Amended in Assembly May 6, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 23, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 19, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 142

Introduced by begin delete Assembly Member Perea end delete begin insert Committee on Water, Parks end insert begin insert and Wildlife (Assembly Members Rendon (Chair), Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Fong, Frazier, Gatto, Gomez, Gray, and Yamada) end insert

January 17, 2013

An act relating to water resources.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 142, as amended, begin delete Perea end delete   begin insert Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife end insert . Water resources: infrastructure.

Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the Natural Resources Agency, and, among other things, empowers the department to conduct investigations of all or any portion of any stream, stream system, lake, or other body of water.

This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to initiate and complete a comprehensive study of California’s state and local water supply infrastructure needs and provide a report to the Legislature by July 1, 2014, that summarizes those findings.

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.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a)  begin delete The November 2014 ballot currently includes a end delete begin insert A end insert bond
measure for $11.14 billion to fund projects related to water supply
reliability, water quality, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
sustainability, watershed conservation and protection, and water
recycling begin insert is currently set for the November 4, 2014, statewide
general election end insert .

(b) Californians recognize that freshwater resources are limited
and that if the state is to remain economically competitive and
environmentally rich, public investment is needed to modernize
water infrastructure, integrate water management, advance water
resource protection, and improve flood management.

(c) It is in the public interest to pass a general obligation bond
that includes, but is not limited to, grants and loans to state and
local agencies to help fund needed water infrastructure
improvements. In order to determine the amount of state funding
necessary to accomplish these improvements to the state’s water
infrastructure, the Legislature requires additional information.

SEC. 2.  

(a) The Department of Water Resources shall initiate
and complete a comprehensive study of California’s state and local
water supply infrastructure needs and provide a report to the
Legislature by July 1, 2014, that summarizes those findings.

(b) The requirement for submitting the report imposed under
subdivision (a) is inoperative on July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code, and shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.