BILL NUMBER: AB 2421	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bill Berryhill
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Huber)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 115) to
Division 1 of the Water Code, relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2421, as introduced, Bill Berryhill. Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta: peripheral canal.
   Existing law requires various state agencies to administer
programs relating to water supply, water quality, and flood
management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
   The bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to
complete a prescribed economic feasibility analysis prior to the
enactment of a statute authorizing the construction of a peripheral
canal, as defined.
   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.  Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 115) is added to
Division 1 of the Water Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 1.5.  PERIPHERAL CANAL


   115.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Delta" means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in
Section 12220.
   (b) "Peripheral canal" means a facility or structure that conveys
water directly from a diversion point in the Sacramento River to
pumping facilities of the State Water Project or the federal Central
Valley Project south of the Delta.
   116.  Prior to the enactment of any statute authorizing the
construction of a peripheral canal, the Legislative Analyst's Office
shall complete an economic feasibility analysis that includes all of
the following:
   (a) The total cost of the project, including environmental review,
planning, design, construction, mitigation, and all related
expenses, and the methods for paying those costs.
   (b) Expected impacts of the project on taxpayers, water
ratepayers, and the General Fund.
   (c) Expected environmental and economic impacts of the project on
existing public infrastructure in and around the Delta and the Delta
watershed.