BILL NUMBER: SB 1114	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Allen

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 10565 of the Water Code, relating to
stormwater.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1114, as introduced, Allen. Stormwater resource planning:
project funding.
   Existing law, the Stormwater Resources Planning Act, authorizes
one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan.
The act requires the State Water Resources Control Board, by July 1,
2016, to establish guidance for purposes of the act. The act
requires, with certain exceptions, the development of a stormwater
resource plan and compliance with the act to receive grants for
stormwater and dry weather runoff capture projects from a bond act
approved by the voters after January 1, 2014.
   This bill, by March 1, 2017, would require the board to include as
part of its guidance a list of potential funding sources available
to a public agency to fund projects identified in a public agency's
stormwater resource plan.
   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 10565 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10565.   (a)    By July 1, 2016, the board shall
establish guidance for this part that shall include, but is not
limited to, the following: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Identifying types of local agencies and
nongovernmental organizations that need to be consulted in developing
a stormwater resource plan. 
   (b) 
    (2)  Defining appropriate quantitative methods for
identifying and prioritizing opportunities for stormwater and dry
weather runoff capture projects. 
   (c) 
    (3)  Defining the appropriate geographic scale of
watersheds for stormwater resource planning. 
   (d) 
    (4)  Other guidance the board deems appropriate to
achieve the objectives of this part. 
   (b) By March 1, 2017, the board shall include as part of its
guidance for this part a list of potential funding sources available
to a public agency to fund projects identified in a public agency's
stormwater resource plan.