BILL NUMBER: AB 2049 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Arambula FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to add Section 147.2 to the Water Code, relating to the State Water Resources Development System. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2049, as introduced, Arambula. State Water Resources Development System: water delivery. Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources administers water supply contracts pursuant to which water suppliers (contractors) are supplied water from the State Water Resources Development System, in accordance with the California Water Resources Development Bond Act and other provisions of law. This bill would prohibit the Director of Water Resources, to the extent permitted by law, from approving a transfer or assignment, for more than 10 years, of any contractual right to the delivery of a water supply from the State Water Resources Development System that is held by a contractor for agricultural use to another contractor for municipal use. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 147.2 is added to the Water Code, to read: 147.2. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the director shall not approve a transfer or assignment, for more than 10 years, of any contractual right to the delivery of a water supply from the State Water Resources Development System that is held by a contractor for agricultural use to another contractor for municipal use. (b) Subdivision (a) does not affect a transfer or assignment of a contractual right, as otherwise described in that subdivision, if the transfer or assignment is for a period that does not exceed 10 years.