Bill Text: CA SB1205 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Water rights: appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 369, Statutes of 2022. [SB1205 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB1205-Amended.html
change change, including drought extremes, climate variability, wildfires, long-term watershed land use changes, and ground-water-surface-water interactions, upon watershed hydrology as part of the preparation of water availability analyses. In preparing the regulations, the board shall
consult with the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and qualified hydrologists and climate change scientists.
Bill Title: Water rights: appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 369, Statutes of 2022. [SB1205 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB1205-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 17, 2022 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1205
Introduced by Senator Allen |
February 17, 2022 |
An act to add Section 1259.6 to the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1205, as amended, Allen.
Water rights: appropriation.
Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. As a prerequisite to the issuance of a permit to appropriate water, existing law requires certain facts to exist, including that there is unappropriated water available to supply the applicant.
This bill would require the board to develop and adopt regulations to provide greater specificity as to the methods and practices for determining water availability in the issuance and administration of water right permits and licenses, including consideration of the effects of climate change change, as specified,
upon watershed hydrology as part of the preparation of water availability analyses. The bill would require the board to consult with the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and qualified hydrologists and climate change scientists in preparing the regulations.