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SB 115 (Florez-D) Employment service programs
States the intent of the Legislature to pass legislation that appropriates $2 million from the General Fund to be used exclusively for support of the Employment Development Department employment service programs and related administrative costs attributable to the freezing weather conditions that occurred in January 2007. Specifies that the appropriation applies only to expenses occurring during the period commencing with the effective date of this act and ending 6/30/08.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

SB 116* (Maldonado-R) Seasonal workers: unemployment insurance
Increases the allowable maximum earnings, from $25 (or 25% of wages) to $200 per week, that a person eligible for unemployment compensation may keep as a result of a loss of work from the 2007 winter freeze. Sunsets on 11/4/07.
Chapter 289, Statutes of 2007

SB 180 (Migden-D) Farm labor: labor representation
Creates a new election process for agricultural workers to select their representatives for collective bargaining. Extends existing prohibitions and penalties to employers engaged in unfair labor practices with regard to a majority signup election.
Vetoed

SB 650 (Migden-D) Labor representatives: elections
Authorizes agricultural employees to select collective bargaining representation through a specified "majority signup election" process. Provides that these provisions shall be in effect only until 1/1/13 or, in the event of a legal challenge, until five years after a final court ruling on the validity has been made.
Vetoed

SB 713 (Lowenthal-D) Farmworker housing assistance
Repeals the current farmworker housing assistance program and, instead, merges the farmworker housing tax credit program into the low-income housing tax credit program. The $500,000 currently devoted to the farmworker housing tax credit program shall be set aside in the newly combined program exclusively for farmworker housing projects. Allows partnerships participating in the low-income housing tax credit program to determine how state low-income housing credits earned between 1/1/08 and 1/1/15 are to be distributed among their members. Current state and federal law require that such credits be allocated in proportion to each partner's economic interest in the partnership.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SCR 25 (Cedillo-D) Cesar Chavez Day
Recognizes 3/31/07 as the anniversary of the birth of Cesar Chavez, and calls upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember Cesar Chavez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.
Resolution Chapter 22, Statutes of 2007

SJR 12 (Simitian-D) Cesar Chavez
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 359, the Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a Special Resource Study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine whether any of the sites examined meet the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.
Resolution Chapter 133, Statutes of 2007

AB 287* (Nava-D) Farm worker wages: disaster relief
Provides certain agricultural employers affected by the January 2007 freeze with a tax credit equal to 40% of wages paid to employees through 1/1/09. Provides that the credit is available to qualified agricultural employers with operations in a county included in the state of emergency declared by the Governor as a result of the extreme low temperatures and freezing conditions that began on 1/12/07. Provides that the credit is equal to 40% of wages paid to qualified employees, not to exceed $2,400 per employee per year. Provides that the credit replaces deductions otherwise available for the affected wage payments.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 377 (Arambula-D) Labor contractors
Requires an employer who is a farm labor contractor to disclose in the itemized statement furnished to employees up to five names and addresses of the legal entities that secured the employer's services.
Vetoed

AB 382 (Assembly Housing And Community Development Committee) Housing omnibus act
Makes a number of technical, non-controversial changes to laws relating to housing.
Chapter 596, Statutes of 2007

AB 762 (Nava-D) Farm labor housing
Makes changes to the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program to ensure that funds for the housing of California's agricultural workers and their families are used efficiently and made accessible to sponsors that are truly dedicated to service the farmworker population.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 770 (Hernandez-D) Health care coverage: agricultural employees
Enacts the Agricultural Employer and Employees Health Care Coverage Act requiring the California Research Bureau to conduct a comprehensive study of the availability of health care coverage to agricultural employees. Requires the Bureau to convene a working group of affected California stakeholders, in collaboration with the Senate Office of Research, and to report to the Legislature by 1/1/09 with recommendations to ensure that agricultural employees in California are provided health care coverage and that agricultural employers who provide health care coverage to their employees are allowed to lower their health care costs.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AJR 33 (Eng-D) Cesar Estrada Chavez Study
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 359, the Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a Special Resource Study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine whether any of the sites examined meet the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.
(In Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee)

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Pests and Pesticides

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SB 556* (Wiggins-D) The Light Brown Apple Moth
Creates, until 1/1/10, the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Program within the Department of Food and Agriculture (DFA). Creates an account within the food and agriculture fund and provides those funds shall be available for expenditure without regard to fiscal year, and permits DFA to allocate funding for local assistance to agencies designated by a county board of supervisors. Requires DFA to annually review the progress made by each local agency in eradicating the LBAM, and make recommendations, as needed, to improve individual local agency eradication efforts. Requires an annual legislative report to be submitted on January 10, beginning in 2008. Requires eradication activities conducted, pursuant to these provisions, to comply with all applicable laws and be conducted in an environmentally responsible manner. Makes legislative findings and declarations.
Chapter 190, Statutes of 2007

SCR 19 (Negrete McLeod-D) Mosquito control
Declares 4/23/07 to 4/29/07, inclusive, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.
Resolution Chapter 30, Statutes of 2007

AB 126 (Beall-D) Structural fumigation: Santa Clara County
Adds Santa Clara County to the existing Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program, specifies that fees shall not be used to supplant other funds, and repeals the Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program on 1/1/10.
Chapter 379, Statutes of 2007

AB 1021 (Galgiani-D) Apple pests
Establishes the California Apple Pest and Disease Prevention Act of 2007. Requires the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture (DFA) to appoint a committee of the California Apple Commission, and a scientific advisory panel, for the general purpose of preventing the further introduction of identified pests and diseases. Provides that no person shall ship apples into the state unless that shipment is accompanied by a certificate attesting to the shipment's compliance with DFA regulations. Provides that it is a crime to handle apples from designated areas the committee finds to be infested with apple-destroying pests and diseases.
(In Senate Agriculture Committee)

AB 1530 (Lieber-D) Pesticide poisoning
Requires clinical laboratories that perform cholinesterase testing on a specimen of human blood, for the purpose of determining pesticide levels, to electronically report specified information about the test to the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, as specified.
(In Senate Health Committee)

