California Senate Bill SB498 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 498INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Cogdill FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 12578 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 498, as introduced, Cogdill. The State Water Resources Law of 1945. The State Water Resources Law of 1945 declares that the people of this state have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood waters, the washing away of river and stream banks by floods, and in the determination of the manner in which flood waters shall be controlled for the protection of life and property and the control, storage, and use of this state' s water resources in the general public interest. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that declaration. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 12578 of the Water Code is amended to read: 12578. It is hereby declared that the people of  the State   this state  have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood waters, the washing away of river and stream banks by floods, and in the determination of the manner in which flood waters shall be controlled for the protection of life and property and the control, storage, and use of  the State's   this state's  water resources in the general public interest.