BILL NUMBER: AB 1482	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act to amend Section 102 of the Water Code, relating
to water.   An act to add Section 144 to the Water Code,
relating to water. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1482, as amended, Anderson.  Water: public use.
  Department of Water Resources: water softener study.
 
   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to prepare
and update, every 5 years, the California Water Plan, which is the
plan for the orderly and coordinated control, protection,
conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the
state.  
   This bill would require the department to study whether the
Legislature should establish a rating system to measure the
efficiency levels of self-regenerating water softener systems. 

   Existing law declares that all water within the state is the
property of the people of the state, but the right to the use of the
water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner prescribed by
law.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 144 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   144.  The department shall study whether the Legislature should
establish a rating system to measure the efficiency levels of
self-regenerating water softener systems, and shall report its
findings by January 1, 2012.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 102 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
   102.  All water within the state is the property of the people of
the state, but the right to the use of water may be acquired by
appropriation in the manner provided by law.