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SB-1620 Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.(2003-2004)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2003–2004 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1620

Introduced  by  Senator Aanestad

February 20, 2004

An act to amend Section 20 of, and to add Section 50.5 to, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Act (Chapter 510 of the Statutes of 1990), relating to the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1620, as introduced, Aanestad. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.
(1) The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Act makes legislative findings and declarations relating to the establishment and purposes of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. The act provides that the membership, boundaries, purposes, and governance of the agency are to be as set forth in a specified joint exercise of powers agreement.
This bill would also find and declare that the control of flood waters requires the coordination of efforts by affected local governments and private property owners and that the agency is expected to work with neighboring counties affected by its flood control efforts. The bill would require the board of directors of the agency to additionally include one board member representing Yolo County. The bill would require the Yolo County Board of Supervisors to appoint the director and an alternate, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 20 of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Act (Chapter 510 of the Statutes of 1990), is amended to read:

Sec. 20.
 The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency has been created as a joint exercise of powers agency under an agreement made pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and dated November 21, 1989.
(b) The need for coordinated planning for the control of flood waters within or flowing into the boundaries of the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramento, Reclamation District 1000, the American River Flood Control District, and portions of the County of Sutter, and the protection of public and private property from those waters led to the creation of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.
(c) A purpose of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency is to coordinate a regional effort to finance, provide, and maintain facilities and works necessary to ensure a reasonable and prudent level of flood protection, as determined by the agency, in developed and urbanizing areas which are designated for residential, commercial, or industrial uses within its boundaries and to provide local assurances and participate in cost sharing for federal flood control projects.
(d) The control of flood waters requires the coordination of efforts by affected local governments and private property owners. The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency is expected to work with neighboring counties affected by its flood control efforts.

SEC. 2.

 Section 50.5 is added to the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Act (Chapter 510 of the Statutes of 1990), to read:

50.5.
 Notwithstanding Section 50, the membership of the board of directors shall include, in addition to those board members and trustees listed in the agreement, one board member representing Yolo County. The Yolo County Board of Supervisors shall appoint the director and an alternate. The director or alternate shall act in accordance with the agreement.

SEC. 3.

 Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.