Bill Text: CA SB846 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: The California Water Plan: water data.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-08-17 - Hearing postponed by committee. [SB846 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB846-Introduced.html
Bill Title: The California Water Plan: water data.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-08-17 - Hearing postponed by committee. [SB846 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB846-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 846 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Berryhill FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 81301 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 846, as introduced, Berryhill. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency. The Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act governs the formation and operation of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency. The act includes legislative findings and declarations with respect to the San Francisco regional water system and the establishment of the agency. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those legislative findings and declarations. 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 81301 of the Water Code is amended to read: 81301. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Many separate cities, districts, and public utilities are responsible for distribution of water in portions of the Bay Area served by the regional water system operated by the City and County of San Francisco. Residents in the Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara , who depend on the water made available on a wholesale basis by the regional water system , have no right to vote in elections in the City and County of San Francisco and are not represented on the San Francisco commission that oversees operation of the regional water system. (b) The San Francisco regional water system is vulnerable to catastrophic damage in a severe earthquake, which could result in San Francisco and neighboring communities being without potable water for up to 60 days. The San Francisco regional water system is also susceptible to severe water shortages during periods of below average precipitation because of insufficient storage and the absence of contractual arrangements for alternative dry year supplies. (c) The lack of a local, intergovernmental, cooperative governance structure for the San Francisco regional water system prevents a systematic, rational, cost-effective program of water supply, water conservation, and recycling from being developed, funded, and implemented. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature to enable local governments responsible for water distribution in thethree countiesCounties of Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara to establish a multicounty agency authorized to plan for and acquire supplemental water supplies, to encourage water conservation and use of recycled water on a regional basis, and to assist in the financing of essential repairs and improvements to the San Francisco regional water system, including seismic strengthening. (e) The need for coordinated planning and implementation of strategies for water supply, water conservation, water recycling, and repair and improvement of the San Francisco regional system may appropriately lead to the establishment of the Bay Area Water Planning and Conservation Agency.