BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 13, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
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1061 (Gallagher) - As Amended April 29, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill authorizes the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage
District (District) to engage in specified property transactions
and use any revenue generated for flood control purposes.
Specifically, this bill authorizes the District to:
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1)Sell or otherwise dispose of a right-of-way, easement, or
property when the district determines that the right-of-way,
easement, or property is no longer necessary.
2) Lease or rent a right-of-way, easement, or property.
3)Take, receive, or apply the income, profit, or revenue
received from the sale, lease, rental, or other disposal of
property for flood control purposes.
FISCAL EFFECT:
1)Annual GF losses of $360,000 resulting from the transfer of
revenue generated by leases to the District.
The management and control of the district is vested in the
Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB). Board leases
include traditional grazing and agricultural leases as well as
oil and gas leases that generate rent and royalties.
2)Unknown future GF losses resulting from the disposal of
District property deemed unnecessary.
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COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, the District has property
rights including fee title, easements and other land use
agreements on about 18,000 parcels. Any revenues generated on
the lands go directly to the state General Fund. Instead,
this bill allows the District to expend the revenues for the
maintenance and repair of flood control projects.
2)Background. District boundaries comprise more than 1.9 million
acres in the Central Valley along the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Rivers, stretching from Glenn and Butte Counties in
the north to Madera and Fresno Counties in the south. The
District was created in 1913 to allow the State Engineer at
the time, to procure data, and perform surveys and
examinations of the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers and
their tributaries for the purpose of preparing a report to the
Reclamation Board (now the Central Valley Flood Protection
Board). The plans became what is now the State Plan of Flood
Control (SPFC), a State-Federal flood protection system in the
Sacramento River and San Joaquin River watersheds. Property
rights for the SPFC are held by the District and lease
revenues are deposited in the General Fund.
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Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)
319-2081