BILL NUMBER: AB 2480	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 108.5  to   to, and to
add Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 12835) to Part 6 of Division
6 of,  the Water Code, relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2480, as amended, Bloom. Source watersheds: 
maintenance and repair.   financing. 
   Existing law  declares that it is state policy to consider
all water uses, including area-of-origin needs, in connection with
the development and completion of any general or coordinated plan
prepared and published by the Department of Water Resources. Existing
law requires the Legislature to   establishes various
state water policies, including the policy that the Legislature 
consider other works as may be necessary to develop water to satisfy
the requirements of the watershed in which water 
originates, as specified,   originates  whenever
the Legislature authorizes the construction or acquisition of a
project that will develop water for use outside that 
watershed.   watershed, as specified. 
   This bill would declare it to be state policy that source
watersheds are recognized and defined as integral components of
California's water system. The bill would also declare that their
maintenance and repair are eligible for financing on an equivalent
basis with other water collection and treatment infrastructure. 
   Under existing law, the United States Bureau of Reclamation
operates the federal Central Valley Project and the Department of
Water Resources operates the State Water Resources Development
System, known as the State Water Project, to supply water to persons
and entities in the state.  
   This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board,
in consultation with the department, to develop investment plans that
prioritize actions for restoration and conservation to improve
watershed function in the watersheds that flow into the Shasta
Reservoir and the Oroville Reservoir. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 108.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   108.5.  It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the
state that source watersheds are recognized and defined as integral
components of California's water system. The maintenance and repair
of source watersheds are eligible for financing on an equivalent
basis with other water collection and treatment infrastructure.
   SEC. 2.    Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section
12835) is added to Part 6 of Division 6 of the   Water Code
  , to read:  
      CHAPTER 3.3.  WATERSHED INVESTMENT PLANS


   12835.  On or before December 31, 2017, the board, in consultation
with the department, shall develop investment plans that prioritize
actions for restoration and conservation to improve watershed
function in the watersheds that flow into the Shasta Reservoir and
the Oroville Reservoir.