BILL NUMBER: AB 410INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member De La Torre FEBRUARY 23, 2009 An act to amend Section 75027 of the Public Resources Code, relating to water resources. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 410, as introduced, De La Torre. The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006: integrated regional water management planning. Under existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative bond act approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $5,388,000,000, of which $100,000,000, upon appropriation, is required to be expended by the Department of Water Resources to address multiregional water needs or water issues of statewide significance. This bill would provide that, of those described funds, upon appropriation, $5,000,000 shall be made available to the department for allocation, consistent with specified provisions of the act, to specified regions for the preparation of salt and nutrient management plans consistent with the recycled water policy of the State Water Resources Control Board. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 75027 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 75027. (a) The funding provided in Section 75026 shall be allocated to each hydrologic region as identified in the California Water Plan and listed below. For the South Coast Region, the department shall establish three sub-regions that reflect the San Diego county watersheds, the Santa Ana River watershed, and the Los Angeles-Ventura County watersheds respectively, and allocate funds to those sub-regions. The North and South Lahontan regions shall be treated as one region for the purpose of allocating funds, but the department may require separate regional plans. Funds provided in Section 75026 shall be allocated according to the following schedule: (1) North Coast $37,000,000 (2) San Francisco Bay $138,000,000 (3) Central Coast $52,000,000 (4) Los Angeles sub- $215,000,000 region (5) Santa Ana sub-region $114,000,000 (6) San Diego sub-region $91,000,000 (7) Sacramento River $73,000,000 (8) San Joaquin River $57,000,000 (9) Tulare/Kern (Tulare $60,000,000 Lake) (10) North/South $27,000,000 Lahontan (11) Colorado River $36,000,000 Basin (12) Inter- $100,000,000 regional/Unallocated (b) The interregional and unallocated funds provided in subdivision (a) may be expended directly or granted by the department to addressmulti-regionalmultiregional needs or issues of statewide significance. (c) Of the funds described in paragraph (12) of subdivision (a), upon appropriation, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be made available to the department for allocation, consistent with this section, and Sections 75026 and 75028, to the regions identified in subdivision (a) for the preparation of salt and nutrient management plans consistent with the state board's recycled water policy.