (2) The department shall adopt emergency regulations to implement
this subdivision in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code). The adoption of these regulations
shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general
welfare.
   (e) All administrative penalties imposed or collected by the
department for a separate violation pursuant to this section in
connection with the production or cultivation of a controlled
substance shall not be considered to be fines or forfeitures, as
described in Section 13003, and shall be deposited according the
provisions of subdivision (f) of Section 12025.
   (f) All administrative penalties imposed or collected by the
department for a separate violation pursuant to this section not in
connection with the production or cultivation of a controlled
substance shall not be considered to be fines or forfeitures, as
described in Section 13003, and shall be deposited into the Timber
Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund, created by Section 4629.3 of
the Public Resources Code, to repay any unpaid balance of a loan
authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 4629.6 of the Public
Resources Code. Any remaining funds from administrative penalties
collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be apportioned in the
following manner:
   (1) Fifty percent shall be deposited into the Fish and Game
Preservation Fund.
   (2) Fifty percent shall be deposited into the Timber Regulation
and Forest Restoration Fund for grants authorized pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 4629.6 of the Public Resources Code.
   (g) For purposes of this section, "controlled substance" has the
same meaning as defined in Section 11007 of the Health and Safety
Code. 
   SEC. 3.    Section 12025.2 is added to the 
Fish and Game Code   , to read:  
   12025.2.  The director or his or her designee may issue a
complaint to any person or entity in accordance with Section 1055 of
the Water Code alleging a violation of Section 1052 of the Water Code
that harms fish and wildlife resources. The complaint is subject to
the substantive and procedural requirements set forth in Section 1055
of the Water Code, and the department shall be designated a party to
any proceeding before the State Water Resources Control Board
regarding a complaint filed pursuant to this section. 
   SEC   . 4.    Section 8687.9 is added to the
  Government Code   , to read:  
   8687.9.  Funding and financial assistance provided to local
governments in response to an emergency, as that term is used in
Section 8558, is not subject to the eligibility restrictions of
Section 1782 of the Labor Code. 
   SEC. 5.    Section 4629.6 of the   Public
Resources Code   is amended to read: 
   4629.6.  Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, only be expended for the following purposes:
   (a) To reimburse the State Board of Equalization for its
administrative costs associated with the administration, collection,
audit, and issuance of refunds related to the lumber products and
engineered wood assessment established pursuant to Section 4629.5.
   (b) To pay refunds issued pursuant to Part 30 (commencing with
Section 55001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (c) To support the activities and costs of the department, the
Department of Conservation, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the
State Water Resources Control Board, and regional water quality
control boards associated with the review of projects or permits
necessary to conduct timber operations. On or after July 1, 2013,
except for fees applicable for fire prevention or protection within
state responsibility area classified lands or timber yield
assessments, no currently authorized or required fees shall be
charged by the agencies listed in this subdivision for activities or
costs associated with the review of a project, inspection and
oversight of projects, and permits necessary to conduct timber
operations of those departments and boards.
   (d) For transfer to the department's Forest Improvement Program,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, for forest resources
improvement grants and projects administered by the department
pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4790) and Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 4799.06) of Part  2  
2.5  of Division 4.
   (e) To fund existing restoration grant programs, with priority
given to the Fisheries Restoration Grant Program administered by the
Department of Fish and Wildlife and grant programs administered by
state conservancies.
   (f) (1) As a loan to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for
activities to address environmental damage occurring on forest lands
resulting from marijuana cultivation. Not more than five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) may be loaned from the fund in a fiscal
year pursuant to this paragraph. This paragraph shall become
inoperative on July 1, 2017.
   (2) Any funds deposited into the Timber Regulation and Forest
Restoration Fund pursuant to subdivision (d) or (f) of Section 12025
 or subdivision (b), (c), (e), or (f)  of  Section
12025.1 of  the Fish and Game Code shall be credited toward loan
repayment.
   (3) Moneys from the General Fund shall not be used to repay a loan
authorized pursuant to this subdivision.
