BILL NUMBER: SB 665	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator La Malfa

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 665, as introduced, La Malfa. Water: public trust doctrine:
groundwater.
   Under the public trust doctrine, the State Water Resources Control
Board is required to take the public trust into account in the
planning and allocation of water resources and to protect the public
trust whenever feasible.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would clarify that the public trust doctrine does
not extend to groundwater.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would clarify that the public trust doctrine does
not extend to groundwater.