CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1653Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 12981 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1653, as introduced, Frazier. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its invaluable and unique resources of major statewide significance.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12981 of the Water Code is amended to read:12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1653Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 12981 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1653, as introduced, Frazier. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its invaluable and unique resources of major statewide significance.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1653
Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier
February 22, 2019
An act to amend Section 12981 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1653, as introduced, Frazier. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its invaluable and unique resources of major statewide significance.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.
Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its invaluable and unique resources of major statewide significance.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12981 of the Water Code is amended to read:12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12981 of the Water Code is amended to read:12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.
SECTION 1. Section 12981 of the Water Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.
12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.
12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.
12981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the delta is endowed with many invaluable and unique resources and that these resources are of major statewide significance.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the deltas uniqueness is particularly characterized by its hundreds of miles of meandering waterways and the many islands adjacent thereto; to those waterways; that, in order to preserve the deltas invaluable resources, which include its highly productive agriculture, recreational assets, fisheries, and wildlife environment, the physical characteristics of the delta should be preserved essentially in their present form; and that the key to preserving the deltas physical characteristics is the system of levees defining the waterways and producing the adjacent islands. However, the Legislature recognizes that it may not be economically justifiable to maintain all delta islands.
(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that funds necessary to maintain and improve the deltas levees to protect the deltas physical characteristics should be used to fund levee work that would promote agricultural and habitat uses in the delta consistent with the purpose of preserving the deltas invaluable resources.