BILL NUMBER: SB 991	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Buchanan and Huber)

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2010

   An act relating to flood control, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 991, as amended, Wolk. Flood control.
   Under existing law, various general obligation bond acts have been
approved by the voters to provide funds for water projects,
facilities, and programs. The Disaster Preparedness and Flood
Prevention Bond Act of 2006, a bond act approved by the voters at the
November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the
issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,090,000,000 for the purposes of
financing disaster preparedness and flood prevention projects.
   This bill, with regard to those bond funds, would appropriate
$30,000,000 to the Department of Water Resources for flood protection
projects that  either  improve the sustainability of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta  , implement specified flood
management actions in the Sacramento-San   Joaquin Delta, or
do both  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.   (a)    Pursuant to Section 5096.821
of the Public Resources Code, the sum of thirty million dollars
($30,000,000) is appropriated from the Disaster Preparedness and
Flood Prevention Bond Fund of 2006 to the Department of Water
Resources for flood protection projects that  improve
  do either or both of the following: 
    (1)     Improve    the
sustainability of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, including, but
not limited to, projects that reduce the risk of levee failure that
would jeopardize water conveyance.  The department 

   (2) Implement flood management actions in the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta before the adoption of the Central Valley Flood
Protection Plan, as part of a multibenefit project that complements
activities to be developed under the Central Valley Flood Protection
Plan. Projects described in this paragraph shall be subject to
Section 9613 of the Water Code. 
    (b)     The   Department of Water
Resources  shall expedite the evaluation of nonurban levees on
the west bank of the Sacramento River that protect unincorporated
communities  and consider   , and may study and
implement  a joint project with local government agencies for
improving flood bypass facilities as multibenefit flood control
facilities, to the extent that those projects are consistent with
adopted state policies.