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SENATE BILL 901 (COSTA – 1995)
CHAPTER 881, STATUTES OF 1995, SB 901
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Government Code section 65302 was amended, section 56302.2 was added to the Government Code, section 21151.9 was added to the Public Resources Code, and sections 10910 through 10915 were added to the Water Code in 1995 following legislative approval of Senate Bill 901. (See Exhibit #1j) This bill was introduced on February 23, 1995 by Senator Jim Costa at the request of the California Farm Bureau Federation. (See Exhibits #1a and #17, document PE-2) At this time, Senator Costa served as chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources, the first committee to review Senate Bill 901. (See Exhibits #3 and #17, document PE-2) The East Bay Municipal Utility District was named as a co-sponsor. (See Exhibit #17, document PE-7)
Senate Bill 901 was assigned to the Senate Committee’s on Agriculture and Water Resources and Housing and Land Use and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibits #3, #5 and #10) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. (See Exhibits #7 and #12) Eight amendments were made to Senate Bill 901. (See Exhibits #1b through #1i and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Pete Wilson signed Senate Bill 901 on October 13, 1995, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on October 16, 1995 as Chapter 881 of the Statutes of 1995. (See Exhibits #1j and #2)
The Unfinished Business analysis of Senate Bill 901 as last amended that was produced by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses described this bill as follows:
DIGEST: This bill would improve coordination of land use planning and water supply planning through the California Environmental Quality Act process.
Assembly Amendments narrow the application of the water supply analysis requirement to large projects or new towns that are likely to create new water supply demand, and not to adoption of a general plan.
(See Exhibit #16, page 2)