Bill Text: CA SB143 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 143 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Diamond Valley Reservoir: recreational use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB143 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB143-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 143	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Stone

                        JANUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 115843 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to drinking water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 143, as introduced, Stone. Diamond Valley Reservoir:
recreational use.
   Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits recreational use,
in which there is bodily contact with water, in a reservoir in which
water is stored for domestic use and establishes water standards for
those exempted reservoirs.
   This bill would exempt from this prohibition recreational activity
in which there is bodily contact with water by any participant in
the Diamond Valley Reservoir if certain standards are met.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Diamond Valley Reservoir
in the County of Riverside.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 115843 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   115843.  (a) In the Diamond Valley Reservoir, recreational uses
shall not include recreation in which there is bodily contact with
the water by any participant, unless both of the following conditions
are satisfied:
   (1) The water subsequently receives complete water treatment,
including coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and
disinfection, before being used for domestic purposes.
   (2) The reservoir is operated in compliance with regulations of
the State Water Resources Control Board, as provided in Section
115830.
   (b) The recreational use may be subject to additional conditions
and restrictions adopted by the entity operating the water supply
reservoir, if the conditions and restrictions do not conflict with
regulations of the State Water Resources Control Board and are
designed to further protect or enhance the public health and safety.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique recreational needs of the Diamond Valley
Reservoir in the County of Riverside and the enactment of this
special law is necessary for the use of water for the public good.