BILL NUMBER: AB 1180	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 13142.6 to the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1180, as amended, Bradford. Water: coastal powerplants.
   Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board (state
board) and the 9 California regional water quality control boards
regulate water quality in accordance with the Porter-Cologne Water
Quality Control Act and the federal Clean Water Act. Existing law
establishes the policy of the state with respect to water quality as
it relates to the coastal marine environment.
   This bill would require the state board to  provide a
report to the Legislature on the economic impacts to utility
ratepayers because of the implementation of the  
consider an implementation plan submitted by a municipally owned
power plant in compliance with the  Statewide Water Quality
Control Policy on the Use of Coastal and Estuarine Waters for Power
Plant Cooling, adopted May 4, 2010  , and recommendations made by
the Statewide Advisory Committee on Cooling Water Intake Structures
(SACCWIS), if any, and direct staff to make modifications to the
policy, if appropriate  .
   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 13142.6 is added to the 
 Water Code   , to read:  
   13142.6.  No later than at its next regularly scheduled public
meeting following January 1, 2012, the state board shall consider an
implementation plan submitted by a municipally owned power plant in
compliance with the Statewide Water Quality Control Policy on the Use
of Coastal and Estuarine Water for Power Plant Cooling, adopted May
4, 2010, and recommendations made by the Statewide Advisory Committee
on Cooling Water Intake Structures (SACCWIS), if any, and direct
staff to make modifications to the policy, if appropriate. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 13142.6 is added to the
Water Code, to read:
   13142.6.  (a) By March 1, 2012, the state board shall provide a
report to the Legislature on the economic impacts to utility
ratepayers because of the implementation of the Statewide Water
Quality Control Policy on the Use of Coastal and Estuarine Waters for
Power Plant Cooling, adopted May 4, 2010.
   (b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.