BILL NUMBER: SB 1469	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to  amend Section 13242 of   add
Sections 139 and 10014 to  the Water Code, relating to water
quality.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1469, as amended, Simitian.  Water quality objectives:
potential threats.   Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: State
Water Resources Development System: water quality.  
   Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources has various
responsibilities with regard to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,
including a requirement to evaluate the potential impacts on water
supplies derived from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta based on 50-,
100-, and 200-year projections for possible impacts on the Delta from
specified events, and to determine, with the Department of Fish and
Game, the principal options for the Delta.  
   This bill would require the department, by January 1, 2012, to
identify all parties, including public and private parties, that
benefit from waters originating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
watershed and whose activities impact the Delta watershed. The bill
would also require the department, by that date, to develop a process
for determining the degree of responsibility attributable to each of
the identified parties for physical and environmental impacts on the
Delta.  
   Under existing law, the department operates the State Water
Resources Development System, which includes dams, reservoirs, and
other infrastructure for the storage and delivery of state water
resources. The department is required to update a coordinated plan
for the conservation, development, and utilization of state water
resources known as the California Water Plan, every 5 years, and to
include in the plan update a discussion of various strategies,
including, but not limited to, those relating to the development of
new water storage facilities, water conservation, water recycling,
desalination, conjunctive use, and water transfers that may be
pursued in order to meet the future water needs of the state. 

   This bill would require the department, by January 1, 2012, to
estimate the infrastructure needs for the State Water Resources
Development System over the next 30 years and the expected costs of
associated environmental mitigation and restoration projects. 

   Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
requires each California regional water quality control board to
establish water quality objectives in water quality control plans.
The act requires the implementation program for achieving those water
quality objectives to include specified information. 

   This bill would require each regional board to include in the
implementation program a description of the process used to identify
and manage potential threats to water quality. 
   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 1   39 is added to the
  Water Code   , to read:  
   139.  The department, by January 1, 2012, shall do both of the
following:
   (a) Identify all parties, including public and private parties,
that benefit from waters originating in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta watershed, and whose activities impact the Delta watershed.
   (b) Develop a process for determining the degree of responsibility
attributable to each of the parties identified in subdivision (a)
for physical and environmental impacts on the Delta. 
   SEC. 2.   Section 10014 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   10014.  The department, by January 1, 2012, shall estimate both of
the following:
   (a) The infrastructure needs for the State Water Resources
Development System over the next 30 years, including new facilities
and expected repairs and upgrades to existing facilities.
   (b) The expected costs, over the next 30 years, of environmental
mitigation and restoration projects associated with the
infrastructure needs identified in subdivision (a).  
  SECTION 1.    Section 13242 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
   13242.  The program of implementation for achieving water quality
objectives shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) A description of the nature of actions which are necessary to
achieve the objectives, including recommendations for appropriate
action by any entity, public or private.
   (b) A time schedule for the actions to be taken.
   (c) A description of surveillance to be undertaken to determine
compliance with objectives.
   (d) A description of the process used to identify and manage
potential threats to water quality.