Bill Text: CA AB1563 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Groundwater sustainability agency: groundwater extraction permit: verification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-07-12 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1563 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1563-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
June 28, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett |
February 17, 2023 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 10726.4 of the Water Code is amended to read:10726.4.
(a) A groundwater sustainability agency shall have the following additional authority and may regulate groundwater extraction using that authority:SEC. 2.
Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) is added to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, to read:Article 5. Water Wells
13807.
(a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as a critically overdrafted basin unless all of the following conditions are met:(2)(A)The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that indicates that the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure.
(B)As used in this paragraph, “licensed professional” means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.