BILL NUMBER: ABX7 9INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass OCTOBER 29, 2009 An act to add Section 29700.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 9, as introduced, Bass. Management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Existing law requires various state agencies to administer programs relating to water supply, water quality, and flood management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This bill would require state agencies, in managing the natural resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, to strive to achieve 2 coequal goals of providing a more reliable water supply for the state and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the delta ecosystem. 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 29700.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 29700.5. In managing the natural resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, state agencies shall strive to achieve two coequal goals of providing a more reliable water supply for the state and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the delta ecosystem.