BILL NUMBER: AB 1201	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 13000 of the Water Code, relating to water
quality.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1201, as introduced, Salas. Water quality.
   The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a
statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in
the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
legislative findings and declarations.
   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 13000 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   13000.   (a)    The Legislature finds and
declares that the people of the state have a primary interest in the
conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the
state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be
protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state. 
    The 
   (b)     The  Legislature further finds
and declares that activities and factors which may affect the quality
of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest
water quality  which   that  is reasonable,
considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters
and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic
and social, tangible and intangible. 
    The 
    (c)     The  Legislature further finds
and declares that the health, safety   safety,
 and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a
statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters
of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full
power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state
from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the
state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by
interbasin water development projects and other statewide
considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography,
population, recreation, agriculture,  industry  
industry,  and economic development vary from region to region
within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality
control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a
framework of statewide coordination and policy.