Bill Text: CA SB204 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Water Project: contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-06-24 - July 2 hearing postponed by committee. [SB204 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB204-Amended.html
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May 17, 2019 |
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April 25, 2019 |
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March 18, 2019 |
| Senate Bill | No. 204 |
| Introduced by Senator Dodd (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Frazier) (Coauthors: Senators Galgiani, Glazer, and Pan) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooper, Eggman, Grayson, and McCarty) |
February 04, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(2)Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties.
The bill would require a certain
joint powers authority and the Department of Water Resources to present to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by July 1, 2020, specified water conveyance project information and would require the authority and department to report by July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, that information to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature.
(3)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)For the purposes of this section, “joint powers authority” means the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Joint Powers Authority, the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority, any successor to those authorities, or any joint powers authority created for the purposes of designing or constructing a water conveyance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to be owned and operated by the Department of Water Resources.
(b)By July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Department of Water Resources and the joint powers authority shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature information, in compliance with Section 9795, on all of the following:
(1)Water conveyance project financing, including budgeted and actual sources of funding, including water fees and property tax levies, and the allocation of costs between project beneficiaries.
(2)The status of construction, including a list of all pending and executed contracts valued over ten million dollars ($10,000,000) related to water conveyance planning, design, and construction, the contract schedules, and the progress on meeting goals with respect to contracting with small, minority, woman, or veteran owned businesses.
(3)Decisions made by the Interagency Implementation and Coordination Group, as described in the adaptive management program, regarding the proposed or actual operation of the water conveyance project, including volume and timing of diversions and deliveries to water contractors, water transfers, how decisions regarding operations are made, and the effectiveness of avoiding, reducing, or mitigating operational impacts on fisheries, wildlife, the environment, and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta communities.
(4)Consultations with Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta communities affected by project construction, operation, or both, including actions taken to address community concerns with a local ombudsman, administration of a community benefits fund, or both.
(5)Actions taken to avoid or mitigate project construction impacts to agriculture, recreation, infrastructure, property, local business operations, worker and community safety, and public health, and the project’s consistency with the management plan adopted for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area.
(c)By July 1, 2020, the Department of Water Resources and the joint powers authority shall present at an informational hearing the information described in subdivision (b) to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
SEC. 2.SECTION 1.
Section 147.5 of the Water Code is repealed.SEC. 3.SEC. 2.
Section 147.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:147.5.
The department shall provide at least 10 days’ notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature before holding public sessions to negotiate any potential amendment of a long-term water supply contract that is of projectwide significance with substantially similar terms intended to be offered to all contractors.SEC. 4.SEC. 3.
Section 147.6 is added to the Water Code, to read:147.6.
(a) Before the execution of an amendment to a long-term water supply contract described in subdivision (c) and at least 60 days before final approval of such an amendment, the department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature information regarding the terms and conditions of a proposed amendment of a long-term water supply contract.The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
