SB 144: Water development projects: Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds.
- Session Year: 2015-2016
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2015-10-09
Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects. Existing law adopts and authorizes federally adopted and approved projects, including a 200-year level of flood protection in the Natomas Basin, in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter. The projects are authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, formerly known as the Reclamation Board.
This bill would describe the Natomas Basin flood protection project as further modified by a specified report adopted by Congress. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects. Existing law adopts and authorizes federally adopted and approved projects, including a 200-year level of flood protection in the Natomas Basin, in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter. The projects are authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, formerly known as the Reclamation Board.
This bill would describe the Natomas Basin flood protection project as further modified by a specified report adopted by Congress. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects. Existing law adopts and authorizes federally adopted and approved projects, including a 200-year level of flood protection in the Natomas Basin, in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter. The projects are authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, formerly known as the Reclamation Board.
This bill would describe the Natomas Basin flood protection project as further modified by a specified report adopted by Congress. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects. Existing law adopts and authorizes federally adopted and approved projects, including a 200-year level of flood protection in the Natomas Basin, in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter. The projects are authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, formerly known as the Reclamation Board.
This bill would describe the Natomas Basin flood protection project as further modified by a specified report adopted by Congress. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a)In April 2007, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) secured the support of property owners in the Sacramento region for the imposition of a special benefit assessment to fund the local share of the cost of the levee improvement projects along the American and Sacramento Rivers, including the Natomas Basin, and the project to modify Folsom Dam to provide the Sacramento region with at least a 200-year level of flood protection based on current estimates of the runoff likely to be produced by such a flood event. Later that year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 276, enacted as Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 2007, which modified existing state authorizations for these projects in order to continue the historic federal-state-local cost-sharing partnership governing the projects and ensure that project construction could move forward as quickly as possible.
(b)Since 2007, more than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in federal, state, and local funds has been expended on these projects in a manner that has substantially increased the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter against very rare floods.
(c)Much of this work has occurred in the Natomas Basin where SAFCA, with the states financial assistance, has raised and strengthened about 18 miles of the most vulnerable segments of the perimeter levee system protecting the Natomas Basin. Because of changes in federal and state engineering standards since 2007, these improvements and the improvements needed for the remainder of the perimeter levee system have greatly exceeded the scope of the Natomas Levee Improvement Project set forth in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, which governed SAFCAs special benefit assessment proceedings and informed the Legislatures accompanying project authorization.
(d)The full scope of the work necessary to provide the Natomas Basin with at least a 200-year level of flood protection is described in an engineering report prepared in 2010 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin. This report, which outlines the steps the Corps will take to complete the work in Natomas initiated by the state and SAFCA, was transmitted to Congress by the Chief of Engineers of the Corps in December 2010 and adopted by Congress as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(e)Consistent with its historic practice of providing state approval for federally authorized projects affecting the State Plan of Flood Control, the Legislature has determined that modification of the 2007 state authorization for the Natomas Levee Improvement Project is warranted in order to enlarge the scope of the authorized project to match the federal authorization without altering the federal-state-local cost sharing made applicable to the project under the 2007 authorization.
SEC. 2.Section 12670.14 of the Water Code is amended to read:12670.14.The following projects in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter are adopted and authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board:
(a)The project for flood control in the Natomas and North Sacramento areas adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 9159 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1993 (Public Law 102-396) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Investigation dated July 1, 1992.
(b)The project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Project, California dated June 27, 1996, as modified by Congress in Section 366 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as further modified to include the project features necessary to provide a 200-year level of flood protection along the American and Sacramento Rivers and within the Natomas Basin as described in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the 2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, adopted by Congress in Section 7002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(c)The project to modify Folsom Dam adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as described in the United States Army Corps of Engineers Supplemental Information Report for the American River Watershed Project, California, dated March 1996, as modified by the report entitled Folsom Dam Modification Report, New Outlets Plan, dated March 1998, prepared by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the Post-Authorization Change Report, American River Watershed Project (Folsom Dam Modification and Folsom Dam Raise Projects), dated March 2007, adopted by Congress in Section 3029 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
(d)(1)The project for flood control, environmental restoration, and recreation along south Sacramento County streams adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53) as described in the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled South Sacramento County Streams, California dated October 6, 1998.
