BILL NUMBER: AB 107	CHAPTERED  09/14/04

	CHAPTER  498
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 19, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Steinberg

                        JANUARY 10, 2003

   An act to add Section 8600.5 to the Water Code, relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 107, Steinberg.  Flood control standards.
   Existing law authorizes the Reclamation Board to establish and
enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of levees and
other flood control works.
   This bill would authorize the governing board of a public entity
that is authorized to construct, manage, maintain, or repair flood
control works that are under the jurisdiction of the Reclamation
Board to adopt standards, for prospective application, for the
operation and maintenance of those flood control works that are more
protective of public safety than those standards adopted by the
Reclamation Board.  The standards adopted by the governing body of
the public entity would become effective upon approval by the
Reclamation Board.  The bill would authorize the Reclamation Board to
unilaterally revise these standards upon 90 days' written notice to
the public entity.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 8600.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   8600.5.  (a) The governing body of a public entity that is
authorized by law to construct, manage, maintain, or repair levees,
channels, or other flood control works that are under the
jurisdiction of the board may adopt standards for the operation and
maintenance of those flood control works that are more protective of
public safety than the standards adopted by the board pursuant to
Section 8608, including, but not limited to, standards that are more
restrictive of encroachments on levees and adjacent areas.
   (b) The standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
effective upon approval by the board.
   (c) The public entity shall apply the standards adopted pursuant
to subdivision (a) prospectively.
   (d) The governing body of the public entity may revise the
standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) subject to the approval
of the board.  The board may unilaterally revise these standards
upon 90 days' written notice to the public entity.