BILL NUMBER: SB 561	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cogdill

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 10620 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 561, as introduced, Cogdill. Urban water suppliers: urban water
management plans.
   Existing law requires every urban water supplier to prepare and
adopt an urban water management plan, as prescribed.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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 10620 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10620.  (a)  Every   Each  urban water
supplier shall prepare and adopt an urban water management plan in
the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640).
   (b)  Every   Each  person that becomes
an urban water supplier shall adopt an urban water management plan
within one year after it has become an urban water supplier.
   (c) An urban water supplier indirectly providing water shall not
include planning elements in its water management plan  , 
as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630)  , 
that would be applicable to urban water suppliers or public agencies
directly providing water, or to their customers, without the consent
of those suppliers or public agencies.
   (d) (1) An urban water supplier may satisfy the requirements of
this part by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or
basinwide urban water management planning  where 
 if  those plans will reduce preparation costs and
contribute to the achievement of conservation and efficient water
use.
   (2) Each urban water supplier shall coordinate the preparation of
its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other
water suppliers that share a common source, water management
agencies, and relevant public agencies, to the extent practicable.
   (e)  The   An  urban water supplier may
prepare the plan with its own staff, by contract, or in cooperation
with other governmental agencies.
   (f) An urban water supplier shall describe in the plan water
management tools and options used by that entity that will maximize
resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions.