BILL NUMBER: AB 2619	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 10931 of the Water Code, relating to
groundwater.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2619, as introduced, Beth Gaines. Groundwater monitoring.
   Existing law establishes a groundwater monitoring program, in
accordance with prescribed procedures, and requires the Department of
Water Resources to work cooperatively with each monitoring entity,
as defined, to determine the manner in which groundwater elevation
information should be reported to the department. Existing law, for
the purposes of the groundwater monitoring program, authorizes the
department to make recommendations for improving an existing
monitoring program and to require additional monitoring wells under
certain circumstances.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in these
provisions.
   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 10931 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10931.  (a) The department shall work cooperatively with each
monitoring entity to determine the manner in which groundwater
elevation information should be reported to the department pursuant
to this part. In determining what information should be reported to
the department, the department shall defer to existing monitoring
programs if those  monitoring  programs result in
information that demonstrates seasonal and long-term trends in
groundwater elevations. The department shall collaborate with the
State Department of Public Health to ensure that the information
reported to the department will not result in the inappropriate
disclosure of the physical address or geographical location of
drinking water sources, storage facilities, pumping operational data,
or treatment facilities.
   (b) (1) For the purposes of this part, the department may
recommend improvements to an existing monitoring program, including
recommendations for additional monitoring wells.
   (2) The department may not require additional monitoring wells
unless funds are provided for that purpose.