Bill Text: CA AB1420 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Water rights: small irrigation use: lake or streambed alteration agreements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1420 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1420-Introduced.html
Assembly Bill | No. 1420 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry (Principal coauthor: Senator Dodd) |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1602.1 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:1602.1.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1602, an entity that submits a registration of water use made pursuant to Section 1228.3 of the Water Code that has been approved by the State Water Resources Control Board is deemed to have given the notification required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1602, and shall not be required to obtain an agreement from the department for the activity that the registration covers for the term of the registration, if all of the following occur:SEC. 2.
Section 1229 of the Water Code is amended to read:1229.
(a) The board is not required to adopt general conditions for small irrigation use pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1228.6 and this section until the board determines that funds are available for that purpose.SEC. 3.
Section 1229.1 of the Water Code is amended to read:(a)This article does not apply to those stream segments for which the Director of Fish and Wildlife establishes proposed streamflow requirements pursuant to Section 10002 of the Public Resources Code, notwithstanding the July 1, 1989, deadline for preparation of the requirements.
1229.1.
(a) If the Director of Fish and Wildlife establishes proposed streamflow requirements for a stream segment pursuant to Section 10002 of the Public Resources Code, regardless of whether those requirements were proposed before July 1, 1989, a registration for that stream segment pursuant to this article is not authorized until the board establishes instream flow requirements as a part of the general conditions applicable to that stream segment. The establishment of those instream flow requirements shall be done after the board considers the proposed streamflow requirements, if proposed by the Director of Fish and Wildlife.