Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2517Introduced by Assembly Member Vince FongFebruary 13, 2024An act to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2517, as amended, Vince Fong. Water: water districts: irrigation districts: long-term maintenance agreements.Existing law, the Irrigation District Law, provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The law authorizes an irrigation district to control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture, and salvage any water, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to give information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts.This bill would require the department to respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from agreement, as defined, with an irrigation districts district within 120 days and to prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements. agreements, as defined.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) is added to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, to read: CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days.(b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years.(2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer. Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2517Introduced by Assembly Member Vince FongFebruary 13, 2024An act to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2517, as amended, Vince Fong. Water: water districts: irrigation districts: long-term maintenance agreements.Existing law, the Irrigation District Law, provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The law authorizes an irrigation district to control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture, and salvage any water, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to give information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts.This bill would require the department to respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from agreement, as defined, with an irrigation districts district within 120 days and to prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements. agreements, as defined.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2517 Introduced by Assembly Member Vince FongFebruary 13, 2024 Introduced by Assembly Member Vince Fong February 13, 2024 An act to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2517, as amended, Vince Fong. Water: water districts: irrigation districts: long-term maintenance agreements. Existing law, the Irrigation District Law, provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The law authorizes an irrigation district to control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture, and salvage any water, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to give information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts.This bill would require the department to respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from agreement, as defined, with an irrigation districts district within 120 days and to prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements. agreements, as defined. Existing law, the Irrigation District Law, provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The law authorizes an irrigation district to control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture, and salvage any water, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to give information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts. This bill would require the department to respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from agreement, as defined, with an irrigation districts district within 120 days and to prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements. agreements, as defined. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) is added to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, to read: CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days.(b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years.(2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) is added to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, to read: CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days.(b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years.(2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer. SECTION 1. Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20630) is added to Part 1 of Division 11 of the Water Code, to read: ### SECTION 1. CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days.(b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years.(2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer. CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days.(b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years.(2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer. CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department CHAPTER 6. Maintenance Agreements with Department 20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days.(b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years.(2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer. 20630. (a) The department shall respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement requests from with an irrigation districts district within 120 days. (b) The department shall prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreements agreement requests for waterways that already have existing short-term regular-term maintenance agreements. (c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Long-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of greater than five years. (2) Regular-term maintenance agreement means an agreement with a duration of five years or fewer.