Project: county services.

Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources operates the State Water Project and exercises other functions relating to the state's water resources. Under existing law, the State Water Project is comprised of, among other facilities, specified dams and reservoirs. Existing law, the Byrne Act, authorizes the Governor to designate, and authorizes specified local government agencies to request designation as, impact areas for purposes of receiving state financial assistance for certain local governmental services and facilities associated with the construction of state water resources projects. This bill would authorize a county, in accordance with prescribed procedures, to prepare and adopt a county services impact report containing, among other things, a description of the costs of county services, as defined, related to the operation of specified dams and reservoirs as State Water Project facilities within the county. The bill would require the department to compensate the county for those costs by compensating the county directly, by providing the county with specified services and facilities, or by contracting with the county or a service provider to provide the services or facilities within the county.