BILL NUMBER: AB 2222	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  670
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2008
	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, 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.
   This bill would require the 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, 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, 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.


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 state board shall do
both of the following:
   (1) Identify and recommend to the Legislature funding options to
extend, until January 1, 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, 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.