BILL NUMBER: SB 1469	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Sections  139   189  and
10014 to the Water Code, relating to water quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1469, as amended, Simitian. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta:
 State Water Resources Development System:  
California Water Plan:  water quality. 
   Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board
as a state agency with authority to administer the water resources of
the state. Existing law authorizes the board to investigate all
streams, stream systems, lakes, or other bodies of water, take
testimony relating to the rights to water or the use of water, and
ascertain whether water filed upon or attempted to be appropriated is
appropriated under the laws of the state. Existing law requires the
board to take appropriate actions to prevent waste or the
unreasonable use of water.  
   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  
board  , 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   board  , 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   Department of Water
Resources  is required to update a coordinated plan for the
conservation, development, and utilization of state water resources
known as the California Water Plan,  on or before December 31,
2003, and  every 5 years  thereafter  , 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   as a part of its update of the Cali  
fornia Water Plan, commencing with the update that is due on or
before December 31, 2013, and every 5 years thereafter  , to
 estimate   identify the infrastructure
needs for the  State Water Resources Development System
  state, by hydrologic region,  over the next 30
years  and   , estimate  the expected costs
of associated environmental mitigation and restoration projects 
over the next 30 years, propose a policy for assigning funding
responsibilities to beneficiaries of water resources investments and
a financing strategy for funding responsibilities proposed to be
assigned to the state, and identify certain related information 
.
   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  139   189  is added
to the Water Code, to read:
    139.   189.   The  department
  board  , 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:   As a part of the
requirement of the department to update the California Water Plan
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10004, commencing with the
update due on or before December 31, 2013, and every five years
thereafter, the department shall do all of the following: 
   (a)  The   Identify the  infrastructure
needs for the  State Water Resources Development System
  state, by hydrologic region,  over the next 30
years, including new facilities and expected repairs and upgrades to
existing facilities.
   (b)  The   Estimate the  expected costs,
over the next 30 years, of environmental mitigation and restoration
projects associated with the infrastructure needs identified in
subdivision (a). 
   (c) Propose a policy for assigning funding responsibilities to
beneficiaries of water resources investments and a financing strategy
for funding responsibilities proposed to be assigned to the state.
 
   (d) Identify all relevant assumptions associated with the
infrastructure needs identified pursuant to subdivision (a) and the
costs estimated pursuant to subdivision (b). These assumptions shall
include all of the following:  
   (1) The retail price of water by type of use.  
   (2) Water conservation and other water use efficiency programs
assumed to be in place.  
   (3) Other relevant assumptions.