Bill Text: CA AB49 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Water conservation: urban and agricultural water

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-01-27 - To inactive file by unanimous consent. [AB49 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB49-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 49	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Feuer and Huffman

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to add Part 2.55 (commencing with Section 10608) to
Division 6 of the Water Code, relating to water conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 49, as introduced, Feuer. Water conservation: urban water use.
   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to convene
an independent technical panel to provide information to the
department and the Legislature on new demand management measures,
technologies, and approaches. "Demand management measures" means
those water conservation measures, programs, and incentives that
prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable and efficient
use and reuse of available supplies.
   This bill would require the state to achieve a 20% reduction in
urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Part 2.55 (commencing with Section 10608) is added to
Division 6 of the Water Code, to read:

      PART 2.55.  WATER CONSERVATION


      CHAPTER 1.  GENERAL DECLARATIONS AND POLICY


   10608.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) Water is a public resource that the California Constitution
protects against waste and unreasonable use.
   (b) Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect
California's fish and wildlife make it essential that the state
manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.
   (c) Reduced water use through conservation provides significant
energy and environmental benefits, can help protect water quality,
improves streamflows, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
   (d) The success of state and local water conservation programs to
increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of
measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.
   (e) Improvements in technology and management practices offer the
potential for increasing water conservation in California over time,
providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for
water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.
   (f) The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction
in urban water use statewide by 2020.
      CHAPTER 2.  URBAN WATER USE


   10608.4.  The state shall achieve a 20-percent reduction in urban
per capita water use in California on or before December 31, 2020.