AB 1604* (Caballero-D) Pesticides: fumigant alternatives
Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding agriculture, air pollution, health risks from pesticide use, and the facilitation of less polluting and toxic pest control methods. Requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), by 1/1/09, to develop and implement a fumigant alternatives program that will provide incentives for agricultural producers to adopt soil pest control methods that do not utilize either restricted use pesticides or other pesticides responsible for substantial volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Provides that no later than 1/1/10, the annually updated VOC use and emissions inventory of commercial structural and agricultural use pesticides which is prepared by the Director shall include mechanisms to track and report on adoption of non-fumigant soil pest control methods used by agricultural producers, as specified.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)

AB 1713 (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Agriculture
Relates to the funding of pesticide use enforcement, and makes inoperative on 7/1/08 the current distribution to counties of Motor Vehicle Fuel Account funds which are for the partial reimbursement of county expenses incurred in carrying out various agricultural programs. Revises the distribution of the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account funds operative 7/1/08 to statutorily appropriate a minimum of $16.75 million annually to the Department of Food and Agriculture and to counties for pesticide use enforcement, uniform operation of agricultural policy and administration of programs supervised by the department, pest detection and trapping programs, and for emergency detection, investigation, or eradication of agricultural plant or animal pests or diseases. Requires counties that receive funds for agricultural programs to meet eligibility criteria, including maintenance of effort, before receiving those funds.
Chapter 421, Statutes of 2007

AB 1717 (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Pesticides
Increases, from two years to four years, the statute of limitations for actions brought by the Department of Pesticide Regulation against sellers of adulterated or misbranded pesticides. Makes other changes to existing law relating to structural pesticide operators.
Chapter 338, Statutes of 2007

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General Agriculture

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SB 140 (Kehoe-D) Fuels: renewable diesel fuel
Requires, within one year after the Air Resources Board makes a specified determination, that at least 2% of the total volume diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in the state contain renewable diesel fuel, and two years thereafter, that at least 5% of the total volume of diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in the state contain renewable diesel fuel. Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to enforce any diesel fuel specifications adopted by the Air Resources Board, pursuant to the bill.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)

SB 148* (Hollingsworth-R) Fruit and nut trees: freeze
Provides property tax relief to growers affected by the winter freeze of 2007.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 200 (Florez-D) Produce inspector: leafy green vegetable licensing
Authorizes the State Public Health Officer to establish regulations and take actions to dispose of or destroy contaminated produce and requires the State Public Health Officer and the Department of Food and Agriculture to jointly establish a leafy green vegetable inspection program in the field, as specified.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)

SB 201* (Florez-D) Agriculture: leafy green vegetable crop safety
Establishes requirements for growers, handlers, shippers, and processors of leafy green vegetables for growing practices, handling, processing, and testing.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)

SB 202 (Florez-D) Agriculture: leafy green vegetable crop traceback
Establishes requirements for growers, handlers, shippers, and processors of leafy green vegetables for growing practices, handling, processing, and testing.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)

SB 246 (Margett-R) 48th District Agricultural Association
Provides that the 48th District Agricultural Association is the County of Los Angeles and provides that the directors of the 48th District Agricultural Association may not serve concurrently on another fair board.
Chapter 203, Statutes of 2007

SB 281 (Maldonado-R) District agricultural associations: goods and property
Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to develop criteria, subject to the approval of the Department of General Services, for the disposal of property by district agricultural associations and the California Exposition and State Fair.
Chapter 346, Statutes of 2007

SB 311 (Cogdill-R) Noxious weed management
Appropriates $1 million annually from the General Fund to the Noxious Weed Management Account.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 358 (Maldonado-R) Field crops: leafy greens: foodborne illness
Makes findings and declarations regarding the importance of the leafy greens industry and the need for developing effective measures to combat foodborne pathogens in leafy greens. Appropriates $2 million to the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, to fund cooperative extension food safety advisors and specialists.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 452 (Cogdill-R) Family-owned farms: employment: workers' compensation
Excludes from the definition of "employee" any person who provides services on a family-owned farm, as defined, and is employed without financial compensation by his/her parent, spouse, child, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or first or second cousin. Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to prescribe a form to be filed by a family-owned farm for purposes of claiming an exemption from the provisions of the workers' compensation system.
(In Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)

SB 470 (Ashburn-R) Agriculture: dead animals
Requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board to convene a working group to draft regulations, that shall be adopted by the Board no later than 7/1/09, providing procedures for emergency disposal of animal carcasses during a state of emergency, and requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to also adopt regulations based on the draft regulations prepared by the working group no later than 7/1/09.
Vetoed

SB 486 (Maldonado-R) Avocados
Establishes the California Avocado Pest and Disease Prevention Act of 2007, and creates a committee of four producers, four handlers, and one representative from the University of California, appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture (DFA) from nominations received from the California Avocado Commission. Requires the committee to recommend to the Secretary of DFA the adoption of regulations establishing terms and conditions for handling avocados in California to prevent the introduction and spread of pests and diseases.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 495* (Denham-R) California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program
Authorizes the counties identified in the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program and the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program to participate in the California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program. Provides that funds appropriated to counties that were authorized to participate in the former Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program shall be equal to those provided under that program and shall be distributed according to a specified schedule. Provides that funding for participation of the counties that were authorized to participate in the former Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program shall include, but is not limited to, appropriations from local government and private contributions and shall be equal to that provided to each of the counties under that program, and that funding for participation in the California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program for the Counties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Napa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Sonoma, Ventura, and Yolo shall be provided as it becomes available.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 517 (Maldonado-R) Agriculture
Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish and oversee a program to provide additional funding to applicants to the federal Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The program is intended to provide incentives for conservation efforts that promote agricultural production and environmental quality.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 634 (Wiggins-D) Olive oil: food labeling
Defines olive oil to mean the edible oil obtained solely from the fruit of the olive tree.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)

SB 770 (Cogdill-R) Milk
Specifies that the Department of Food and Agriculture's regulated minimum price of milk shall be used when determining the "sale below cost" value of milk used in class one, two, and three products.
Chapter 351, Statutes of 2007

SB 773 (Wiggins-D) Livestock: vehicles: limitations of access
Changes a provision in state law that exempts, until 1/1/12, specified livestock carriers on portions of Highway 101 from vehicle length limitations, so that longer vehicles can travel on that state highway, and requires the Director of the Department of Transportation to notify the Secretary of State if the Director makes certain determinations relative to the affected portions of State Highway 101.
Chapter 440, Statutes of 2007

