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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 149
Author: Chávez (R)
Amended: 6/11/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/9/15
AYES: Pavley, Stone, Allen, Hertzberg, Hueso, Jackson,
Monning, Vidak, Wolk
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Urban water management plans
SOURCE: San Diego County Water Authority
DIGEST: This bill delays the due date for the Urban Water
Management Plans (UWMPs) due in 2020 by six months to July 1,
2021, and delays the due date for the Department of Water
Resources' (DWR) report on the 2015 and 2021 UWMPs by six months
to July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2022.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Requires all urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt UWMPs
and update them every five years by December 31 in years
ending in "zero" and "five."
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2)Allows UWMPs due for 2015 to be adopted by July 1, 2016.
3)Requires that urban water users cumulatively achieve a 20%
reduction in per capita water use by December 31, 2020
(20x2020) as compared to November 2009.
4)Requires DWR to provide a report to the Legislature
summarizing the status of the adopted UWMPs before December 31
in years ending in "six" and "one."
This bill:
1)Delays the due date for the UWMPs due in 2020 by six months to
July 1, 2021.
2)Delays the due date for DWR's report on the 2015 and 2021
UWMPs by six months to July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2022.
Background
Last year, the Legislature passed AB 2067 (Weber, Chapter 463,
Statutes of 2014), which, among other things, delayed the due
date for the 2015 UWMP update to July 1, 2016. According to the
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee's analysis of AB
2067, the delay was to allow urban water suppliers to include in
its UWMP information through calendar year 2015 to fully
document its progress in complying with the 20x2020
requirements.
Comments
Delay is to aid compliance with 20x2020. A part of the 2009
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water package required that urban water agencies reduce their
per capita water use by 20% by the year 2020. Urban water
suppliers are further required to report on their progress in
meeting that goal through the year 2015 in the 2015 update of
their UWMPs. Similarly, the 20X2020 results through 2020 are to
be reported in the 2020 update of UWMPs. Last year's AB 2067
delayed the 2015 reports six months to allow the UWMPs to report
on the full calendar year. This bill does the same for the 2020
UWMP update.
Similarly, this bill delays DWR's reports to the Legislature six
months to provide it sufficient time to summarize the UWMPs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/11/15)
San Diego County Water Authority (source)
Association of California Water Agencies
California Municipal Utilities Association
City of Pasadena
City of Sacramento
Desert Water Agency
East Bay Municipal Utility District
El Dorado Irrigation District
Newhall County Water District
Regional Water Authority
Rowland Water District
Santa Clara Valley Water District
OPPOSITION: (Verified 6/11/15)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the author, "A simple
change in code would make a significant improvement in water
supply planning data management and access. It would also allow
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water suppliers to use the most current data for future planning
and reporting, benefitting all stakeholders involved in
California water management issues."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/07/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,
Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Roger Hernández, Steinorth
Prepared by:Dennis O'Connor / N.R. & W. / (916) 651-4116
6/12/15 15:06:34
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