BILL NUMBER: AB 2304	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huffman

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 10753.8 of the Water Code, relating to
groundwater.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2304, as introduced, Huffman. Groundwater management plans:
components.
   Existing law authorizes specified local agencies that provide
water service to adopt and implement a groundwater management plan.
Existing law requires a groundwater management plan that is adopted
pursuant to that authority to include various components, including
components relating to the monitoring and management of groundwater
levels within the groundwater basin. Existing law authorizes a
groundwater management plan to additionally include other components
relating to, among other things, identification and management of
wellhead protection areas and recharge areas, replenishment of
groundwater, and review of land use plans and coordination with land
use planning agencies.
   This bill would add coordination with local planning agencies to
develop and implement land use strategies that protect priority
recharge areas to the list of authorized components of a groundwater
management plan.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 10753.8 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10753.8.  A groundwater management plan may include components
relating to all of the following:
   (a) The control of saline water intrusion.
   (b) Identification and management of wellhead protection areas and
recharge areas.
   (c) Regulation of the migration of contaminated groundwater.
   (d) The administration of a well abandonment and well destruction
program.
   (e) Mitigation of conditions of overdraft.
   (f) Replenishment of groundwater extracted by water producers.
   (g) Monitoring of groundwater levels and storage.
   (h) Facilitating conjunctive use operations.
   (i) Identification of well construction policies.
   (j) The construction and operation by the local agency of
groundwater contamination cleanup, recharge, storage, conservation,
water recycling, and extraction projects.
   (k) The development of relationships with state and federal
regulatory agencies.
   (  l  ) The review of land use plans and coordination
with land use planning agencies to assess activities  which
  that  create a reasonable risk of groundwater
contamination. 
   (m) Coordination with local planning agencies to develop and
implement land use strategies that protect priority recharge areas.