BILL NUMBER: AB 295	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to amend Section 10702 of the Water Code, relating to
groundwater.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 295, as introduced, Salas. Water: groundwater.
   Existing law declares that groundwater is a valuable natural
resource in the state and should be managed to ensure its safe
production and its quality. Existing law also authorizes certain
local agencies to adopt and implement groundwater management plans.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
latter 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 10702 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10702.   Any   A  local agency 
which is  authorized by law to provide water services may,
by ordinance, or by resolution if the local agency is not authorized
to act by ordinance, establish programs for the management of
groundwater resources.