   (g) To the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for
fuel treatment grants and projects pursuant to authorities under the
Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management Act of 1978
(Article 1 (commencing with Section 4461) of Chapter 7 of Part 2 of
Division 4).
   (h) To the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to
provide grants to local agencies responsible for fire protection,
qualified nonprofits, recognized tribes, local and state governments,
and resources conservation districts, undertaken on a state
responsibility area (SRA) or on wildlands not in an SRA that pose a
threat to the SRA, to reduce the costs of wildland fire suppression,
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote adaptation of forested
landscapes to changing climate, improve forest health, and protect
homes and communities.
   SEC. 6.    Section 189 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   189.  (a) There is hereby established the Office of Sustainable
Water Solutions within the state board, which may be administered by
the state board as a separate organizational unit or within the state
board's divisions or offices.
   (b) The purpose of the office is to promote permanent and
sustainable drinking water and wastewater treatment solutions to
ensure the effective and efficient provision of safe, clean,
affordable, and reliable drinking water and wastewater treatment
services. In furtherance of this purpose, the office may take, but is
not limited to, all of the following actions:
   (1) Coordinating with and providing assistance to small drinking
water systems, wastewater treatment systems, and disadvantaged
communities without drinking water or wastewater treatment systems.
   (2) Promoting and facilitating regional drinking water and
wastewater projects.
   (3) Promoting and facilitating regional solutions, including
consolidation of existing water districts, expansion of existing
water districts to serve communities unserved by public water systems
and wastewater treatment systems, and extension of services to
underserved communities and disadvantaged communities.
   (4) Advancing the delivery of affordable, safe drinking water to
disadvantaged communities throughout the state.
   (5) Providing technical assistance to disadvantaged communities
and small drinking water systems and wastewater systems, including
grant application assistance, outreach and education in vulnerable
communities, financial management support, and facilitation of
discussions within and between communities. 
   SEC. 7.    Section 13442 of the   Water Code
  is amended to read: 
   13442.  (a) Upon application by  a public agency, a
  an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b),
the state board may approve the payment of moneys from the account to
that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, abating the effects of
a waste on waters of the state, or addressing an urgent drinking
water need without regard to whether the need for drinking water is a
result of the discharge of waste.  
   (b) An entity is eligible to apply for funding pursuant to this
section if that entity has authority to undertake the activity for
which it seeks moneys and the entity is any of the following: 

   (1) A public agency.
    (2)     A  tribal government that is
on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native
American Heritage Commission and is a disadvantaged community, as
defined in Section 79505.5, that agrees to waive tribal sovereign
immunity for the explicit purpose of regulation by the state board
pursuant to this  division, or a not-for-profit organization
serving a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5,
with authority to clean up a waste or abate the effects of a waste,
the state board may order moneys to be paid from the account to the
agency, tribal government, or organization to assist it in cleaning
up the waste or abating its effects on waters of the state. 
 division.  
   (3) A not-for-profit organization serving a disadvantaged
community, as defined in Section 79505.5.  
   (4) A community water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the
Health and Safety Code, that serves a disadvantaged community, as
defined in Section 79505.5.  
   (b) The agency, a tribal government that is on the California
Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage
Commission and is a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section
79505.5, that agrees to waive tribal sovereign immunity for the
explicit purpose of regulation by the state board pursuant to this
division, or a not-for-profit organization serving a disadvantaged
community, as defined in Section 79505.5, 
    (c)     An eligible   entity 
shall not become liable to the state board for repayment of moneys
paid  to the entity  under this  section, 
 section and expended in accordance with the state board's
approval of payment,  but this shall not be a defense to an
action brought pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 13304 for the
recovery of moneys paid under this section. 
   (d) Projects using moneys that are paid to an eligible entity
pursuant to this section shall be exempt from state contracting and
procurement requirements set forth in the Government Code and the
Public Contract Code to the extent necessary to take immediate action
to protect public health and safety.  
   (e) The state board may adopt guidelines for the allocation and
administration of these moneys that shall not be subject to Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title
2 of the Government Code.  
