Darrell Steinberg
- Democratic
Author
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 Johnston-Baker-Andal-Boatwright Delta Protection Act of 1992 (Delta Protection Act) creates the Delta Protection Commission and requires the commission to prepare and adopt a comprehensive long-term resource management plan for specified lands within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Resources Agency to convene a committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before December 31, 2008, recommendations for implementing a specified strategic plan relating to the sustainable management of the Delta. This bill would revise and recast the provisions of the Delta Protection Act to, among other things, reduce the number of commission members to 15 members, as specified. The bill would require the commission to appoint at least one advisory committee consisting of representatives from specified entities to provide input regarding the diverse interests within the Delta. The bill would require the commission to adopt, not later than July 1, 2011, an economic sustainability plan containing specified elements and would require the commission to review and, as determined to be necessary, amend the plan every 5 years. The bill would require the commission to prepare and submit to the Legislature, by July 1, 2010, recommendations on the potential expansion of or change to the primary zone or the Delta. The bill would establish the Delta Investment Fund in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would be required to be expended by the commission to implement the regional economic sustainability plan. The bill would establish in the Natural Resources Agency the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy. The conservancy would be required to act as a primary state agency to implement ecosystem restoration in the Delta and to support efforts that advance environmental protection and the economic well-being of Delta residents. The bill would specify the composition of the conservancy and grant certain authority to the conservancy, including the authority to acquire real property interests from willing sellers or transferors. The conservancy would be required to use conservation easements to accomplish ecosystem restoration whenever feasible. The conservancy would be required to prepare and adopt a strategic plan to achieve the goals of the conservancy. The strategic plan would be required to be consistent with the Delta Plan and certain other plans. The bill would establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Fund in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation, to finance projects, including ecosystem restoration and economic sustainability projects. These provisions would only become operative if AB 39, AB 49, SB 12, and SB 229 of the 2009–10 Regular Session of the Legislature, relating to water use and resource management, are each enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2010.
Placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member Ma.
Stricken from Senate file.
From Conference Committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 8: Senators Steinberg, Florez, Padilla, and Pavley, Assembly Members Bass, Huffman, Caballero, and Solorio. Noes. 0. Page 2352.)
Assembly appoints Conference Committee: Assembly Members Bass, Caballero, Fuller, Huffman, Jeffries, Nielsen, and Solorio.
Senate appoints Conference Committee: Senators Steinberg, Aanestad, Cogdill, Florez, Huff, Padilla, and Pavley.
Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29.5 suspended in the Senate. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 2005.)
Joint Rules 28, 28.1, 29, and 29.5 suspended in the Assembly. (Ayes 58. Noes 0. Page 2827.)
Senate refuses to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 0. Noes 36. Page 1757.)
In Senate. To unfinished business.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 23. Page 2489.) To Senate.
Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 2433.)
(Ayes 42. Noes 27. Page 2441.)
Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
Placed on second reading file.
Set, second hearing. Further hearing to be set.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
(Corrected June 25.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
To Com. on W.,P. & W.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 1184.) To Assembly.
Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 1071.)
Set for hearing May 28.
(Suspense - for vote only.)
Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 11.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 479.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Set for hearing April 14.
To Com. on N.R. & W.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB458 | HTML |
| 02/26/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/02/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/02/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/22/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/09/09 - Amended Assembly | PDF PDF |
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