SCR 6 (Florez-D) Frost damage
Requests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to cooperate with the state's public utilities in immediately approving advice letter filings to establish appropriate payment deferral programs for agricultural growers whose crops were destroyed as a result of the cold storms and consequent frost damage that occurred as a result of the winter freeze in January 2007. Requests the PUC to authorize recovery for the actual administrative costs, with the exception of interest foregone on deferred amounts, and recovery of uncollected deferred amounts incurred by the state's public utilities as a result of this program.
(On Senate Inactive File)

SCR 27 (Maldonado-R) California Agriculture Day
Proclaims the week of 3/18/07 to 3/24/07 as National Agricultural Week; Tuesday, 3/20/07 as California Agriculture Day; and Wednesday, 3/21/07 as National Agriculture Day.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)

AB 297* (Maze-R) Property tax exemption: newly planted trees
Provides a limited-term property tax exemption for fruit or nut bearing trees damaged by the January 2007 freeze. Restarts the four-year exemption period, currently allowed for newly planted trees, for those trees that were severely damaged in the January 2007 freeze, and defines "severely damaged" as requiring pruning to the trunk or bud union to establish a new shoot as a replacement.
Chapter 225, Statutes of 2007

AB 454* (Berryhill-R) Conservation easements
Provides conformity to federal law, including an increase in the specified percentage limitations (50% and 100% in the case of farmers) and extending the allowance carryover period to the 15 succeeding taxable years until used, as provided.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 472 (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Cattle brands: fees
Increases fees related to the Department of Food and Agriculture's program of livestock identification, branding, and inspection.
Chapter 267, Statutes of 2007

AB 541 (Huffman-D) Genetically engineered plants: liability
Provides that the release of genetically modified plant material by a manufacturer, either directly or through licensees or agents, within property owned or operated by a person for whom the plant presence was not intended shall constitute a private nuisance.
(In Assembly Agriculture Committee)

AB 576 (Carter-D) Animal feeding: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
Prohibits an animal feeding operation or concentrated animal feeding operation within 2.5 miles of Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Tulare County.
(In Assembly awaiting concurrence)

AB 653 (Maze-R) Agricultural land use
Allows Tulare County, and any city within the county, to establish a local agricultural and open space conservation plan.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 664 (Parra-D) Dairy products: Prison Industry Authority
Provides that dairy products produced under the Prison Industry Authority may only be purchased by food service operations in state-owned facilities and sold for onsite consumption.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 680* (Wolk-D) Rice straw: tax credit
Extends the rice straw tax credit for five years and increases the limit on credits from $400,000 to $1 million.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 684 (Leno-D) Industrial hemp
Enacts the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act and authorizes a five-year, four-county pilot program for the cultivation of industrial hemp, as specified.
Vetoed

AB 698 (Strickland-R) Perishable agricultural product defamation
Creates a new ground for lawsuits regarding agricultural products.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 771 (De Leon-D) Agricultural industry
Allows the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, when conflicts arise between sectors of agriculture, to designate agricultural working groups to work toward conflict resolution, and enacts the Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group Act.
Chapter 324, Statutes of 2007

AB 856 (Parra-D) Agriculture: seeds
Specifies that the provision of funding to counties relating to seed identification and labeling is discretionary.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 967 (Nava-D) Farm Fresh Schools Program
Establishes the Farm Fresh Schools program, administered jointly by the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Education, for the purposes of reducing obesity, improving nutrition, and strengthening the regional agricultural economy by promoting the consumption of locally grown fruits and vegetables in public schools.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 977* (Ma-D) Agriculture
Requires the California Research Bureau to prepare a summary of the available literature on the effectiveness of agricultural commodity marketing orders, councils, and commissions and submit the summary to the Legislature. Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture and respective councils and commissions to cooperate with the California Research Bureau by providing requested information for this report.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1050* (La Malfa-R) Fiber animals: sales tax exemption
Exempts from sales and use taxes the sale of all animals, unless specifically excluded, whose products constitute fiber.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1094 (Arambula-D) Diesel fuel tax: refunds and credits: reimbursement costs
Allows certain fuel suppliers to claim an additional 2.5 cents per gallon reimbursement from the state for diesel fuel they have sold to farmers, free of the state excise tax. The reimbursement is intended to cover administrative costs incurred by suppliers filing a refund claim for the 18 cents per gallon that they had paid for diesel fuel.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1132* (Berryhill-R) Irrigation system: graywater
Authorizes, from 1/1/07 to 1/1/21, a tax credit for the costs paid or incurred for the installation of a graywater irrigation system.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 1180 (Blakeslee-R) Agricultural resources
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Conservation to issue grants for specified agricultural conservation easements, and prohibits the use of funds from the California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund for the new easements authorized by these provisions.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1223 (Arambula-D) Public utilities: net energy metering
Permits an agricultural customer who uses solar or wind generation to offset the customer's own electrical needs to aggregate the electricity use of properties adjacent or contiguous to the generator, that are under the same ownership, to its full electricity usage over a 12-month cycle at the retail rate.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1352 (Berryhill-R) Animals: rendering
Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture, provided funds are available, to conduct a study of the current status of animal mortality disposal and recycling alternatives before 2/1/08.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1428 (Galgiani-D) Energy: agricultural byproducts customer-generator program
Replaces the existing pilot program for eligible biogas digester customer-generators with a net energy metering program for eligible customer-generators to generate electricity.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1497 (Niello-R) Williamson Act: local government: housing elements
Exempts from the inventory of land suitable for residential development, land that is currently under a Williamson Act contract, if it meets specified criteria, and land that is owned by the state or the federal government, as specified.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1667 (La Malfa-R) County fairs: carnivals
Defines "carnival workers" as employees of a carnival, and defines a "carnival" as a company of transportable amusement rides, food and beverage units, and games that may have one or more owners and travels from place to place, in a group or separately, providing entertainment and recreation to the public.
(In Senate Agriculture Committee)

AB 1718 (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Agricultural advisory and promotional agencies
Makes several minor, technical, corrective, and noncontroversial changes to provisions related to dairy cows, kiwifruit, walnuts, cut flowers, and Mendocino County wine grapes.
Chapter 124, Statutes of 2007

AB 1735 (Assembly Agriculture Committee) Milk and dairy products: standards
Makes several changes to state sanitation standards applicable to dairies, primarily to conform to federal milk product guidelines.
Chapter 339, Statutes of 2007

