BILL NUMBER: AB 1376	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 13163 of the Water Code, relating to water
quality.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1376, as introduced, Perea. State Water Resources Control
Board: investigations.
   Existing law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as
the state pollution control agency for purposes of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act and authorizes the state board to exercise any
powers delegated to the state by the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act. Existing law requires the state board to coordinate
water-quality-related investigations of state agencies and requires a
state agency to submit to the state board, for review and comment,
plans for, and results of, investigations that relate to, or have an
effect upon, water quality.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these
water-quality-related investigation 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 13163 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   13163.  (a) The state board shall coordinate water-quality-related
investigations of state agencies, recognizing that other state
agencies have primary statutory authority for  such 
 the  investigations, and shall consult with the concerned
regional boards in implementing this section.
   (b) The state board from time to time shall evaluate the need for
water-quality-related investigations to effectively develop and
implement statewide policy for water quality control and shall
transmit its recommendations for investigations to affected or
concerned federal, state, and local agencies. The affected state
 agencies   agency  shall comply with the
recommendations or shall advise the state board in writing why
 they do   the state agency will  not
comply with  such   the  recommendations.
   (c)  State agencies   A   state
agency  shall submit to the state board  for review and
comment  plans  for   for,  and
results  of all   of,  investigations that
relate  to   to,  or have an effect
 upon   upon,  water quality  for
review and comment  .