(2)Notwithstanding Section 12657, at the discretion of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may provide, for the project described in paragraph (1), the assurances of local cooperation satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with Section 12657, in lieu of assurances by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a)In April 2007, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) secured the support of property owners in the Sacramento region for the imposition of a special benefit assessment to fund the local share of the cost of the levee improvement projects along the American and Sacramento Rivers, including the Natomas Basin, and the project to modify Folsom Dam to provide the Sacramento region with at least a 200-year level of flood protection based on current estimates of the runoff likely to be produced by such a flood event. Later that year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 276, enacted as Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 2007, which modified existing state authorizations for these projects in order to continue the historic federal-state-local cost-sharing partnership governing the projects and ensure that project construction could move forward as quickly as possible.
(b)Since 2007, more than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in federal, state, and local funds has been expended on these projects in a manner that has substantially increased the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter against very rare floods.
(c)Much of this work has occurred in the Natomas Basin where SAFCA, with the states financial assistance, has raised and strengthened about 18 miles of the most vulnerable segments of the perimeter levee system protecting the Natomas Basin. Because of changes in federal and state engineering standards since 2007, these improvements and the improvements needed for the remainder of the perimeter levee system have greatly exceeded the scope of the Natomas Levee Improvement Project set forth in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, which governed SAFCAs special benefit assessment proceedings and informed the Legislatures accompanying project authorization.
(d)The full scope of the work necessary to provide the Natomas Basin with at least a 200-year level of flood protection is described in an engineering report prepared in 2010 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin. This report, which outlines the steps the Corps will take to complete the work in Natomas initiated by the state and SAFCA, was transmitted to Congress by the Chief of Engineers of the Corps in December 2010 and adopted by Congress as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(e)Consistent with its historic practice of providing state approval for federally authorized projects affecting the State Plan of Flood Control, the Legislature has determined that modification of the 2007 state authorization for the Natomas Levee Improvement Project is warranted in order to enlarge the scope of the authorized project to match the federal authorization without altering the federal-state-local cost sharing made applicable to the project under the 2007 authorization.
SEC. 2.Section 12670.14 of the Water Code is amended to read:12670.14.The following projects in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter are adopted and authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board:
(a)The project for flood control in the Natomas and North Sacramento areas adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 9159 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1993 (Public Law 102-396) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Investigation dated July 1, 1992.
(b)The project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Project, California dated June 27, 1996, as modified by Congress in Section 366 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as further modified to include the project features necessary to provide a 200-year level of flood protection along the American and Sacramento Rivers and within the Natomas Basin as described in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the 2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, adopted by Congress in Section 7002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(c)The project to modify Folsom Dam adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as described in the United States Army Corps of Engineers Supplemental Information Report for the American River Watershed Project, California, dated March 1996, as modified by the report entitled Folsom Dam Modification Report, New Outlets Plan, dated March 1998, prepared by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the Post-Authorization Change Report, American River Watershed Project (Folsom Dam Modification and Folsom Dam Raise Projects), dated March 2007, adopted by Congress in Section 3029 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
(d)(1)The project for flood control, environmental restoration, and recreation along south Sacramento County streams adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53) as described in the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled South Sacramento County Streams, California dated October 6, 1998.
(2)Notwithstanding Section 12657, at the discretion of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may provide, for the project described in paragraph (1), the assurances of local cooperation satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with Section 12657, in lieu of assurances by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a)In April 2007, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) secured the support of property owners in the Sacramento region for the imposition of a special benefit assessment to fund the local share of the cost of the levee improvement projects along the American and Sacramento Rivers, including the Natomas Basin, and the project to modify Folsom Dam to provide the Sacramento region with at least a 200-year level of flood protection based on current estimates of the runoff likely to be produced by such a flood event. Later that year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 276, enacted as Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 2007, which modified existing state authorizations for these projects in order to continue the historic federal-state-local cost-sharing partnership governing the projects and ensure that project construction could move forward as quickly as possible.
(b)Since 2007, more than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in federal, state, and local funds has been expended on these projects in a manner that has substantially increased the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter against very rare floods.