ACR 12 (Parra-D) Agriculture: frost damage
Requests the Public Utilities Commission to cooperate with the state's public utilities in immediately approving advice filings to establish appropriate payment deferral programs for citrus and other affected growers whose crops were destroyed as a result of the cold storms and consequent frost damage that occurred in January 2007. Requests the Public Utilities Commission to authorize recovery for the actual administrative costs, with the exception of interest foregone on deferred amounts, and recovery of uncollected deferred amounts incurred by the state's public utilities as a result of this program.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AJR 7 (Arambula-D) Agriculture: freeze losses
Respectfully requests that the President of the United States and the United States Congress act swiftly in enacting legislation to provide relief and assistance to California workers, producers, and processors who are suffering losses from the January 2007 freeze consistent with the $1.7 billion relief package embodied in S. 524, authored by Senator Barbara Boxer, and H.R. 925, authored by Congressman Devin Nunes, which are supported by a bipartisan group of California's Congressional Delegation.
Resolution Chapter 117, Statutes of 2007

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Water Resources

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SB 5 (Machado-D) Water: flood management
Requires the Department of Water Resources and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board to prepare and adopt a Central Valley Flood Protection Plan by 2012, and establishes certain flood protection requirements for certain local land-use decisions consistent with the Central Valley Protection Plan.
Chapter 364, Statutes of 2007

SB 6 (Oropeza-D) Flood control: local use
Requires that the land use element, the conservation element, the safety element, and the open space element of city and county general plans identify areas which are subject to flooding based on existing climate predictions regarding ocean levels. Requires cities and counties to deny subdivisions in risky areas. Requires state or local public entities that map and identify flood risk to consider existing climate predictions regarding ocean levels.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)

SB 8 (Kuehl-D) California Bay-Delta Authority Act
Adds "environmental justice" as a program element to the California Bay-Delta Authority Act, and designates each agency identified as an implementing agency under the Act to be, both individually and collectively, the implementing agency for the environmental justice program.
Vetoed

SB 17 (Florez-D) Flood protection
Renames and substantively restructures the Reclamation Board and requires it to produce a report on the status of the flood control system.
Chapter 365, Statutes of 2007

SB 27 (Simitian-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to begin implementing a program for sustainable management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Enacts the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Clean Drinking Water, Water Supply Security, and Environmental Improvement Act of 2008. The Act is almost entirely comprised of legislative findings, declarations, and intent language. Requires the Resources Agency, on or before 1/1/08, to develop and begin implementing specified actions on behalf of the Delta.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

SB 34 (Torlakson-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: strategic financing plan
Clarifies that a specified strategic financing plan include recommendations, in accordance with the "beneficiaries pay" principle, in order to create a dedicated revenue stream to pay for the maintenance of, and improvements to, delta levees, project levees, and the levee conveyance system.
Vetoed

SB 55 (Florez-D) Water quality: sewage sludge
Requires a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to submit a certification to the regional board that any sewage sludge transferred from the facility for disposal or further processing meets the requirements and standards for any pollutants listed in the waste discharge requirements for the POTW issued by the regional board.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 59 (Cogdill-R) Reliable Water Supply Bond Act of 2008
Authorizes $3.95 billion in general obligation bonds for water storage projects, delta sustainability, water use efficiency, and resource stewardship and environmental restoration programs.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 178 (Steinberg-D) Groundwater
Establishes a statewide groundwater monitoring program by incorporating existing groundwater management programs and agencies into one comprehensive scheme, with oversight by the Department of Water Resources.
(enrolled)

SB 187 (Ducheny-D) Salton Sea Restoration Fund: restoration project
Establishes parameters for the use of $47 million in state general obligation bond proceeds allocated to the Salton Sea Restoration Fund by the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84).
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 220 (Corbett-D) Vended water
Enhances the Department of Public Health's regulatory process governing water dispensed from water-vending machines and the labeling requirements for bottled water.
Chapter 575, Statutes of 2007

SB 258 (Ducheny-D) Water use fees
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board, as part of the preparation of the Governor's Budget submitted in January 2008, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature with regard to the alternatives for financing the Division of Water Rights, and makes related legislative findings and declarations.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

SB 276 (Steinberg-D) Flood control projects
Authorizes state participation in the Folsom Dam modification project to provide a higher level of flood protection on the American River for Sacramento.
Chapter 641, Statutes of 2007

SB 324 (Migden-D) Electricity: Hetch Hetchy Water and Power solar generation
Authorizes a private energy producer to generate electricity not generated from conventional sources for a community choice aggregator. Authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific solar electricity generation facilities pursuant to the above-described authorization and provides that the authorization does not limit the right of Hetch Hetchy Water and Power to sell electricity from a solar generation facility owned by the City and County of San Francisco when otherwise authorized by law.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

SB 378 (Steinberg-D) Flood Prevention
Provides statutory direction and places additional requirements on the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board with regard to the implementation and awarding of specified grants made available by the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Fund Act of 2006 (Proposition 1E).
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

SB 395 (Cox-R) Water supply: groundwater aquifers
Establishes the North American Basin Groundwater Storage Act of 2007, defines several terms for purposes of the act, authorizes local public agencies located in the North American subbasin of the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin to implement projects that use an aquifer storage and recovery well to inject drinking water into a groundwater aquifer, store that drinking water in that aquifer, and later pump that drinking water for the local public agency's use. Requires the state board and regional board, in considering any aquifer storage and recovery project under Porter-Cologne, to determine the drinking water to be injected and stored by that project to be protective of public health, and the storage of that water a beneficial use of groundwater, if the project proponent demonstrates that the project meets specified criteria.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 419 (Kehoe-D) San Diego River Conservancy
Authorizes the San Diego River Conservancy to acquire lands within one-half mile of tributaries and historic flumes of the San Diego River and within the San Diego River watershed, and adds two seats to San Diego River Conservancy's governing board.
Chapter 646, Statutes of 2007

SB 424 (Denham-R) Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006
States the intent of the Legislature to give fair and balanced consideration, consistent with the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 1E) and the state's budget process, to all proposed flood management projects, including, but not limited to, the Orestimba Creek Flood Control Project, the Merced Streams Project, and the Lower San Joaquin River Flood Control Project.
(Failed passage in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 455* (Denham-R) Water: Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plan
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell, lease, convey, or exchange at fair market value specified real property at the Salinas Valley State Prison containing the prison's wastewater treatment facility to the City of Soledad upon specified terms and conditions and subject to those reservations and exceptions as the Director of DGS determines are in the best interests of the state.
Vetoed

