BILL NUMBER: SB 1348	CHAPTERED  09/03/02

	CHAPTER  321
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 30, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 23, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 9, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Brulte

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2002

   An act to add Section 10631.5 to the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1348, Brulte.  Water:  conservation.
   The Urban Water Management Planning Act requires every public and
private urban water supplier that directly or indirectly provides
water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers, or
supplies more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually, to prepare,
adopt, and submit to the Department of Water Resources an urban water
management plan. Existing law requires that the plan describe and
evaluate sources of water supply, reasonable and practical efficient
uses, reclamation, and demand management activities. Demand
management activities are water conservation measures, programs, and
incentives that prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable
and efficient use and reuse of available water supplies. Existing
law requires that the plan be updated at least once every 5 years and
requires the department, until January 1, 2006, to take into
consideration whether the urban water supplier has submitted an
updated plan, in determining eligibility for funds made available
pursuant to any program administered by the department.
   This bill would require the department to take into consideration
whether the urban water supplier is implementing or planning the
implementation of water demand management activities in evaluating
applications for grants or loans made available from the Water
Conservation Account for the purpose of funding urban water
conservation projects.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 10631.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   10631.5.  The department shall take into consideration whether the
urban water supplier is implementing or scheduled for
implementation, the water demand management activities that the urban
water supplier identified in its urban water management plan,
pursuant to Section 10631, in evaluating applications for grants and
loans made available pursuant to Section 79163. The urban water
supplier may submit to the department copies of its annual reports
and other relevant documents to assist the department in determining
whether the urban water supplier is implementing or scheduling the
implementation of water demand management activities.