(c)Much of this work has occurred in the Natomas Basin where SAFCA, with the states financial assistance, has raised and strengthened about 18 miles of the most vulnerable segments of the perimeter levee system protecting the Natomas Basin. Because of changes in federal and state engineering standards since 2007, these improvements and the improvements needed for the remainder of the perimeter levee system have greatly exceeded the scope of the Natomas Levee Improvement Project set forth in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, which governed SAFCAs special benefit assessment proceedings and informed the Legislatures accompanying project authorization.
(d)The full scope of the work necessary to provide the Natomas Basin with at least a 200-year level of flood protection is described in an engineering report prepared in 2010 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin. This report, which outlines the steps the Corps will take to complete the work in Natomas initiated by the state and SAFCA, was transmitted to Congress by the Chief of Engineers of the Corps in December 2010 and adopted by Congress as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(e)Consistent with its historic practice of providing state approval for federally authorized projects affecting the State Plan of Flood Control, the Legislature has determined that modification of the 2007 state authorization for the Natomas Levee Improvement Project is warranted in order to enlarge the scope of the authorized project to match the federal authorization without altering the federal-state-local cost sharing made applicable to the project under the 2007 authorization.
SEC. 2.Section 12670.14 of the Water Code is amended to read:12670.14.The following projects in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter are adopted and authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board:
(a)The project for flood control in the Natomas and North Sacramento areas adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 9159 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1993 (Public Law 102-396) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Investigation dated July 1, 1992.
(b)The project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Project, California dated June 27, 1996, as modified by Congress in Section 366 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as further modified to include the project features necessary to provide a 200-year level of flood protection along the American and Sacramento Rivers and within the Natomas Basin as described in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the 2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, adopted by Congress in Section 7002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(c)The project to modify Folsom Dam adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as described in the United States Army Corps of Engineers Supplemental Information Report for the American River Watershed Project, California, dated March 1996, as modified by the report entitled Folsom Dam Modification Report, New Outlets Plan, dated March 1998, prepared by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the Post-Authorization Change Report, American River Watershed Project (Folsom Dam Modification and Folsom Dam Raise Projects), dated March 2007, adopted by Congress in Section 3029 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
(d)(1)The project for flood control, environmental restoration, and recreation along south Sacramento County streams adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53) as described in the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled South Sacramento County Streams, California dated October 6, 1998.
(2)Notwithstanding Section 12657, at the discretion of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may provide, for the project described in paragraph (1), the assurances of local cooperation satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with Section 12657, in lieu of assurances by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a)In April 2007, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) secured the support of property owners in the Sacramento region for the imposition of a special benefit assessment to fund the local share of the cost of the levee improvement projects along the American and Sacramento Rivers, including the Natomas Basin, and the project to modify Folsom Dam to provide the Sacramento region with at least a 200-year level of flood protection based on current estimates of the runoff likely to be produced by such a flood event. Later that year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 276, enacted as Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 2007, which modified existing state authorizations for these projects in order to continue the historic federal-state-local cost-sharing partnership governing the projects and ensure that project construction could move forward as quickly as possible.
(b)Since 2007, more than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in federal, state, and local funds has been expended on these projects in a manner that has substantially increased the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter against very rare floods.
(c)Much of this work has occurred in the Natomas Basin where SAFCA, with the states financial assistance, has raised and strengthened about 18 miles of the most vulnerable segments of the perimeter levee system protecting the Natomas Basin. Because of changes in federal and state engineering standards since 2007, these improvements and the improvements needed for the remainder of the perimeter levee system have greatly exceeded the scope of the Natomas Project set forth in the Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, which governed SAFCAs special benefit assessment proceedings and informed the Legislatures accompanying project authorization.
(d)The full scope of the work necessary to provide the Natomas Basin with at least a 200-year level of flood protection is described in an engineering report prepared in 2010 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin. This report, which outlines the steps the Corps will take to complete the work in Natomas initiated by the state and SAFCA, was transmitted to Congress by the Chief of Engineers of the Corps in December 2010 and adopted by Congress as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(e)Consistent with its historic practice of providing state approval for federally authorized projects affecting the State Plan of Flood Control, the Legislature has determined that modification of the 2007 state authorization for the Natomas Project is warranted in order to enlarge the scope of the authorized project to match the federal authorization without altering the federal-state-local cost sharing made applicable to the project under the 2007 authorization.