SB 516 (Aanestad-R) Shasta-Tehama County Watermaster District
Creates the Shasta-Tehama County Watermaster District in Shasta County and parts of Tehama County, which performs various functions currently provided by the Department of Water Resources Watermaster program, and creates a seven-member board of directors to govern the newly formed district, to be appointed by the boards of supervisors of Shasta and Tehama counties on or before 2/1/08.
Chapter 434, Statutes of 2007

SB 555 (Machado-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Removes the statutory power of the Executive Director of the Delta Protection Commission to deny hearing of an appeal before the Commission. In doing so, the statutory authority to deny an appeal rests solely with the Commission.
Vetoed

SB 613 (Simitian-D) Stormwater management: San Mateo County
Allows the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County to reauthorize, through 1/1/19, an existing fee of up to $4 on motor vehicles registered within the county for a program for the management of traffic congestion and stormwater pollution.
Vetoed

SB 616 (Margett-R) Waste discharge requirements: horse racing facilities
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to prescribe general waste discharge requirements for horse racing facilities. These requirements apply to the discharge of waste at horse racing facilities that are subject to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. Requires the SWRCB to prescribe requirements that include specified components, to the extent permitted by federal law.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 631 (Ashburn-R) State Water Resources Control Board
Changes the current prohibition for persons seeking membership to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) or regional water quality control board to, instead, prohibit any person from being on the SWRCB or regional board if he/she receives, or has received during the previous two years, 25% or more of his or her income directly or indirectly from any person subject to specified waste discharge requirements or applicants for specified waste discharge requirements.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 651* (Calderon-D) Drinking water: pipes and fittings: lead content
Revises provisions of existing law, which take effect in 2010, prohibiting the use of any pipes or plumbing that contain lead which convey or dispense water for human consumption. Requires that plumbing materials be certified for compliance with these provisions by the American National Standards Institute. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt emergency regulations, as may be necessary and proper, to carry out the provisions, as specified.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 669 (Torlakson-D) Delta Protection Commission
Requires the Great California Delta Trail plan to promote water conservation, encourages greater infill and compact development, protects natural resources and agricultural lands, and revitalizes urban and community centers, in a manner that is consistent with the delta resources management plan as developed by the Delta Protection Commission.
Vetoed

SB 699 (Ducheny-D) Developer fees: water rights and supply
Expands the Mitigation Fee Acts definition of "capacity charge" to include supply or capacity contracts for rights or entitlements, real property interests, and entitlements and other rights involving a capital expense relating to the local agency's existing or new public facilities.
Chapter 94, Statutes of 2007

SB 732 (Steinberg-D) Environment
Enacts provisions to develop and implement several new programs for which funding is made available under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84), including programs for nature education facilities and museums, statewide water planning and design, and a new sustainable communities and climate change reduction program.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

SB 790 (Torlakson-D) Stormwater and urban runoff
Allows a city, county, or city and county to establish a joint powers authority with another public agency that has laboratories in place that can conduct stormwater and urban runoff analyses, if the city, county, or city and county does not have existing statutory authorization for the formation of such a joint powers authority.
(In Senate Health Committee)

SB 821 (Kuehl-D) Water supplies: land use
Requires the California Research Bureau to study water use by new residential development and large-scale development projects under current law.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 862 (Kuehl-D) Water reports and planning
Makes a number of changes regarding state water reports and planning to ensure that future water management plans are of high quality, developed in open and transparent processes, and based on accurate assessments of water use and groundwater conditions. Double-jointed with AB 1404 (Laird-D), Chapter 675, Statutes of 2007; and AB 1420 (Laird-D), Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007.
Vetoed

SB 887 (Calderon-D) Local public water agencies
Requires each local public water agency to establish a low-income ratepayer assistance program.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 899 (Simitian-D) Toxic Free Oceans Act
Enacts the Toxic Free Oceans Act of 2007 which prohibits, on and after 6/1/15, a person from manufacturing, processing, or distributing plastic packaging containing toxic materials for commercial purposes, as defined.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

SB 917 (Migden-D) Watershed conservation
Enacts the Watershed Conservation Protection Program, within the California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act, to fund regional cooperative conservation partnership accounts, natural resource protection and restoration programs, regional watershed protection and recovery programs, and watershed improvement programs in counties or water basins that are the sources of water that is bottled or vended in the state.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 965 (Lowenthal-D) Oil spills
Establishes the California Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System information network, which links existing and proposed information systems in order to improve the efficiency and access to critical environmental information affecting safe navigation.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1001 (Perata-D) California regional water quality control boards: membership
Revises general provisions relating to the powers and duties of regional water quality control boards.
Vetoed

SB 1002 (Perata-D) Water quality, flood control, and water storage
Appropriates $610.89 million in bond funding to the Department of Water Resources for a variety of water-related projects, particularly related to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Vetoed

SB 1029 (Ducheny-D) Drinking water standards
Establishes timeframes by which regulations relating to maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for primary and secondary drinking water standards proposed by the Department of Public Health (DPH) must be reviewed as part of the regulatory adoption process. For regulations pertaining to issues other than MCLs for primary or secondary drinking water standards, authorizes DPH to adopt specified federal rules and regulations in accordance with specified procedures.
Chapter 725, Statutes of 2007

SB 1050 (Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee) Water meters
Allows urban water suppliers to charge a fixed rate component in addition to a volumetric rate component for the actual volume of metered water delivered.
Chapter 157, Statutes of 2007

SB 3XX (Cogdill-R) Water Supply Reliability Bond Act of 2008
Authorizes a $9.085 billion general obligation bond to be placed on the 11/4/08 ballot, to provide funds for Delta sustainability, water supply reliability, water storage projects, resource stewardship, and environmental restoration, and protect against invasive species.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 4XX (Cogdill-R) Water resources: bond funds
Appropriates a total of $552.64 million from Propositions 50, 1E, and 84, for a variety of purposes relating to water management.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SCA 12 (Torlakson-D) Water: local government: property-related fees
Exempts new or increased stormwater and urban runoff management fees or charges from California's constitutional voter-approval requirement for property-related fees and charges.
(On Senate Third Reading File)

