Bill Text: CA AB1713 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: peripheral canal.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB1713 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1713-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1713	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Bonilla, Cooley,
Cooper, Frazier, McCarty, and Olsen)
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)

                        JANUARY 26, 2016

   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 1713, as introduced, Eggman. 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.
   The bill would prohibit the construction of a peripheral canal, as
defined, unless expressly authorized by an initiative voted on by
the voters of California on or after January 1, 2017, and would
require the Legislative Analyst's Office to complete a prescribed
economic feasibility analysis prior to a vote authorizing the
construction of a peripheral canal.
   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.  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 by an initiative voted
on by the voters of California on or after January 1, 2017.
   (b) If an initiative described in subdivision (a) is placed on the
ballot, prior to the election, the Legislative Analyst's Office
shall complete an economic feasibility analysis that includes both of
the following:
   (1) The total cost of the project.
   (2) Expected impacts of the project on taxpayers, water
ratepayers, and the General Fund.
   117.  Notwithstanding any other law, the construction and
operation of a peripheral canal shall not diminish or otherwise
negatively affect the water supply, water rights, or water quality
for water users within the Delta watershed.