BILL NUMBER: AB 576	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickinson

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 85215 to the Water Code, relating to the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 576, as introduced, Dickinson. Delta Stewardship Council:
planning and administration: fee.
   The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 establishes
the Delta Stewardship Council, and requires the council, on or before
January 1, 2012, to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a
comprehensive management plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
(Delta Plan), meeting specified requirements.
   This bill would require the council, by March 31, 2012, to adopt a
fee on water supply contractors of the State Water Project and the
federal Central Valley Project to fund a portion of the planning and
administrative costs of the council.
   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 85215 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   85215.  On or before March 31, 2012, the council shall adopt a fee
on water supply contractors of the State Water Project and the
federal Central Valley Project to fund a portion of the planning and
administrative costs of the council.