Bill Text: CA SB1209 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1209 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Watermaster service areas: expenses in distribution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1209 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB1209-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1209

Introduced by Senator Dahle

February 20, 2020

An act to amend Section 4201 of the Water Code, relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1209, as introduced, Dahle. Watermaster service areas: expenses in distribution.

Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to divide the state into watermaster service areas for the purpose of distributing water in accordance with certain water right determinations. Existing law authorizes the department to incur costs and make expenditures as necessary to provide for the administration of a service area and the distribution of water in the service area. Existing law requires the water rightholders to pay all of those costs.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that latter provision of law.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 4201 of the Water Code is amended to read:

4201.

All of the cost of administration of a service area and the distribution of water ~~therein~~ in the service area shall be paid by the owners of the rights to divert or store water within the service area as provided in this chapter.