Amended in Senate September 4, 2015

Amended in Senate July 16, 2015

Amended in Senate June 23, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 935

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

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(Principal coauthor: Senator Galgiani)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins, Bigelow, Gray, Olsen, Perea, and Rendon)

(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Fuller, begin delete Galgiani, end delete and Vidak)

February 26, 2015

An act to add Section 140 to the Water Code, relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 935, as amended, Salas. Water projects.

Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Water Resources, which manages and undertakes planning with regard to water resources in the state.

This bill would require, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department to provide funding for certain begin delete projects. end delete begin insert projects, provided that certain conditions are met. end insert

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 140 is added to the Water Code, to read:

140.  

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not exceed seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) total, end insert the
department shall provide funding for the following begin delete projects: end delete
begin insert projects if the project satisfies the conditions described in
subdivision (c): end insert

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(a)

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begin insert (1) end insert  A project that substantially conforms to the project
description for the Reverse Flow Pump-back Facilities on the
Friant-Kern Canal Restoration Project set forth by the draft
investment strategy released by the San Joaquin River Restoration
Program in December 2014.

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(b)

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begin insert (2) end insert  A project that substantially conforms to the project
description for the San Joaquin River Recapture at Patterson
Irrigation District Conveyed through Delta-Mendota Canal to San
Luis Reservoir Project set forth by the draft investment strategy
released by the San Joaquin River Restoration Program in
December 2014.

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(b) Funding pursuant to this section shall not exceed 80 percent
of the total cost of the project.

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(c) The projects identified in this section shall not be eligible
for funding pursuant to subdivision (a) until all of the following
requirements are met:

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(1) All feasibility studies are complete and draft environmental
impact reports are available for public review.

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(2) The director receives commitments for not less than 75
percent of the nonstate cost share requirement of the project.

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(d) A project funded pursuant to this section shall be subject to
all of the following:

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(1) The project shall comply with the requirements of Title X of
Public Law 111-11.

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(2) The project shall comply with any other applicable
provisions of state and federal law.

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(3) To the extent the project is used in furtherance of paragraph
(4) of subdivision (a) of Section 10004 of Title X of Public Law
111-11, that use shall be made proportionally available to all
entities subject to subdivision (a) of Section 10010 of Public Law
111-11.

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(4) The project shall not result in any additional regulation of
the State Water Project’s Bank Pumping Plant or the federal
Central Valley Project’s Jones Pumping Plant, as compared to
operation before the implementation of Title X of Public law
111-11.

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