Bill Text: CA SB901 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Flood protection: City of West Sacramento flood risk reduction project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 708, Statutes of 2022. [SB901 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB901-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
February 23, 2022 |
Introduced by Senator Pan (Coauthor: Assembly Member McCarty) |
February 01, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would the require the Board of Trustees for Reclamation District No. 900, to be composed of 5 members selected and appointed by the City Council of the City of West Sacramento, which trustees may be members of the city council
and shall be residents of the City of West Sacramento. By adding to the duties of the City Council of the City of West Sacramento to select and appoint the Board of Trustees for Reclamation District No. 900, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(4)(A)The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(B)
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 12670.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:12670.5.
The West Sacramento Project for flood risk reduction along the Yolo Bypass, Sacramento Bypass, and Sacramento River adopted and authorized by the United States Congress in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322), is hereby adopted and approved substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the Report entitled “West Sacramento Project General Reevaluation Report” and dated December 2015, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the board.Notwithstanding Section 50600 of this code and Section 57534 of the Government Code, the Board of Trustees for Reclamation District No. 900, a subsidiary district of the City of West Sacramento, shall be composed of five members selected and appointed by the City Council of the City of West Sacramento, which trustees may be members of the city council and shall be residents of the City of West Sacramento. The appointments shall be made in the manner set forth by law relating to appointments by the City of West Sacramento.
SEC. 4.SEC. 3.
Section 1.5 is added to Chapter 100 of the Statutes of 1911, to read:Sec. 1.5.
(a) The boundaries of, and territory included within, the reclamation district shall incorporate the parcels that compose Maintenance Area 4, as established by the former Reclamation Board under a resolution adopted January 24, 1951, and recorded February 2, 1951, in Book 337, page 380 and following, Official Records of the County of Yolo.SEC. 5.SEC. 4.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of the City of West Sacramento. The facts constituting the special circumstances that distinguish the City of West Sacramento from other areas are that it is particularly susceptible to flooding due to its location. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
No