SEC. 2.Section 12670.14 of the Water Code is amended to read:12670.14.The following projects in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter are adopted and authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the Reclamation Central Valley Flood Protection Board:
(a)The project for flood control in the Natomas and North Sacramento areas adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 9159 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1993 (Public Law 102-396) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Investigation dated July 1, 1992.
(b)The project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report entitled American River Watershed Project, California dated June 27, 1996, as modified by Congress in Section 366 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, and 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as further modified to include the project features necessary to provide a 200-year level of flood protection along the American and Sacramento Rivers and within the Natomas Basin as described in the final engineers report Final Engineers Report dated April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. Agency, and as further modified by the 2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, adopted by Congress in Section 7002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121).
(c)The project to modify Folsom Dam adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, 1999 (Public Law 106-53), as described in the United States Army Corps of Engineers Supplemental Information Report for the American River Watershed Project, California, dated March 1996, as modified by the report entitled Folsom Dam Modification Report, New Outlets Plan, dated March 1998, prepared by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and as further modified by the Post-Authorization Change Report, American River Watershed Project (Folsom Dam Modification and Folsom Dam Raise Projects), dated March 2007, adopted by Congress in Section 3023 3029 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
(d)(1)The project for flood control, environmental restoration, and recreation along south Sacramento County streams adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(7) 101(a)(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53) as described in the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled South Sacramento County Streams, California dated October 6, 1998.
(2)Notwithstanding Section 12657, at the discretion of the Reclamation Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may provide, for the project described in paragraph (1), the assurances of local cooperation satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with Section 12657, in lieu of assurances by the Reclamation Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
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| Jun 1, 2015 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 674, Statutes of 2015. |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. |
| Sep 3, 2015 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2847.) Ordered to the Senate. |
| Sep 3, 2015 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Sep 3, 2015 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug 28, 2015 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). |
| Jul 8, 2015 | July 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| Jul 8, 2015 | July 8 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. |
| Jun 30, 2015 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. |
| Jun 2, 2015 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
| Jun 1, 2015 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1196.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| May 28, 2015 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| May 28, 2015 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 28). |
| May 28, 2015 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1148.) (May 28). |
| May 23, 2015 | Set for hearing May 28. |
| Apr 13, 2015 | April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr 6, 2015 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 2, 2015 | Set for hearing April 13. |
| Mar 24, 2015 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 405.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Mar 17, 2015 | Set for hearing March 24. |
| Feb 5, 2015 | Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. |
| Jan 28, 2015 | From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27. |
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| Sep 3, 2015 | SB 144 Pan Senate Third Reading By GALLAGHER | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| Aug 27, 2015 | Do pass. | Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations |
Passed |
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| Jun 30, 2015 | Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | Assembly Standing Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife |
Passed |
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| Jun 1, 2015 | Senate 3rd Reading SB144 Pan | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| May 28, 2015 | Do pass | Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations |
Passed |
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| Apr 13, 2015 | Placed on suspense file | Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations |
Passed |
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| Mar 24, 2015 | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar | Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Water |
Passed |
This list shows positions taken on this bill by organizations on the date displayed, which is linked to the original source.
Positions by individuals are not included.
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| Association Of California Water Agencies | ** Support | Sep 3, 2015 |
| California Central Valley Flood Control Association | ** Support | Sep 3, 2015 |
| Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency | ** Support | Sep 3, 2015 |
SB 144
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 144
(Pan)
As Amended April 6, 2015
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE: 40-0
Committee |
Votes |
Ayes |
Noes |
Water |
15-0 |
Levine, Bigelow, Dababneh, Dahle, Dodd, Beth Gaines, Cristina Garcia, Gomez, Harper, Lopez, Mathis, Medina, Rendon, Salas, Williams |
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Appropriations |
17-0 |
Gomez, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Calderon, Chang, Nazarian, Eggman, Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, Holden, Jones, Quirk, Rendon, Wagner, Weber, Wood |
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SUMMARY: Updates the project descriptions and authorizations for specific state law flood control projects along the American and Sacramento Rivers in order to make the scope of those projects consistent with their current federal feasibility studies and authorizations. Also makes nonsubstantive technical corrections.