SR 15 (Yee-D) Girl Scouts water conservation programs
Commends the Girl Scout Councils of California for their commitment to provide Girl Scout programs designed to promote water conservation and environmental education for all California Girl Scouts.
Adopted by the Senate

AB 5 (Wolk-D) Flood management
Reforms the Reclamation Board and increases the membership from seven to nine members, as specified. Adjusts the statutory framework for state flood control projects in the Central Valley. Corrects errors from this year's flood package, SB 5 (Machado), Chapter 364, Statutes of 2007; SB 17 (Florez), Chapter 365, Statutes of 2007; and AB 156 (Laird), Chapter 368, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 366, Statutes of 2007

AB 19 (DeVore-R) Water quality: Santa Ana region
Establishes the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Project and the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Board, comprised of specified members, for the purposes of carrying out the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Authorizes a city or county to allow a discharger within its jurisdiction, upon the request of the discharger, to become subject to regulation by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Board in lieu of the regional board for purposes of the Act.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 26 (Assembly Aging And Long-Term Care Committee) Flood control
Requires the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to enter into a planning agreement with the Reclamation Board to prepare a natural community conservation plan (NCCP) encompassing the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District for comprehensive management and conservation of multiple wildlife species, and requires the DFG and Reclamation Board, when developing the NCCP, to prepare a long-term streambed alteration agreement applicable to all flood control facilities and levees covered in the NCCP.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 41 (La Malfa-R) Temperance Flat Surface Water Storage Project
Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act the construction of the Temperance Flat Surface Water Storage Project and the Sites Reservoir.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 70 (Jones-D) Flood liability
Establishes that a city or county may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share for the property damage caused by a flood, to the extent that the city or county increases the state's exposure to liability for property damage by unreasonably approving new development in a previously undeveloped area that is protected by a state flood control project, and if it is determined that the city or county failed to comply with other applicable provisions of existing law. Contingent upon enactment of SB 5 (Machado), Chapter 364, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 367, Statutes of 2007

AB 140 (Garcia-R) Desert Water Agency
Authorizes the Desert Water Agency (DWA) to expand the types of resources it can use to generate electricity, and to develop electricity for the construction, treatment, and disposal of sewage. Authorizes the DWA to generate electricity by hydroelectric or eligible renewable energy resources. Defines "disposal of sewage" to include the sale or resale of treated effluent for any purpose.
Chapter 29, Statutes of 2007

AB 156 (Laird-D) Flood control
Makes changes to flood protection and emergency flood response related to Central Valley flood protection and the management of the system by the Department of Water Resources (DWR), the Reclamation Board, and local agencies. Requires DWR to prepare a schedule for mapping areas that are at risk of flooding in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River drainage areas. Requires the Board to adopt the schedule by 12/31/08, and requires DWR to update the schedule annually and present the updated schedule to the Board for adoption on or before December 31, annually. Makes other related changes.
Chapter 368, Statutes of 2007

AB 162 (Wolk-D) Water: land use
Requires cities and counties to increase their attention to flood-related matters in the land use, conservation, safety, and housing elements of their general plans.
Chapter 369, Statutes of 2007

AB 224 (Wolk-D) Water supply planning
Requires the Department of Water Resources (DWR), as part of its statewide water resource management responsibilities, to include an analysis of the potential effects of climate change, as specified, in certain reports, and requires DWR to identify specified information regarding climate change and water resources for the state and all 10 of the state's hydrologic regions for use by state and local agencies for specified purposes.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 258 (Krekorian-D) Water quality: plastic discharges
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and regional water quality control boards (RWQCB), by 1/1/09, to implement a program for the control of discharges of preproduction plastics from point and nonpoint sources, including waste discharge, monitoring, and reporting requirements that, at a minimum, target plastic manufacturing, handling, and transportation facilities, and the implementation of specified minimum best management practices for the control of discharges of preproduction plastic. Requires the SWRCB to determine the appropriate regulatory methods to address the discharges from point and nonpoint sources. Requires the SWRCB, in developing the program, to consult with any RWQCB, with plastic manufacturing, handling, and transportation facilities located within the RWQCB's jurisdiction, which has already voluntarily implemented a program to control discharges of preproduction plastic.
Chapter 735, Statutes of 2007

AB 263* (Arambula-D) Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
Provides that, for 2007-08, the amount of ad valorem property tax revenues deemed allocated by the Fresno County Auditor to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) for the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District (District) in 2006-07 shall be decreased by $633,000, and requires that this adjustment be reflected in the District's allocation of property tax revenues in future years. Specifies that the reductions in the amount of allocations from Fresno County's ERAF apply only to school districts and county offices of education and not to community college districts. Requires the Director of the Department of Finance, for 2007-08 and all future fiscal years, to ensure that the adjustments required by these provisions do not result in a net increase in the amount of any special district's required ERAF contribution.
Chapter 490, Statutes of 2007

AB 390 (Ruskin-D) Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act
Removes the Los Trancos County Water District from the definition of bay area wholesale customers.
Chapter 52, Statutes of 2007

AB 422 (Hancock-D) Water quality: hazardous substances
Increases the consistency between the cleanup standards required by the State Water Resources Control Board applicable to waste discharges and cleanup standards required by the Department of Toxic Substances Control applicable to hazardous waste sites.
Chapter 597, Statutes of 2007

AB 559 (Ruskin-D) Public water systems: investigation: drinking water
Asks the University of California to direct the University of California Center for Water Resources to study the potential adverse effects on human health of compounds used to disinfect drinking water and byproducts resulting from disinfection, with emphasis on chloramine use by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and to report the Center's findings to the Legislature by 7/1/09.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 566 (Plescia-R) Water conservation
Requires the Department of Water Resources, to the extent that monies are appropriated for these purposes in the annual Budget Act, to complete the development of a standard data protocol for evapotranspiration data for the purpose of ensuring that the data are available in an easily accessible, standard, and usable format throughout the state.
Chapter 319, Statutes of 2007

AB 640 (De La Torre-D) Water replenishment districts
Requires the Department of Water Resources to conduct a study to determine the specific changes, including underflow, in the Central Coast Basin and West Coast Basin within the water replenishment district.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 646 (Wolk-D) Cache Creek
Provides an extension, until 12/31/12, on the existing Cache Creek Resource Management Plan, for the purpose of surface mining adjacent to Cache Creek in Yolo County.
Chapter 604, Statutes of 2007

