Bill Text: CA AB153 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 153 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Integrated regional water management planning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB153 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB153-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 153	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bigelow

                        JANUARY 15, 2015

   An act to amend Section 10540 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 153, as introduced, Bigelow. Integrated regional water
management planning.
   Existing law authorizes a regional water management group to
prepare and adopt an integrated regional water management plan with
specified components.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   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 10540 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10540.  (a) A regional water management group may prepare and
adopt an integrated regional water management plan in accordance with
this part.
   (b) A regional water management group may coordinate its planning
activities to address or incorporate all or part of any of the
following actions of its members into its plan:
   (1) Groundwater management planning pursuant to Part 2.75
(commencing with Section 10750) or other specific groundwater
management authority.
   (2) Urban water management planning pursuant to Part 2.6
(commencing with Section 10610).
   (3) The preparation of a water supply assessment required pursuant
to Part 2.10 (commencing with Section 10910).
   (4) Agricultural water management planning pursuant to Part 2.8
(commencing with Section 10800).
   (5) City and county general planning pursuant to Section 65350 of
the Government Code.
   (6) Stormwater resource planning that is undertaken pursuant to
Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 10560).
   (7) Other water resource management planning, including flood
protection, watershed management planning, and multipurpose program
planning.
   (c) At a minimum, all plans shall address all of the following:
   (1) Protection and improvement of water supply reliability,
including identification of feasible agricultural and urban water use
efficiency strategies.
   (2) Identification and consideration of the drinking water quality
of communities within the area of the plan.
   (3) Protection and improvement of water quality within the area of
the plan, consistent with the relevant basin plan.
   (4) Identification of any significant threats to groundwater
resources from overdrafting.
   (5) Protection, restoration, and improvement of stewardship of
aquatic, riparian, and watershed resources within the region.
   (6) Protection of groundwater resources from contamination.
   (7) Identification and consideration of the water-related needs of
disadvantaged communities  in   within 
the area within the boundaries of the plan.
   (d) This section does not obligate a local agency to fund the
implementation of any project or program.