BILL NUMBER: AB 2222	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Caballero

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2008

   An act to add Section 10782 to the Water Code, relating to
groundwater.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2222, as amended, Caballero. Groundwater quality: monitoring.
   The Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of 2001 requires the State
Water Resources Control Board to integrate existing monitoring
programs and design new program elements, as necessary, to establish
a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each
groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically
reliable sampling approaches.  The act also requires the
creation of an interagency task force and an advisory committee.

   This bill would require the  advisory committee and
interagency task force   state board  , on or
before June 1, 2009, to identify and recommend to the Legislature
funding options to extend the comprehensive monitoring program until
January 1,  2016   2024  , and make
recommendations to enhance public accessibility of information on
groundwater conditions. The bill would require the state board, on or
before January 1,  2011   2012  , in
consultation with specified agencies, to submit to the Legislature a
prescribed report. The bill would require the state board to provide
an opportunity for public comment prior to finalizing the report and
submitting it to the Legislature.
   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.  Section 10782 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   10782.  (a) On or before June 1, 2009, the  advisory
committee and interagency task force   state board 
shall do both of the following:
   (1) Identify and recommend to the Legislature funding options to
extend, until January 1,  2016  2024  , the
comprehensive monitoring program established in accordance with
Section 10781.
   (2) Make recommendations to enhance the public accessibility of
information on groundwater conditions.
   (b) On or before January 1,  2011   2012
 , the state board, in consultation with the State Department of
Public Health, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of
Pesticide Regulation, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, and any other agencies as appropriate, shall submit to
the Legislature a report that does all of the following:
   (1) Identifies communities that rely on contaminated groundwater
as a primary source of drinking water.
    (2) Identifies in the groundwater sources for the communities
described in paragraph (1) the principal contaminants and other
constituents of concern, as identified by the state board, affecting
that groundwater and contamination levels.
   (3) Identifies potential solutions and funding sources to clean up
or treat groundwater or to provide alternative water supplies to
ensure the provision of safe drinking water to communities identified
in paragraph (1).
   (c) The state board shall provide an opportunity for public
comment on the report required pursuant to subdivision (b), prior to
finalizing the report and submitting it to the Legislature.