California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 568

Introduced by Assembly Member Dodd

February 24, 2015

An act to amend Section 50906 of the Water Code, relating to reclamation districts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 568, as introduced, Dodd. Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.

Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be utilized to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed.

This bill would grant the above-described hydroelectric power authority to Reclamation District No. 108.

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 50906 of the Water Code is amended to
read:

50906.  

begin delete Reclamation District No. 1004 may, in conjunction
with the County of Colusa, end delete begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert A reclamation district specified in
subdivision (d) may end insert construct, maintain, and operate a plant for
the generation of hydroelectric power, together with transmission
lines for the conveyance thereof and with other facilities that may
be necessary or appropriate for the construction, maintenance, and
operation of that plant. Construction of the plant and transmission
lines may be financed by the issuance of time warrants pursuant
to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53040) of Chapter 1 of
Part 9 to pay the cost of construction of the plant, transmission
lines, and related facilities, except that the board may, by
resolution, provide for the payment of those time warrants solely
from the proceeds derived from the operation of the hydroelectric
powerplant, in lieu of the assessment described in Section 53040,
and may, in that event, pledge the plant, transmission lines, and
related facilities and the revenues from the operation of the
hydroelectric plant as the sole security for the payment of the time
warrants.

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The

end delete

begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert hydroelectric plant, transmission lines, and related
facilities constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for
operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility
or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of
electricity, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the district
to customers other than a public utility or public agency.

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Proceeds

end delete

begin insert (c) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Proceeds end insert from the sale of electricity shall be utilized to retire
any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and
otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was
formed.

begin insert

(d) This section applies only to the following reclamation
districts:

end insert begin insert

(1) Reclamation District No. 1004 acting in conjunction with
the County of Colusa.

end insert begin insert

(2) Reclamation District No. 108.

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