BILL NUMBER: AB 39	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huffman

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act  to add Division 34 (commencing with Section 84000) to
the Water Code,   relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 39, as amended, Huffman. Sacramento-San Joaquin  Delta:
Final Delta Vision Strategic Plan.   Delta. 
   Existing  law requires various state agencies to carry out
programs, projects, and activities on behalf of the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh. Existing  law requires the
Secretary of the  Natural  Resources Agency to convene a
committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature,
on or before December 31, 2008, a Strategic Vision for a Sustainable
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with specified components.
   This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to implement the recommendations in the Final Delta
Vision Strategic Plan issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task
Force and the Delta Vision Committee established pursuant to
Executive Order S-17-06 and Chapter 535 of the Statutes of 2006.
  require the California Delta and Ecosystem Water
Council to prepare a plan to implement the Delta Vision Strategic
Plan issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force in October
2008, and to submit that plan to the Legislature before January 1,
2011. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.
   AB 39, as amended, Huffman. Sacramento-San Joaquin  Delta:
Final Delta Vision Strategic Plan.   Delta. 
   Existing  law requires various state agencies to carry out
programs, projects, and activities on behalf of the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh. Existing  law requires the
Secretary of the  Natural  Resources Agency to convene a
committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature,
on or before December 31, 2008, a Strategic Vision for a Sustainable
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with specified components.
   This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to implement the recommendations in the Final Delta
Vision Strategic Plan issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task
Force and the Delta Vision Committee established pursuant to
Executive Order S-17-06 and Chapter 535 of the Statutes of 2006.
  require the California Delta and Ecosystem Water
Council to prepare a plan to implement the Delta Vision Strategic
Plan issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force in October
2008, and to submit that plan to the Legislature before January 1,
2011. 
   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.    Division 34 (commencing with Section
84000) is added to the   Water Code   , to read:
 

      DIVISION 34.  Delta Vision


      CHAPTER 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS


   84000.  This division shall be known and may be cited as ____.
      CHAPTER 2.  DEFINITIONS


   84010.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
      CHAPTER 3.  DELTA VISION IMPLEMENTATION


   84030.  The California Delta and Ecosystem Water Council shall
prepare a plan to implement the Delta Vision Strategic Plan issued by
the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force in October 2008, and shall
submit that plan to the Legislature before January 1, 2011. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to implement the recommendations in the Final
Delta Vision Strategic Plan issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon
Task Force and the Delta Vision Committee established pursuant to
Executive Order S-17-06 and Chapter 535 of the Statutes of 2006.


   SECTION 1.    Division 34 (commencing with Section
84000) is added to the   Water Code   , to read:
 

      DIVISION 34.  Delta Vision


      CHAPTER 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS


   84000.  This division shall be known and may be cited as ____.
      CHAPTER 2.  DEFINITIONS


   84010.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
      CHAPTER 3.  DELTA VISION IMPLEMENTATION


   84030.  The California Delta and Ecosystem Water Council shall
prepare a plan to implement the Delta Vision Strategic Plan issued by
the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force in October 2008, and shall
submit that plan to the Legislature before January 1, 2011. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to implement the recommendations in the Final
Delta Vision Strategic Plan issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon
Task Force and the Delta Vision Committee established pursuant to
Executive Order S-17-06 and Chapter 535 of the Statutes of 2006.