BILL NUMBER: SB 664 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 30, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 6, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hertzberg
( Coauthor: Senator Hill
)
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend add Section
10540 of 10632.5 to the Water Code, relating to
water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 664, as amended, Hertzberg. Water: integrated regional
water management planning. urban water management
planning.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sect ion 10632.5 is added to
the Water Code , to read:
10632.5. (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.
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.