Amended in Senate April 30, 2015

Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate Bill No. 664

Introduced by Senator Hertzberg

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(Coauthor: Senator Hill)

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February 27, 2015

An act to begin delete amend end delete begin insert add end insert Section begin delete 10540 of end delete begin insert 10632.5 to end insert the Water Code, relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 664, as amended, Hertzberg. Water: begin delete integrated regional water management planning. end delete begin insert urban water management planning. end insert

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Existing law, the Urban Water Management Planning Act, requires every urban water supplier to prepare and adopt an urban water management plan for submission to the Department of Water Resources and other entities that includes specified content, including an urban water shortage contingency analysis. Existing law requires this analysis to include actions to be undertaken by the urban water supplier to prepare for, and implement during, a catastrophic interruption of water supplies, including an earthquake. Existing law requires an urban water supplier to update its plan at least once every 5 years on or before December 31, in years ending in 5 and 0, except that the 2015 plan is required to be updated and submitted to the department by July 1, 2016.

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This bill would require an urban water supplier to include within its plan a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan to assess the vulnerability of each of the various facilities of a water system and mitigate those vulnerabilities. This bill would require the urban water supplier to submit the seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan by July 1, 2017. This bill would authorize an urban water supplier to comply with this requirement by submitting a copy of an adopted local hazard mitigation plan or multihazard mitigation plan under specified federal law that addresses seismic risk.

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Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act, authorizes a regional water management group to prepare and adopt an integrated regional water management plan. The act requires an integrated regional water management plan to address specified water quality and water supply matters.

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This bill would require an integrated regional water management plan to additionally address identification and consideration of the seismic vulnerability of water infrastructure within the boundaries of the plan.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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(a) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (3)
of subdivision (a) of Section 10632, the plan shall include a seismic
risk assessment and mitigation plan to assess the vulnerability of
each of the various facilities of a water system and mitigate those
vulnerabilities.

(b) An urban water supplier may comply with this section by
submitting, pursuant to Section 10644, a copy of an adopted local
hazard mitigation plan or multihazard mitigation plan under the
federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390) if
the local hazard mitigation plan or multihazard mitigation plan
addresses seismic risk.

(c) (1) An urban water supplier is not required to include the
seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan in the urban water
management plan update due on July 1, 2016.

(2) An urban water supplier shall submit, pursuant to Section
10644, the seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan by July 1,
2017.

(3) An urban water supplier shall update the seismic risk
assessment and mitigation plan when updating its urban water
management plan as required by Section 10621.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 10540 of the Water Code is amended to
read:

10540.  

(a) A regional water management group may prepare
and adopt an integrated regional water management plan in
accordance with this part.

(b) A regional water management group may coordinate its
planning activities to address or incorporate all or part of any of
the following actions of its members into its plan:

(1) Groundwater management planning pursuant to Part 2.75
(commencing with Section 10750) or other specific groundwater
management authority.

(2) Urban water management planning pursuant to Part 2.6
(commencing with Section 10610).

(3) The preparation of a water supply assessment required
pursuant to Part 2.10 (commencing with Section 10910).

(4) Agricultural water management planning pursuant to Part
2.8 (commencing with Section 10800).

(5) City and county general planning pursuant to Section 65350
of the Government Code.

(6) Stormwater resource planning that is undertaken pursuant
to Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 10560).

(7) Other water resource management planning, including flood
protection, watershed management planning, and multipurpose
program planning.

(c) At a minimum, all plans shall address all of the following:

(1) Protection and improvement of water supply reliability,
including identification of feasible agricultural and urban water
use efficiency strategies.

(2) Identification and consideration of the drinking water quality
of communities within the area of the plan.

(3) Protection and improvement of water quality within the area
of the plan, consistent with the relevant basin plan.

(4) Identification of any significant threats to groundwater
resources from overdrafting.

(5) Protection, restoration, and improvement of stewardship of
aquatic, riparian, and watershed resources within the region.

(6) Protection of groundwater resources from contamination.

(7) Identification and consideration of the water-related needs
of disadvantaged communities in the area within the boundaries
of the plan.

(8) Identification and consideration of the seismic vulnerability
of water infrastructure within the boundaries of the plan.

(d) This section does not obligate a local agency to fund the
implementation of any project or program.

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