Bill Text: CA SB1218 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Delta Stewardship Council: annual water supply reliability estimation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-13 - April 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB1218 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1218-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1218

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Introduced by Senators Hurtado and Cortese

February 17, 2022

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An act to add Section 85215 to the Water Code, relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1218, as introduced, Hurtado. Delta Stewardship Council: annual water supply reliability estimation.

Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, establishes the Delta Stewardship Council, which is required to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a comprehensive management plan, known as the Delta Plan, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

This bill would require the council, at least once annually, to publish on its internet website, in consultation with relevant state and federal agencies and the public, a water supply reliability estimation for the water flows into the Delta and out of the Straits of Carquinez and into the San Francisco Bay.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 85215 is added to the Water Code, to read:

85215.

 At least once annually, the council, in consultation with relevant state and federal agencies and the public, shall publish on its internet website a water supply reliability estimation for the water flows into the Delta and out of the Straits of Carquinez and into the San Francisco Bay.