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AB-550 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: peripheral canal.(2011-2012)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  January 04, 2012

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2011–2012 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 550

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Huber
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Chesbro, Yamada)

February 16, 2011

An act to add Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 115) to Division 1 of the Water Code, relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 550, as amended, Huber. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: peripheral canal.
Existing law requires various state agencies to administer programs relating to water supply, water quality, and flood management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
This bill would prohibit the construction of a peripheral canal, as defined, that conveys water from a diversion point in the Sacramento River to a location south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, unless expressly authorized by the Legislature. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to complete an economic feasibility analysis prior to the enactment of a statute authorizing the construction of a peripheral canal. The bill would prohibit the construction and operation of a peripheral canal from diminishing or negatively affecting the water supplies, water rights, or quality of water for water users within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed, or imposing any new burdens on infrastructure within, or financial burdens on persons residing in, the Delta or the Delta watershed.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 115) is added to Division 1 of the Water Code, to read:
CHAPTER  1.5. Peripheral Canal

115.
 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220.
(b) “Peripheral canal” means a facility or structure that conveys water directly from a diversion point in the Sacramento River to pumping facilities of the State Water Project or the federal Central Valley Project south of the Delta.

116.
 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a peripheral canal shall not be constructed, unless expressly authorized pursuant to a statute enacted by the Legislature on or after the date on which this section becomes effective.
(b) Prior to the enactment of any statute authorizing the construction of a peripheral canal, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall complete an economic feasibility analysis that includes all of the following:
(1) The total cost of the project, including environmental review, planning, design, construction, mitigation, and all related expenses, and the methods for paying those costs.
(2) Expected impacts of the project on taxpayers, water ratepayers, and the General Fund.
(3) Expected environmental and economic impacts of the project on existing public infrastructure in and around the Delta and the Delta watershed.

118.
 Notwithstanding any other law, the construction and operation of a peripheral canal shall not diminish or negatively affect the water supplies, water rights, or quality of water for water users within the Delta watershed, or impose any new burdens on infrastructure within, or financial burdens on persons residing in, the Delta or the Delta watershed.