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Measure AB 59
Authors Aguiar-Curry  
Subject Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.
Relating To relating to reclamation districts.
Title An act to amend and repeal Section 50906 of the Water Code, relating to reclamation districts.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-01
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program Yes
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-01     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-01     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-09     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-03     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2854.).
2025-09-02     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2392.).
2025-08-20     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-07-08     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-23     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-06-19     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18).
2025-05-07     Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E., U & C.
2025-04-02     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-01     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)
2025-03-28     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-03-27     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-03-26     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).
2025-02-03     Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2024-12-03     From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-01
Enrolled     2025-09-05
Amended Senate     2025-06-23
Amended Assembly     2025-03-27
Introduced     2024-12-02
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			<html:p>This bill would authorize Reclamation District No. 108 to continue to exercise the above-described hydroelectric power authority after January 1, 2026. The bill would require Reclamation District No. 108 to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government on or before January 1, 2031, and between January 1, 2035, and January 1, 2036, containing certain information, including, among other things, whether the district has obtained permission from the Colusa Local Agency Formation Commission to enact its hydroelectric authority. The bill would also require the report to include the reasons the district is currently not exercising its hydroelectric authority and an estimated date by which the district expects to begin exercising that authority.</html:p>
			<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
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								A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d) may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of hydroelectric power, together with transmission lines for the conveyance thereof and with other facilities that may be necessary or appropriate for the construction, maintenance, and operation of that plant. Construction of the plant and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of time warrants pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53040) of Chapter 1 of Part 9 to pay the cost of construction of the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities, except that the board may, by resolution, provide for the payment of those time warrants solely from the proceeds derived from the operation of the hydroelectric
						powerplant, in lieu of the assessment described in Section 53040, and may, in that event, pledge the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities and the revenues from the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant as the sole security for the payment of the time warrants.
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								The hydroelectric powerplant, transmission lines, and related facilities constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the district to customers other than a public utility or public agency.
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								Proceeds from the sale of electricity shall be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the
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								(d)
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								This section applies only to the following reclamation districts:
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								Reclamation District No. 1004 acting in conjunction with the County of Colusa.
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								Reclamation District No. 108.
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								Reclamation District No. 108 shall submit to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government, on or before January 1, 2031, and between January 1, 2035, and January 1, 2036, a report containing the following information:
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								Whether the district has obtained permission from the Colusa Local Agency Formation Commission to enact its hydroelectric authority.
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								If the district is using its hydroelectric
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								The status of the project.
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								Financial statements related to the selling of hydroelectric power.
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								If the district is not currently using its hydroelectric authority, regardless of whether the district has plans to use its hydroelectric authority, the reasons for not using that authority.
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				<html:p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</html:p>
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026. This bill would authorize Reclamation District No. 108 to continue to exercise the above-described hydroelectric power authority after January 1, 2026. The bill would require Reclamation District No. 108 to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government on or before January 1, 2031, and between January 1, 2035, and January 1, 2036, containing certain information, including, among other things, whether the district has obtained permission from the Colusa Local Agency Formation Commission to enact its hydroelectric authority. The bill would also require the report to include the reasons the district is currently not exercising its hydroelectric authority and an estimated date by which the district expects to begin exercising that authority.