BILL NUMBER: AB 1908	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Canciamilla

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2004

   An act to amend Section 10011 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1908, as introduced, Canciamilla.  California Water Plan.
   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to update
every 5 years the plan for orderly and coordinated protection,
conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the
state, known as the California Water Plan.  Existing law requires the
Director of Water Resources to conduct at least one public hearing
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in connection with the
preparation of the plan.
   This bill would require the department to conduct at least one
public hearing in the delta in connection with the updating,
modification, or revision of the plan.
   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 10011 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10011.  (a) In preparing  , updating, modifying, or revising
 the California Water Plan, the director shall conduct at least
one public hearing within the boundaries of the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta, and shall solicit the comments of water agencies
within the delta, agricultural groups representative of delta
agricultural activity, environmental groups concerned with protecting
delta wildlife habitat, and groups representative of those who
utilize water exported from the delta.
   (b) The California Water Plan shall include a discussion of
various alternatives, including their advantages and disadvantages,
for improving and protecting the current uses and configuration of
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
   (c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be implemented only to the
extent money is appropriated in the annual Budget Act to carry out
this section.