Bill Text: CA AB2423 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2423 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Comprehensive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta planning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-27 - Read first time. [AB2423 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2423-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2423	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bill Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 85300 of the Water Code, relating to the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2423, as introduced, Bill Berryhill. Comprehensive
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta planning.
   Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009,
establishes the Delta Stewardship Council as an independent agency
of the state. Existing law requires the council, on or before January
1, 2012, to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a
comprehensive management plan for the Delta (Delta Plan), as
specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 85300 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   85300.  (a) On or before January 1, 2012, the council shall
develop, adopt, and commence implementation of the Delta Plan
pursuant to this part that furthers the coequal goals. The Delta Plan
shall include subgoals and strategies to assist in guiding state and
local agency actions related to the Delta. In developing the Delta
Plan, the council shall consider each of the strategies and actions
set forth in the Strategic Plan and may include any of those
strategies or actions in the Delta Plan. The Delta Plan may also
identify specific actions that state or local agencies may take to
implement the subgoals and strategies.
   (b) In developing the Delta Plan, the council shall consult with
federal, state, and local agencies with responsibilities in the
Delta. All state agencies with responsibilities in the Delta shall
cooperate with the council in developing the Delta Plan, upon request
of the council.
   (c) The council shall review the Delta Plan at least once every
five years and may revise  it   the Delta Plan
 as the council deems appropriate. The council may request any
state agency with responsibilities in the Delta to make
recommendations with respect to revision of the Delta Plan.
   (d) (1) The council shall develop the Delta Plan consistent with
all of the following:
   (A) The federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
Sec. 1451 et seq.), or an equivalent compliance mechanism.
   (B) Section 8 of the federal Reclamation Act of 1902.
   (C) The federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.).
   (2) If the council adopts a Delta Plan pursuant to the federal
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1451 et seq.),
the council shall submit the Delta Plan for approval to the United
States Secretary of Commerce pursuant to that act, or to any other
federal official assigned responsibility for the Delta pursuant to a
federal statute enacted after January 1, 2010.
   (e) The council shall report to the Legislature no later than
March 31, 2012, as to its adoption of the Delta Plan.