Bill Text: CA AB149 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 149 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Urban water management plans.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 49, Statutes of 2015. [AB149 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB149-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 149	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  49
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 6, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 6, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 18, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ch�vez

                        JANUARY 15, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 10621 and 10644 of the Water Code,
relating to water management.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 149, Ch�vez. Urban water management plans.
   Existing law, the Urban Water Management Planning Act, requires
every public and private urban water supplier that directly or
indirectly provides water for municipal purposes to prepare and adopt
an urban water management plan and to update its plan once every 5
years on or before December 31 in years ending in 5 and zero, except
as specified. The act requires an urban water supplier to submit to
the Department of Water Resources a copy of its plan no later than 30
days after adoption and requires the department to prepare and
submit to the Legislature, on or before December 31, in the years
ending in 6 and 1, a report summarizing the status of plans adopted
pursuant to the act. The act requires each urban water supplier to
update and submit its 2015 plan to the department by July 1, 2016.
   This bill would require each urban water supplier to update and
submit its 2020 plan to the department by July 1, 2021, and would
require the department to submit the report to the Legislature for
the 2015 plans by July 1, 2017, and the report for the 2020 plans by
July 1, 2022.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 10621 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10621.  (a) Each urban water supplier shall update its plan at
least once every five years on or before December 31, in years ending
in five and zero, except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e).
   (b) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant
to this part shall, at least 60 days before the public hearing on
the plan required by Section 10642, notify any city or county within
which the supplier provides water supplies that the urban water
supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or
changes to the plan. The urban water supplier may consult with, and
obtain comments from, any city or county that receives notice
pursuant to this subdivision.
   (c) The amendments to, or changes in, the plan shall be adopted
and filed in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with
Section 10640).
   (d) Each urban water supplier shall update and submit its 2015
plan to the department by July 1, 2016.
   (e) Each urban water supplier shall update and submit its 2020
plan to the department by July 1, 2021.
  SEC. 2.  Section 10644 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10644.  (a) (1) An urban water supplier shall submit to the
department, the California State Library, and any city or county
within which the supplier provides water supplies a copy of its plan
no later than 30 days after adoption. Copies of amendments or changes
to the plans shall be submitted to the department, the California
State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier
provides water supplies within 30 days after adoption.
   (2) The plan, or amendments to the plan, submitted to the
department pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted
electronically and shall include any standardized forms, tables, or
displays specified by the department.
   (b) (1) (A) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code, and except as provided in subparagraph (B), the department
shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before December
31, in the years ending in six and one, a report summarizing the
status of the plans adopted pursuant to this part. The report
prepared by the department shall identify the exemplary elements of
the individual plans. The department shall provide a copy of the
report to each urban water supplier that has submitted its plan to
the department. The department shall also prepare reports and provide
data for any legislative hearings designed to consider the
effectiveness of plans submitted pursuant to this part.
   (B) The department shall submit the report to the Legislature for
the 2015 plans by July 1, 2017, and the report to the Legislature for
the 2020 plans by July 1, 2022.
   (2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (c) (1) For the purpose of identifying the exemplary elements of
the individual plans, the department shall identify in the report
water demand management measures adopted and implemented by specific
urban water suppliers, and identified pursuant to Section 10631, that
achieve water savings significantly above the levels established by
the department to meet the requirements of Section 10631.5.
   (2) The department shall distribute to the panel convened pursuant
to Section 10631.7 the results achieved by the implementation of
those water demand management measures described in paragraph (1).
   (3) The department shall make available to the public the standard
the department will use to identify exemplary water demand
management measures.