Bill Text: CA AB142 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Water resources: infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB142 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB142-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 142	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY    Assembly Member   Perea
  Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife   (
  Assembly Members Rendon (Chair), Blumenfield, Bocanegra,
Fong, Frazier, Gatto, Gomez, Gray, and Yamada   ) 

                        JANUARY 17, 2013

   An act relating to water resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 142, as amended,  Perea   Committee on
Water, Parks and Wildlife  . Water resources: infrastructure.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the
Natural Resources Agency, and, among other things, empowers the
department to conduct investigations of all or any portion of any
stream, stream system, lake, or other body of water.
   This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to
initiate and complete a comprehensive study of California's state and
local water supply infrastructure needs and provide a report to the
Legislature by July 1, 2014, that summarizes those findings.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a)  The November 2014 ballot currently includes a
  A  bond measure for $11.14 billion to fund
projects related to water supply reliability, water quality,
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta sustainability, watershed conservation
and protection, and water recycling  is currently set for the
November 4, 2014, statewide general election  .
   (b) Californians recognize that freshwater resources are limited
and that if the state is to remain economically competitive and
environmentally rich, public investment is needed to modernize water
infrastructure, integrate water management, advance water resource
protection, and improve flood management.
   (c) It is in the public interest to pass a general obligation bond
that includes, but is not limited to, grants and loans to state and
local agencies to help fund needed water infrastructure improvements.
In order to determine the amount of state funding necessary to
accomplish these improvements to the state's water infrastructure,
the Legislature requires additional information.
  SEC. 2.  (a) The Department of Water Resources shall initiate and
complete a comprehensive study of California's state and local water
supply infrastructure needs and provide a report to the Legislature
by July 1, 2014, that summarizes those findings.
   (b) The requirement for submitting the report imposed under
subdivision (a) is inoperative on July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code, and shall be submitted in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code.