Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund.
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill establishes the Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund to address issues related to aging levees and land subsidence in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The fund will receive money from various sources, including the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and will be used to support capital improvements to state water conveyance systems impacted by subsidence and to improve existing levees. It requires the Conservancy to develop a list of recommended projects and a spending plan, ensuring public input and transparency in the allocation of funds.
Key provisions
- Creates the Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund in the State Treasury.
- Authorizes the fund to receive money from various sources, including the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
- Allocates funds to the Department of Water Resources for capital improvements to address subsidence and to the Conservancy for levee improvements.
- Requires the Conservancy to convene a working group to develop a list of recommended projects and to publish a spending plan.
- Mandates a 15% allocation of funds for Delta levee projects from the working group’s recommendations.
- Prohibits the use of fund money for the construction of new Delta conveyance facilities.
- Requires the Secretary to report on expenditures to the Legislature every five years.
- Requires the Conservancy to prepare an annual spending plan and publish it on its website.
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