AB 662 (Ruskin-D) Water conservation
Requires the California Energy Commission to establish minimum levels of water efficiency for appliances, the use of which requires a significant amount of water on a statewide basis.
Chapter 531, Statutes of 2007

AB 690 (Jones-D) Water corporations: rates
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a schedule for a general rate case review of the rates and operations of every water corporation that has between 2,000 and 9,999 service connections not less than every three years and between 500 and 1,999 service connections not less than every five years.
(On Senate Third Reading File)

AB 715 (Laird-D) Low-flush water closets
Phases in lower flush volume requirements for water closets and urinals.
Chapter 499, Statutes of 2007

AB 738 (Strickland-R) Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency
Establishes a groundwater extraction charge ceiling of up to $25 per acre-foot if that action is approved by a majority vote of the groundwater pumpers who are subject to the charge, with votes weighted based on the volume of water extracted by each operator.
Chapter 551, Statutes of 2007

AB 739 (Laird-D) Stormwater management
Requires the Department of Water Resources to develop project selection and evaluation guidelines to implement a specified stormwater flood management grant program financed by the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006.
Chapter 610, Statutes of 2007

AB 783 (Arambula-D) Public water systems
Directs the Department of Public Health (DPH) to prioritize funding of water projects in disadvantaged communities. Directs the DPH to promote and provide funds for studies on prioritizing funding for projects which consolidate small public water systems in certain situations, and raises the maximum value of oral contracts that DPH may enter into to address threats to public health from water contamination.
Chapter 614, Statutes of 2007

AB 800 (Lieu-D) Water quality: hazardous substances
Clarifies that notification requirements for unauthorized sewage discharge to the Office of Emergency Services, pursuant to the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, does not nullify a person's responsibility to notify a local health officer or director of environmental health for the same discharge, pursuant to the general provisions pertaining to sewers.
Chapter 371, Statutes of 2007

AB 809 (Blakeslee-R) Hydroelectric power
Makes several changes to the definition of "eligible small hydroelectric" for compliance with California's Renewable Portfolio Standard. Allows incremental increases in electricity generated from existing small and large hydroelectric facilities to count toward California's Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Chapter 684, Statutes of 2007

AB 817 (Maze-R) Mutual water companies
Requires each mutual water company to have a supervisory committee that will be responsible for reviewing policies and control procedures to safeguard against fraud and self-dealing.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 877 (Parra-D) Water supplies: San Joaquin Valley
Requires the Department of Water Resources to study the economic impacts of water supply reductions in the San Joaquin Valley.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 885 (Charles Calderon-D) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Requires the current makeup of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Board of Directors to be the same as those members who served on the Board as of 1/7/07, and requires a study to be done on how the members are selected.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)

AB 909 (Wolk-D) Mercury monitoring and remediation
Establishes the Mercury Characterization and Control Program within the State Water Resources Control Board to provide grants and to fund development of a mercury control and remediation program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 930 (Jones-D) Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
Clarifies the authorization for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) to allow SAFCA to acquire flood easements beyond its borders.
Chapter 619, Statutes of 2007

AB 938 (Charles Calderon-D) Regional water management
Enacts the Regional Watershed Runoff Management and Funding Act, allowing a county or city, under certain circumstances, to convene one or more watershed water quality committee to develop and facilitate cooperation in achieving local water quality solutions, as specified.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 946 (Krekorian-D) Electricity: renewable energy
Expands an existing incentive program for electricity produced by a public water or wastewater agency by including, as eligible projects, those on "property owned or under the control" of an agency instead of only those located "on or adjacent to" a water or wastewater facility.
Chapter 112, Statutes of 2007

AB 951* (Jones-D) Lower American River: alcoholic beverages
Prohibits possession of alcoholic beverages, whether open or closed, on non-motorized vessels along the American River between the Hazel Avenue and Watt Avenue bridges during Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day. Requires Sacramento County to provide notice on the land portion along the American River between Hazel Avenue and Watt Avenue that violation is punishable as an infraction during these holidays.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2007

AB 992 (Brownley-D) Stormwater containment
Provides direction for project selection for the expenditure of bond funds made available by the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1010 (Hernandez-D) San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Act
Extends the repeal date of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Act from 7/1/10 to 7/1/17, and includes reporting requirements.
Chapter 404, Statutes of 2007

AB 1032 (Wolk-D) Salmon and trout streams
Seasonally restricts and temporarily closes certain salmon spawning and wild trout streams in the state to instream motorized suction dredge gold mining for a period of up to three years, or until the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) completes a court-ordered environmental review and updates DFG's existing suction dredge regulations, whichever occurs first. Increases existing fees for suction dredge permits, and authorizes existing funds in the Salmon and Steelhead Trout Restoration Account to be used by DFG to conduct the court-ordered environmental review and to promulgate regulations, as necessary, to protect Coho salmon and other species listed as threatened or endangered or as a special status species.
Vetoed

AB 1056 (Leno-D) California Ocean Protection Act
Authorizes the Ocean Protection Council to establish a science advisory team to identify scientific research priorities necessary to protect coastal water and ocean ecosystems, and authorizes the Ocean Protection Council to spend funds without the approval of the State Coastal Conservancy.
Chapter 372, Statutes of 2007

AB 1066 (Laird-D) California coast: sea level rise
Requires guidelines in general plans to include advice that cities and counties may use to address the effects of climate change and sea level rise on the California coast and bays. Authorizes the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to develop regional strategies for addressing and adapting to sea level rise. Requires the Ocean Protection Council to provide the best available scientific information on sea level rise impacts.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1114 (Eng-D) San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority
Creates the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund into which money, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the California Environmental Protection Agency, is deposited for allocation to the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority to fund projects that address groundwater contamination in the basin.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1127 (Carter-D) Percholorate: drinking water standards: City of Rialto
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to contract with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority to assess and treat drinking water for perchlorate contamination around the City of Rialto.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1132* (Berryhill-R) Graywater irrigation system: tax deduction
Authorizes, from 1/1/07 to 1/1/21, a tax credit for the costs paid or incurred for the installation of a graywater irrigation system.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 1173 (Keene-R) Water charges: multiunit residential structures
Establishes a process by which apartment complex owners charge apartment renters for the water consumed in each apartment.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1250 (Parra-D) Project solicitation and evaluation guidelines
Adds the word "regional" to provisions governing the allocation of a $500 million earmark of bond proceeds authorized by Proposition 50 (November 2002) to support the development and implementation of integrated regional water management plans in an effort to limit the scope of this funding to projects with regional impacts and exclude projects that address statewide priorities.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1280 (Laird-D) Ocean resources: California Ocean Protection Trust Fund
Expands the eligible uses of monies in the California Ocean Protection Trust Fund to include the development of fisheries management plans, and authorizes expenditures from that fund for community-based management and allocation strategies that increase incentives for ecosystem improvement, as specified.
Chapter 374, Statutes of 2007