   (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2018, and, as
of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

   SEC. 8.    Section 13442 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   13442.  (a) Upon application by a public agency, a tribal
government that is on the California Tribal Consultation List
maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission and is a
disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5, that agrees
to waive tribal sovereign immunity for the explicit purpose of
regulation by the state board pursuant to this division, or a
not-for-profit organization serving a disadvantaged community, as
defined in Section 79505.5, with authority to clean up a waste or
abate the effects of a waste, the state board may order moneys to be
paid from the account to the agency, tribal government, or
organization to assist it in cleaning up the waste or abating its
effects on waters of the state.
   (b) The agency, a tribal government that is on the California
Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage
Commission and is a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section
79505.5, that agrees to waive tribal sovereign immunity for the
explicit purpose of regulation by the state board pursuant to this
division, or a not-for-profit organization serving a disadvantaged
community, as defined in Section 79505.5, shall not become liable to
the state board for repayment of moneys paid under this section, but
this shall not be a defense to an action brought pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 13304 for the recovery of moneys paid
under this section.
   (c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2018. 
   SEC. 9.    Section 81023 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   81023.  Consistent with Division 26.7 (commencing with Section
79700), the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the proceeds
of bonds authorized to be issued and available for the purposes of
Section 79746 shall be transferred to the fund and used by the
department, upon appropriation, for loans for the following water
conservation and water use efficiency projects and programs to
achieve urban water use targets developed pursuant to Section
10608.20:
   (a) (1) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for a pilot project for
local agencies to provide water efficiency upgrades to eligible
residents at no upfront cost.
   (2) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for local agencies to
provide low-interest loans to customers to finance the installation
of onsite improvements to repair or replace, as necessary, cracked or
leaking water pipes to conserve water.
   (b) The department may implement this section by providing to a
local agency a zero-interest loan of up to three million dollars
($3,000,000).
   (c) A local agency that receives a loan pursuant to this section
shall exercise reasonable efforts to recover the costs of the loan.
However, the department may waive up to 10 percent of the repayment
amount for costs that could not be recovered by the local agency.
   (d) The department and a local agency that is an urban retail
water supplier and that receives a loan pursuant to this section may
enter into a mutually agreeable schedule for making loan repayments
into the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund. 
   SEC. 10.    Section 81046 of the   Water
Code   is amended to read: 
   81046.  A local agency may implement water use efficiency loan
programs pursuant to this  section   division
 through on-bill financing.
   SEC. 11.    (a) In order to ensure that equipment and
services necessary for drought response can be procured quickly, the
provisions of the Government Code and the Public Contract Code
applicable to state contracts, including, but not limited to,
advertising and competitive bidding requirements, are suspended for
purposes of state agencies implementing Executive Order B-28-14 and
the proclamations of a state of emergency dated January 17, 2014, and
April 25, 2014, as long as the state of emergency due to drought
conditions remains in effect.  
   (b) The suspensions provided in subdivision (a) apply only to
contracts that respond to conditions arising from the drought and
that support the state agencies in any of the following:  
   (1) Addressing impacts on human health and safety, including
providing or improving availability of food, water, or shelter. 

   (2) Addressing impacts on fish and wildlife resources.  
   (3) Providing water to persons or communities affected by the
drought.  
   (c) Approval by the Department of Finance is required prior to the
execution of any contract entered into pursuant to this section.
 
   (d) Information related to a contract approved pursuant to this
section shall be posted on the California Drought Internet Web site,
including identification of the contracting agency, the contractor,
the contract amount, the contract duration, and a brief description
of the goods or services provided under the contract.  
  SEC. 12.   An agency receiving moneys from one or more sources
as appropriated pursuant to either Senate Bill 75 or Assembly Bill
91 of the 2015-16 Regular Session shall use, whenever feasible, the
services of the California Conservation Corps or a certified
community conservation corps, as defined under Section 14507.5 of the
Public Resources Code, for restoration, ecosystem protection
projects, or other similar work.
   SEC. 13.    This act is a bill providing for
appropriations related to the Budget Bill within the meaning of
subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution, has been identified as related to the budget in the
Budget Bill, and shall take effect immediately.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015.