BILL NUMBER: SB 1574	CHAPTERED  09/28/06

	CHAPTER  535
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 22, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kuehl

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to add Section 12805.4 to the Government Code, relating to
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1574, Kuehl  Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
   Existing law establishes the Resources Agency in state government
and grants to that agency various supervisory powers over the state's
resources. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources
and the Department of Fish and Game to identify, evaluate, and
comparatively rate the principal options available to implement
certain objectives that relate to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or
the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems. Existing law requires
the departments to jointly report to the Legislature and the Governor
the results of their evaluations and comparative ratings, as
specified, no later than January 1, 2008.
   This bill additionally would require the Secretary of the
Resources Agency to convene a committee to develop and submit to the
Governor and the Legislature, on or before December 31, 2008, a
Strategic Vision for a Sustainable Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with
specified components. The bill would authorize the committee, its
members, and state agencies represented on the committee to enter
into specified contracts.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 12805.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12805.4.  (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall convene
a committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the
Legislature, on or before December 31, 2008, a Strategic Vision for a
Sustainable Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
   (b) The committee shall include all of the following:
   (1) The Secretary of the Resources Agency.
   (2) The Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency.
   (3) The Secretary for Environmental Protection.
   (4) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
   (5) The President of the Public Utilities Commission.
   (c) The strategic vision shall address all of the following:
   (1) Sustainable ecosystem functions, including aquatic and
terrestrial flora and fauna.
   (2) Sustainable land use and land use patterns.
   (3) Sustainable transportation uses, including streets, roads and
highways, and waterborne transportation.
   (4) Sustainable utility uses, including aqueducts, pipelines, and
power transmission corridors.
   (5) Sustainable water supply uses.
   (6) Sustainable recreation uses, including current and future
recreational and tourism uses.
   (7) Sustainable flood management strategies.
   (8) Other aspects of sustainability deemed desirable by the
committee.
   (d) The committee shall seek input from elected officials,
governmental agencies, interested parties, educational institutions,
and affected local communities. The Governor or the committee may
appoint a "blue ribbon" or citizen commission, advisory committee,
task force, or any other group or groups that the Governor or the
committee deems necessary or desirable to assist in carrying out this
section.
   (e) For the purposes of carrying out this section, the committee
may also seek input from other policy and resource leaders.
   (f) All relevant state agencies, at the request of the committee,
shall make available staff and resources to assist in the preparation
of the strategic vision.
   (g) (1) The committee, its members, and state agencies represented
on the committee may contract for consultants to assist in the
preparation of the strategic vision.
   (2) Contracts entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
terminate no later than December 31, 2008.
   (3) Contracts entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) are exempt
from Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the
Public Contract Code.