Bill Text: CA AB568 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2015. [AB568 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB568-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 568	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  134
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 7, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 7, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 6, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dodd

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 50906 of the Water Code,
relating to reclamation districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 568, Dodd. Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.
   Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by
owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or
other lands subject to flood or overflow and by owners of land
already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in
a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District
No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct,
maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other
necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of
hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds
from the sale of electricity to be utilized to retire any time
warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for
the powers and purposes for which the district was formed.
   This bill would grant the above-described hydroelectric power
authority to Reclamation District No. 108 until January 1, 2021.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50906 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   50906.  (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d)
may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of
hydroelectric power, together with transmission lines for the
conveyance thereof and with other facilities that may be necessary or
appropriate for the construction, maintenance, and operation of that
plant. Construction of the plant and transmission lines may be
financed by the issuance of time warrants pursuant to Article 3
(commencing with Section 53040) of Chapter 1 of Part 9 to pay the
cost of construction of the plant, transmission lines, and related
facilities, except that the board may, by resolution, provide for the
payment of those time warrants solely from the proceeds derived from
the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant, in lieu of the
assessment described in Section 53040, and may, in that event, pledge
the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities and the
revenues from the operation of the hydroelectric plant as the sole
security for the payment of the time warrants.
   (b) The hydroelectric plant, transmission lines, and related
facilities constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for
operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility
or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of
electricity, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the
district to customers other than a public utility or public agency.
   (c) Proceeds from the sale of electricity shall be utilized to
retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities
and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was
formed.
   (d) This section applies only to the following reclamation
districts:
   (1) Reclamation District No. 1004 acting in conjunction with the
County of Colusa.
   (2) Reclamation District No. 108.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 50906 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   50906.  (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d)
may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of
hydroelectric power, together with transmission lines for the
conveyance thereof and with other facilities that may be necessary or
appropriate for the construction, maintenance, and operation of that
plant. Construction of the plant and transmission lines may be
financed by the issuance of time warrants pursuant to Article 3
(commencing with Section 53040) of Chapter 1 of Part 9 to pay the
cost of construction of the plant, transmission lines, and related
facilities, except that the board may, by resolution, provide for the
payment of those time warrants solely from the proceeds derived from
the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant, in lieu of the
assessment described in Section 53040, and may, in that event, pledge
the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities and the
revenues from the operation of the hydroelectric plant as the sole
security for the payment of the time warrants.
   (b) The hydroelectric plant, transmission lines, and related
facilities constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for
operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility
or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of
electricity, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the
district to customers other than a public utility or public agency.
   (c) Proceeds from the sale of electricity shall be utilized to
retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities
and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was
formed.
   (d) This section applies only to Reclamation District No. 1004
acting in conjunction with the County of Colusa.
   (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2021.