Bill Text: CA SB23 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Water supply and flood risk reduction projects: expedited permitting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB23 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB23-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 23

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Introduced by Senator Caballero

December 05, 2022

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An act to relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 23, as introduced, Caballero. Water supply and flood risk reduction projects: expedited permitting.

The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the state, including, among other things, overseeing the issuance and enforcement of public water system permits, as provided.

Existing law authorizes specified works of improvement for the control, conservation, and utilization of destructive flood waters and the reclamation and protection of lands that are susceptible to overflow by flood waters.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to expedite the regulatory permitting process for water supply and flood risk reduction projects, as provided.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to expedite the regulatory permitting process for water supply and flood risk reduction projects, consistent with “California’s Water Supply Strategy, Adapting to a Hotter, Drier Future,” released by Governor Newsom’s administration in August 2022.