EXISTING LAW:
Requires flood management projects that receive state financial assistance, as specified, to:
Qualify for federal financial assistance under the requirements applicable to federal water resource development projects and to be federally authorized.
Be cost-effective, as specified.
Be in compliance with federal floodplain management, as specified.
Avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts to environmental and recreational values.
Include an opportunity to include multipurpose objectives.
Requires the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (formerly called the Reclamation Board) or Department of Water Resources (DWR), in an advisory role, to provide sufficient review and oversight to determine whether the project meets the statutory requirements set out above.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, this bill increases the state obligation (called a subvention) by approximately $40 to $60 million (General Fund). Although DWR estimates that the state’s cost share of the updated project will likely increase $40-60 million, because the project changes were in response to more stringent levee requirements, doing the project as originally authorized is not an option. This bill conforms the state's authorization to the most recent federal authorization.
COMMENTS: This bill would update the current state authorization for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers to match the federal authorization, as modified by the final feasibility study for the Natomas Basin. The bill would also make numerous technical, non-substantive corrections to the authorizing statutes.
Under the State Water Resources Law of 1945, the state may participate in funding local flood control projects that are authorized by the Legislature and that meet other specific requirements. One requirement is that the project must be authorized by Congress. The Natomas Basin was previously federally authorized but the description of the project in the federal authorization was updated in 2014.
The author states that the constructed projects, as specified in this bill, will increase the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the counties of Sacramento and Sutter consistent with specifications prescribed as part of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project. The author states that this bill would ensure that the historic Federal-State-local cost-sharing partnership is continued and construction moves forward as quickly as possible.
Other supporters state that this bill would modify the 2007 state authorization for the Natomas Project to match the federal authorizations. Supporters note this bill will not alter the federal-state-local cost sharing made applicable to the project under the 2007 authorization but simply harmonizes the state authorization with the federal feasibility, which increased the scope of work in order to provide the Natomas Basin with a 200-year level of flood protection.
There is no known opposition to this bill.
Analysis Prepared by: Tina Leahy / W., P., & W. / (916) 319-2096 FN: 0001657
Date of Hearing: July 8, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
SB 144
(Pan) – As Amended April 6, 2015
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Water, Parks and Wildlife |
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15 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill updates the state’s authorization for funding local flood control projects in the Natomas Basin by including the 2010 final feasibility study in the state’s funding authorization to reflect the project’s current design.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Increases the state obligation (subvention) by approximately $40 to $60 million (GF). Although the Department of Water Resources estimates that the state’s cost share of the updated project will likely increase $40-60 million, because the project changes were in response to more stringent levee requirements, doing the project as originally authorized is not an option. This bill conforms the state’s authorization to the most recent federal authorization.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. According to the author, the constructed projects, as specified in this bill, will increase the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the counties of Sacramento and Sutter consistent with specifications prescribed as part of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project. This bill ensures the Federal-State-local cost-sharing partnership is continued and construction moves forward as quickly as possible.
Background. Under the State Water Resources Law of 1945, the state may participate in funding local flood control projects that are authorized by the Legislature, authorized by Congress, and meet other specific requirements.
Among the local flood control projects authorized by the Legislature are levees in the Natomas Basin to provide flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers.
Since the 2007 final engineer report, this project has been further refined to meet higher levee building standards required by the Army Corps of Engineers. These changes are reflected in the 2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin. It is necessary to reference this final feasibility study in the state’s funding authorization for the project in order for the authorization to continue to be applicable.
Analysis Prepared by: Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 144
Amended: 4/6/15
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE: 9-0, 3/24/15
AYES: Pavley, Stone, Allen, Fuller, Hertzberg, Hueso, Jackson, Monning, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 5/28/15
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza, Nielsen
SUBJECT: Water development projects: Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds.
SOURCE: Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
DIGEST: This bill updates the current authorization of state funding for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin to reflect the project as described in the 2010 Final Feasibility Study.