AB 1284 (Eng-D) Water quality
Requires the Department of Water Resources, when allocating state bond funds, to give preference to applicants that actively engage disadvantaged communities in planning and implementation actions.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1297 (Arambula-D) Water: regional water management plans
Establishes parameters by which the Department of Water Resources, in allocating the proceeds of bonds authorized by Proposition 84 earmarked for projects that implement integrated regional water management plans, carries out Proposition 84's mandate that no more than 5% of the earmarked funds be used to develop, update, or improve integrated regional water management plans.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1376 (Berryhill-R) Urban water management plan: comments
Requires each urban water supplier to notify the planning departments of any city or county, within which the supplier provides water, with at least 60 days prior notice that the urban water supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes to the plan.
Chapter 64, Statutes of 2007

AB 1383 (Fuller-R) Energy and natural gas agreements: State Water Projects
Authorizes the Department of Water Resources to enter into contracts and agreements for the purchase, sale, exchange, trading, financial hedging, commodities and energy brokerage services, information subscription, transmission, or interconnection of electric power or natural gas.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1391 (Brownley-D) Water quality
Provides that a person who fails to notify the local health officer of any sewage or other waste discharge is guilty to a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine and imprisonment, as specified.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1404 (Laird-D) Water measurement information
Requires the Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, and the Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of a coordinated water measurement database. Double-jointed with SB 862 (Kuehl), which was vetoed; and AB 1420 (Laird), Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 675, Statutes of 2007

AB 1406 (Huffman-D) Recycled water: toilet and urinal flushing: condominiums
Adds condominium projects to the definition of structures where use of potable water for toilets is deemed "unreasonable" and updates the statute to refer to the recently created Department of Public Health.
Chapter 537, Statutes of 2007

AB 1420 (Laird-D) Water demand management measures
Conditions state funding for water management to urban water suppliers on implementation of water conservation measures.
Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007

AB 1435 (Salas-D) Water charges: conservation rate structure
Requires each local water purveyor that supplies water to retail customers to institute a conservation rate structure based on the amount of water used for other than agricultural purposes for each customer with a water meter.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 1452* (Wolk-D) Wildlife management areas: payments
Sets priorities for state funding of Central Valley flood activities and establishes criteria for "early implementation" flood projects.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1470 (Huffman-D) Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007
Creates the Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007, a $250 million subsidy program for solar hot water heaters, with the goal of promoting the installation of 200,000 solar hot water systems in California by 2017.
Chapter 536, Statutes of 2007

AB 1481 (De La Torre-D) Waste discharge and water reclamation requirements
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a statewide general water quality permit for landscape irrigation uses of recycled water as an alternative to the permits now issued by the regional water quality control boards.
Chapter 535, Statutes of 2007

AB 1489 (Huffman-D) Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act
Establishes the standards and guidance for implementation of specified provisions of Proposition 84. Requires the Department of Water Resources to provide a grant program, and associated technical assistance, for local public agencies to develop and implement groundwater protection projects with the purpose of enabling a broad and diverse participation.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1507 (Emmerson-R) Floodplain management: Alluvial Fan Task Force
Requires the Director of the Department of Water Resources to reestablish, until 1/1/09, the Alluvial Fan Task Force to develop a model ordinance on alluvial fan flooding and to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by 12/30/08.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1519 (Ma-D) Landing rights: revocation.
Allows the State Lands Commission, or a subdivision of the state, that operates a harbor or port district to revoke, rescind, or suspend a contract granting dockage to a person operating a vessel for commercial purposes on navigable waters if a federal, state, or local agency has found that the person has violated a state or federal water pollution law in connection with the operation of a vessel for commercial purposes within the territorial or inland waters of the state.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1580 (La Malfa-R) Scott Valley and Shasta Valley Watermaster District
Creates the Scott Valley and Shasta Valley Watermaster District in Siskiyou County, which performs various functions currently provided through the Department of Water Resources Watermaster program.
Chapter 416, Statutes of 2007

AB 1664 (Strickland-R) Public water systems or publicly owned treatment works
Gives a preference for allocation of state bond funds to applicants required to increase sewer or water rates more than 100%.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1742 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Water pollution
Makes changes to the Water Code to allow the State Water Resources Control Board to use a portion of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan interest payments to pay for the costs of administering the CWSRF program, and grants flexibility to adjust loan costs to assist disadvantaged communities.
Chapter 632, Statutes of 2007

AB 1XX (Laird-D) Water bond
States the intent of the Legislature to enact a comprehensive delta sustainability, water reliability, and water quality general obligation bond act to be submitted for voter approval in an unspecified 2008 election.
(Unassigned to a committee)

AB 2XX (Laird-D) Water supply reliability
Declares the intent of the Legislature to invest state funding in programs and projects that improve the state's water supply reliability and promote certain principles.
(Unassigned to a committee)

AB 3XX (Laird-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta sustainability
Declares the intent of the Legislature to review and adopt a comprehensive strategy to resolve the issues of water supply reliability, ecosystem restoration, water quality, and levee system integrity in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
(Unassigned to a committee)

AB 4XX (Villines-R) Water resources: bond funds
Appropriates $555,640,000 from previously approved water and flood control bonds to fund, among other things, stormwater flood management projects, grants and loans for small community drinking water system infrastructure improvements, acquisition, preservation, protection, and restoration of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta islands, and planning and feasibility studies associated with surface storage of water under the California Bay-Delta Program.
(Unassigned to a committee)

AB 5XX (DeVore-R) Water: electricity for desalination: nuclear energy
Authorizes the California Energy Commission to certify one new nuclear fission thermal reactor located at the site of an existing operating nuclear fission thermal powerplant, if not less than 20% of the electricity generated by the reactor is dedicated to powering desalinization facilities to produce additional fresh water from salt water and the generating capacity of the reactor does not exceed 2,000 megawatts.
(Unassigned to a committee)

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