BILL NUMBER: AB 228	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2015

   An act to amend Section 147 of the Water Code, relating to water
resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 228, as introduced, Waldron. State Water Resources Development
System: reporting requirement.
   Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources operates the
State Water Resources Development System. Existing law requires the
department, on or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter,
to prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of
the Legislature a report, as prescribed, about the budget of the
State Water Resources Development System.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 147 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   147.  (a) On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter,
the department shall prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the
fiscal committees of the Legislature a report with regard to the
budget for the State Water Resources Development System.
   (b) The department shall include in the report all of the
following information:
   (1) A description of the expenditures made, or projected to be
made, as applicable, on behalf of the State Water Resources
Development System, by program and fund, and of the total revenues
expended, or projected to be expended, as applicable, for that
system, including each fund source.
   (2) A description of the positions within the department that
carry out functions related to the State Water Resources Development
System, and the total number of those positions.
   (3) A description of any funds, other than funds generated by the
State Water Resources Development System, that are expended, or
projected to be expended, as applicable, for the State Water
Resources Development System, including those funds used for
cost-sharing purposes.
   (4) An itemization of all contracts related to the Bay-Delta
Conservation Plan financed, or projected to be financed, as
applicable, in full or in part with funds generated by the State
Water Resources Development System, including the dollar amount of
those contracts and a brief description of the purposes of those
contracts.
   (c) The department shall include in each report information
relating to three fiscal years  that include  
including  the two completed fiscal years that immediately
precede the year in which the report is due, along with applicable
information for the fiscal year in which the report is due. The
department shall prepare the first report required under subdivision
(a) for the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years.