Bills

SB 669: Sustainable groundwater management: adjudicated groundwater basins.

Session Year: 2017-2018
House: Senate
Latest Version Date: 2017-02-17

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Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. Under existing law, the provisions of the act do not apply to an adjudicated groundwater basin, as specified, or to a local agency that conforms to the requirements of an adjudication of water rights for an adjudicated groundwater basin.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these provisions.

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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1.Section 10720.8 of the Water Code is amended to read:10720.8.

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (e), this part does not apply to the following adjudicated areas or a local agency that conforms to the requirements of an adjudication of water rights for one of the following adjudicated areas:

(1)Beaumont Basin.

(2)Brite Basin.

(3)Central Basin.

(4)Chino Basin.

(5)Cucamonga Basin.

(6)Cummings Basin.

(7)Goleta Basin.

(8)Lytle Basin.

(9)Main San Gabriel Basin.

(10)Mojave Basin Area.

(11)Puente Basin.

(12)Raymond Basin.

(13)Rialto-Colton Basin.

(14)Riverside Basin.

(15)San Bernardino Basin Area.

(16)San Jacinto Basin.

(17)Santa Margarita River Watershed.

(18)Santa Maria Valley Basin.

(19)Santa Paula Basin.

(20)Scott River Stream System.

(21)Seaside Basin.

(22)Six Basins.

(23)Tehachapi Basin.

(24)Upper Los Angeles River Area.

(25)Warren Valley Basin.

(26)West Coast Basin.

(b)The Antelope Valley basin at issue in the Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases (Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding Number 4408) shall be treated as an adjudicated basin pursuant to this section if the superior court issues a final judgment, order, or decree.

(c)Any A groundwater basin or portion of a groundwater basin in Inyo County managed pursuant to the terms of the stipulated judgment in City of Los Angeles v. Board of Supervisors of the County of Inyo, et al. (Inyo County Case No. 12908) shall be treated as an adjudicated area pursuant to this section.

(d)The Los Osos Groundwater Basin at issue in Los Osos Community Service District v. Southern California Water Company [Golden State Water Company] et al. (San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Case No. CV 040126) shall be treated as an adjudicated basin pursuant to this section if the superior court issues a final judgment, order, or decree.

(e)If an adjudication action has determined the rights to extract groundwater for only a portion of a basin, subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) apply only within the area for which the adjudication action has determined those rights.

(f)The watermaster or a local agency within a basin identified in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:

(1)By April 1, 2016, submit to the department a copy of a governing final judgment, or other judicial order or decree, and any amendments entered before April 1, 2016.

(2)Within 90 days of entry by a court, submit to the department a copy of any amendment made and entered by the court to the governing final judgment or other judicial order or decree on or after April 1, 2016.

(3)By April 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, submit to the department a report containing the following information to the extent available for the portion of the basin subject to the adjudication:

(A)Groundwater elevation data unless otherwise submitted pursuant to Section 10932.

(B)Annual aggregated data identifying groundwater extraction for the preceding water year.

(C)Surface water supply used for or available for use for groundwater recharge or in-lieu use.

(D)Total water use.

(E)Change in groundwater storage.

(F)The annual report submitted to the court.

Date	Status
Feb 1, 2018	Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Mar 9, 2017	Referred to Com. on RLS.
Feb 21, 2017	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Feb 17, 2017	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Introduced (2/17/2017)