CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 727Introduced by Assembly Member FloraFebruary 19, 2019 An act to amend Section 6103 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 727, as introduced, Flora. Dams and reservoirs: inspections and reporting.Existing law requires the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, on or before January 1, 2019, and every 10 years thereafter, to propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to provide on its internet website the dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols, notice of the divisions intent to update the protocols, a schedule for the update, and any updates to the protocols. Existing law requires the department to report to the Governor and the Legislature on amendments developed pursuant to these provisions and to notify dam owners and the Legislature of the divisions intent to update dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols prior to amending the protocols. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.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 6103 of the Water Code is amended to read:6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 727Introduced by Assembly Member FloraFebruary 19, 2019 An act to amend Section 6103 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 727, as introduced, Flora. Dams and reservoirs: inspections and reporting.Existing law requires the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, on or before January 1, 2019, and every 10 years thereafter, to propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to provide on its internet website the dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols, notice of the divisions intent to update the protocols, a schedule for the update, and any updates to the protocols. Existing law requires the department to report to the Governor and the Legislature on amendments developed pursuant to these provisions and to notify dam owners and the Legislature of the divisions intent to update dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols prior to amending the protocols. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 727
Introduced by Assembly Member FloraFebruary 19, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Flora
February 19, 2019
An act to amend Section 6103 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 727, as introduced, Flora. Dams and reservoirs: inspections and reporting.
Existing law requires the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, on or before January 1, 2019, and every 10 years thereafter, to propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to provide on its internet website the dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols, notice of the divisions intent to update the protocols, a schedule for the update, and any updates to the protocols. Existing law requires the department to report to the Governor and the Legislature on amendments developed pursuant to these provisions and to notify dam owners and the Legislature of the divisions intent to update dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols prior to amending the protocols. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.
Existing law requires the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, on or before January 1, 2019, and every 10 years thereafter, to propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to provide on its internet website the dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols, notice of the divisions intent to update the protocols, a schedule for the update, and any updates to the protocols. Existing law requires the department to report to the Governor and the Legislature on amendments developed pursuant to these provisions and to notify dam owners and the Legislature of the divisions intent to update dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols prior to amending the protocols.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6103 of the Water Code is amended to read:6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.
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 6103 of the Water Code is amended to read:6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.
SECTION 1. Section 6103 of the Water Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.
6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.
6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.
6103. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and the United States Society on Dams, shall propose amendments to its dam safety inspection and reevaluation protocols to incorporate updated best practices, including risk management, to ensure public safety.
(2) Each proposed amendment, at minimum, shall provide an estimated range of potential cost to implement the new protocol and resulting required remediation, if any. The proposed amendments shall specify which dams the protocol applies to.
(3) The amendments proposed in paragraph (1) shall provide, at a minimum, that re-evaluations of extremely high hazard and high hazard dams include the review of the original design and construction, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, hydrological, geologic, seismic hazard, monitoring and instrumentation, and overall dam performance, as applicable to the feature being re-evaluated.