BILL NUMBER: AB 1671	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2014

   An act to add Section 11291 to the Water Code, relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1671, as introduced, Frazier. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta:
water conveyance system.
   Under existing law, the United States Bureau of Reclamation
operates the federal Central Valley Project and the Department of
Water Resources operates the State Water Resources Development
System, known as the State Water Project, to supply water to persons
and entities in the state. Existing law provides for the design,
construction, operation, and maintenance of water development
facilities by the state, including the State Water Project. Under
existing law, State Water Project facilities include, among others,
the facilities that are specified or authorized by the Legislature as
part of the state Central Valley Project.
   This bill would prohibit the department from constructing water
facilities as part of a specified water conveyance system unless
specifically authorized by the Legislature.
   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 11291 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   11291.  (a) The department shall not construct water facilities as
part of a water conveyance system that would convey water from north
Delta intakes by tunnel to the State Water Resources Development
System or the federal Central Valley Project pumping facilities in
the south Delta, unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, "Delta" means the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220.