Bill Text: CA AB3090 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Drinking water standards: emergency notification plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2024. [AB3090 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB3090-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill
No. 3090
CHAPTER 68
An act to amend Section 116460 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.
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Approved by
Governor
July 02, 2024.
Filed with
Secretary of State
July 02, 2024.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3090, Maienschein.
Drinking water standards: emergency notification plan.
Existing law prohibits a person from operating a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has been submitted to and approved by the State Water Resources Control Board.
This bill would authorize and encourage a public water system, when updating an emergency notification plan, to provide notification to water users by means of other communications technology, including, but not limited to, text messages, email, or social media.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 116460 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116460.
(a) A person shall not operate a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has been submitted to and approved by the department. The emergency notification plan shall provide for immediate notice to the customers of the public water system of any significant rise in the bacterial count of water or other failure to comply with any primary drinking water standard that represents an imminent danger to the health of the water users.(b) When updating an emergency notification plan pursuant to this section, a public water system may, and is encouraged to, provide notification to water users, by means of other communications technology, including, but not limited to, text messages, email, or social media.
(c) A permit, variance, or exemption may not be issued or amended
pursuant to this chapter until an emergency notification plan has been approved by the department.
(d) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section. The regulations may provide for the exclusion of public water systems from the requirements of this section when, in the judgment of the department, the exclusion will best serve the public interest.
