BILL NUMBER: AB 935	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Galgiani)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins, Bigelow, Gray, Olsen, Perea,
and Rendon)
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Fuller, and Vidak)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 935, 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 a certain project provided that
certain conditions are met.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 140 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   140.  (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, which shall not
exceed seven million dollars ($7,000,000), the department shall
provide funding for 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 if the project satisfies the conditions
described in subdivision (c).
   (b) Funding pursuant to this section shall not exceed 80 percent
of the total cost of the project.
   (c) The project identified in this section shall not be eligible
for funding pursuant to subdivision (a) until all of the following
requirements are met:
   (1) All feasibility studies are complete and draft environmental
impact reports are available for public review.
   (2) The director receives commitments for not less than 75 percent
of the nonstate cost-share requirement of the project.
   (d) A project funded pursuant to this section shall comply with
any other applicable provisions of state and federal law.