AB 1739 - Amends Groundwater Laws - California Key Vote
Robert Huff voted Nay (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Sept. 16, 2014
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- Aug. 29, 2014
- Senate Bill Passed
- Aug. 27, 2014
- House Bill Passed
- May 28, 2014
- Introduced
- Feb. 14, 2014
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Title: Amends Groundwater Laws
Signed by Governor Jerry Brown, Jr.
Title: Amends Groundwater Laws
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that amends groundwater laws.
Highlights:
- Authorizes the California State Water Resources Control Board to designate a water basin as a probationary basin if certain criteria including, but not limited to, the following criteria apply to the basin (Sec. 1):
- After June 30, 2017, a local agency has not elected to be a groundwater sustainability agency for the entire basin;
- After January 31, 2020, a groundwater sustainability agency has not adopted a groundwater sustainability plan for the entire basin;
- After January 31, 2020, the groundwater sustainability plan is “inadequate”.
- Requires a groundwater sustainability agency to submit a groundwater sustainability plan to the Department of Water Resources for review every 5 years (Sec. 18).
- Authorizes the California State Water Resources Control Board to develop an interim plan for a probationary basins if a local agency has not remedied a deficiency in the basin (Sec. 19).
- Authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to implement certain fees to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability plan including, but not limited to, permit and extraction fees (Sec. 16).
- Specifies that this bill shall only become effective if Senate Bill 1168 of the 2013-2014 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective (Sec. 23).
Title: Amends Groundwater Laws
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends groundwater laws.
Highlights:
- Authorizes the California State Water Resources Control Board to designate a water basin as a probationary basin if certain criteria including, but not limited to, the following criteria apply to the basin (Sec. 1):
- After June 30, 2017, a local agency has not elected to be a groundwater sustainability agency for the entire basin;
- After January 31, 2020, a groundwater sustainability agency has not adopted a groundwater sustainability plan for the entire basin;
- After January 31, 2020, the groundwater sustainability plan is “inadequate”.
- Requires a groundwater sustainability agency to submit a groundwater sustainability plan to the Department of Water Resources for review every 5 years (Sec. 18).
- Authorizes the California State Water Resources Control Board to develop an interim plan for a probationary basins if a local agency has not remedied a deficiency in the basin (Sec. 19).
- Authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to implement certain fees to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability plan including, but not limited to, permit and extraction fees (Sec. 16).
- Specifies that this bill shall only become effective if Senate Bill 1168 of the 2013-2014 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective (Sec. 23).
Title: Amends Groundwater Laws