BILL NUMBER: AB 627	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bill Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Section 147 of the Water Code, relating to the
State Water Resources Development System.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 627, as introduced, Bill Berryhill. State Water Resources
Development System: annual report.
   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to
prepare, and submit to the fiscal committees of the Legislature, an
annual report relating to the budget for the State Water Resources
Development System, and prescribes the information to be included in
the annual report.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
requirement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 147 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   147.  (a) On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter,
the department shall prepare  ,  and submit to the
chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature  , 
a report with regard to the budget for the State Water Resources
Development System.
   (b) The department shall include in the report all of the
following information:
   (1) A description of the expenditures made, or projected to be
made, as applicable, on behalf of the State Water Resources
Development System, by program and fund, and of the total revenues
expended, or projected to be expended, as applicable, for that
system, including each fund source.
   (2) A description of the positions within the department that
carry out functions related to the State Water Resources Development
System, and the total number of those positions.
   (3) A description of any funds, other than funds generated by the
State Water Resources Development System, that are expended, or
projected to be expended, as applicable, for the State Water
Resources Development System, including those funds used for
cost-sharing purposes.
   (4) An itemization of all contracts related to the Bay-Delta
Conservation Plan financed, or projected to be financed, as
applicable, in full or in part with funds generated by the State
Water Resources Development System, including the dollar amount of
those contracts and a brief description of the purposes of those
contracts.
   (c) The department shall include in each report information
relating to three fiscal years  that include  
including  the two completed fiscal years that immediately
precede the year in which the report is due, along with  the
 applicable information for the fiscal year in which the report
is due. The department shall prepare the first report required under
subdivision (a) for the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years.