Bill Text: CA AB134 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Appropriation of water: Sacramento Regional County

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 212, Statutes of 2011. [AB134 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB134-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 134	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  212
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 23, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickinson
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Steinberg)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Huber)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wolk)

                        JANUARY 12, 2011

   An act to add Section 1486 to the Water Code, relating to water
resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 134, Dickinson. Appropriation of water: Sacramento Regional
County Sanitation District.
   Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board
administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board
grants permits and licenses to appropriate water.
   Existing law requires the owner of a wastewater treatment plant to
obtain the approval of the state board prior to making any changes
in the point of discharge, place of use, or purpose of use of treated
wastewater, and requires the state board to review the proposed
changes in accordance with prescribed procedures.
   This bill would authorize the Sacramento Regional County
Sanitation District to file an application for a permit to
appropriate a specified amount of water that is based on the volume
of treated wastewater that the district discharges into the
Sacramento River, as specified. The bill would authorize the state
board to grant a permit to appropriate that treated wastewater upon
terms and conditions determined by the state board. The bill would
require the board, prior to granting a permit pursuant to these
provisions, to comply with permit, approval, and review requirements
and other laws applicable to the appropriation of water.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Sacramento Regional County
Sanitation District.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1486 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   1486.  (a) The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, and
any successor thereto, with respect to treated wastewater produced
by the sanitation district that meets the requirements of the
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley, as
may be amended or modified, and that is discharged into the
Sacramento River, may file an application for a permit to appropriate
an amount of water up to the amount of treated wastewater that is
discharged into the Sacramento River, less diminution by seepage,
evaporation, transportation, or other natural causes between the
point of discharge from the wastewater treatment plant and the point
of diversion out of the Sacramento River or the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta.
   (b) Upon application for a permit to appropriate water pursuant to
subdivision (a), the board may grant the permit subject to the terms
and conditions as in the board's judgment are necessary for the
protection of the rights of any legal user of the water.
   (c) Prior to the board granting a permit under subdivision (b),
the board shall comply with the provisions of Part 2 (commencing with
Section 1200) of Division 2, and other applicable law, and may
impose terms and conditions authorized thereunder.
   (d) Water appropriated in accordance with this section may be sold
or utilized for any beneficial purpose.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique problems applicable to the full utilization of
the waters of the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta, into which treated wastewater discharged by the Sacramento
Regional County Sanitation District flows.