BILL NUMBER: AB 937	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 937, as introduced, Salas. Groundwater recharge.
   Under existing law, the right to water or to the use of water is
limited to that amount of water that may be reasonably required for
the beneficial use to be served. Existing law declares that the
storing of water underground, and related diversions for that
purpose, constitute a beneficial use of water if the stored water is
thereafter applied to the beneficial purposes for which the
appropriation for storage was made.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to groundwater recharge.
   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 relating to groundwater recharge.