Existing law:
Provides, under the State Water Resources Law of 1945, the state may participate in funding local flood control projects that are authorized by the legislature and that meet other specific requirements. One requirement is that the project must be authorized by Congress.
Specifies, among the local flood control projects that have been authorized by the Legislature is “The project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers … within the Natomas Basin as described in the final engineer’s report dated April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.”
This project has been further refined in the “2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, adopted by Congress in Section 7002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014.”
This bill updates the current authorization for this project to reflect the current definition of the project. The bill would also make numerous technical, non substantive changes to the authorizing statutes
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, this bill would incur approximately $40 to $60 million in General Fund for additional state obligations in flood control project costs.
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (source)
Association of California Water Agencies
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/29/15)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the Sponsor, SB 144 “would ensure that the historic Federal-State-local cost-sharing partnership is continued and construction moves forward as quickly as possible. The constructed Projects will increase the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento, Yolo and Sutter. And, as evidenced by the Environmental impact Reports that certified these projects, they will do so without altering or otherwise impairing the designed flows and surface elevations.”
Prepared by: Dennis O'Connor / N.R. & W. / (916) 651-4116
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
SB 144 (Pan) - Water development projects: Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds
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Version: April 6, 2015 |
Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 9 - 0 |
Urgency: No |
Mandate: No |
Hearing Date: April 13, 2015 |
Consultant: Marie Liu |
This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill Summary:
SB 144 would update the state’s authorization for funding local flood control projects in the Natomas Basin.
Fiscal Impact:
Approximately $40 to $60 million in General Fund for additional state obligations in flood control project costs.
Background:
Under the State Water Resources Law of 1945, the state may participate in funding local flood control projects that are authorized by the Legislature, authorized by Congress, and meet other specific requirements. Among the local flood control projects that have been authorized by the Legislature are levees in the Natomas Basin that are defined as “the project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers…within the Natomas Basin as described in the final engineer’s report date April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.”
Since the 2007 final engineer report, the project has been further refined to meet higher levee building standards required by the Army Corps of Engineers. These changes are reflected in the 2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin. This final feasibility study would need to be referenced in the state’s funding authorization for the project in order for the authorization to continue to be applicable.
Proposed Law:
This bill would include the 2010 final feasibility study in the state’s funding authorization of local levees in the Natomas Basin to reflect the project’s current design.
Related Legislation:
AB 1147 (Honda) Chapter 1071, Statutes of 2000 provided the original authorization.
Staff Comments:
The Department of Water Resources estimates that the state’s cost share of the updated project will likely increase $40-60 million. However, staff notes that because the project changes were in response to more stringent levee requirements, doing the project as originally authorized is not an option. Therefore not recognizing the latest design of the project would effectively be rejecting the state’s original agreement to share in the cost of improving these levees. Staff notes that the bill would also conform state’s authorization to the federal authorization.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER
Senator Fran Pavley, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SB 144 Hearing Date: March 24, 2015
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Subject: Water development projects: Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds
BACKGROUND AND EXISTING LAW
Under the State Water Resources Law of 1945, the state may participate in funding local flood control projects that are authorized by the legislature and that meet other specific requirements. One requirement is that the project must be authorized by Congress.
Among the local flood control projects that have been authorized by the Legislature is “The project for flood control along the American and Sacramento Rivers … within the Natomas Basin as described in the final engineer’s report dated April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.”
This project has been further refined in the “2010 final feasibility study for the American River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, adopted by Congress in Section 7002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014.”
PROPOSED LAW
This bill would update the current authorization for this project to reflect the current definition of the project. The bill would also make numerous technical, non substantive changes to the authorizing statutes.
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT
According to the Sponsor, SB 144 “would ensure that the historic Federal-State-local cost-sharing partnership is continued and construction moves forward as quickly as possible. The constructed Projects will increase the ability of the existing flood control system to protect heavily urbanized areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento, Yolo and Sutter. And, as evidenced by the Environmental impact Reports that certified these projects, they will do so without altering or otherwise impairing the designed flows and surface elevations.”
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: None Received
COMMENTS: None
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS : None
SUPPORT:
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency – Sponsor
Association of California Water Agencies
OPPOSITION: None Received
Discussed in Hearing
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Assembly Floor
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Senate Floor
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