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                                                                  SB 1478
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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 1478 (Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
          As Amended  August 16, 2010
          Majority vote

           SENATE VOTE  :   33-0
            
           WATER, PARKS & WILDLIFE   12-0                                  
           
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          |Ayes:|Huffman, Fuller,          |     |                          |
          |     |Arambula,                 |     |                          |
          |     |Tom Berryhill,            |     |                          |
          |     |Blumenfield, Caballero,   |     |                          |
          |     |De la Torre, Fletcher,    |     |                          |
          |     |Gatto, Bonnie Lowenthal,  |     |                          |
          |     |Salas, Yamada             |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Makes a technical correction to a provision of the  
          Water Code governing water conservation.  Specifically,  this  
          bill  grants an urban wholesale water supplier the same six-month  
          extension to adopt an urban water management plan (UWMP) that  
          was granted to urban retail water suppliers.

           EXISTING LAW  : 

          1)Directs the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per  
            capita water use in California by December 31, 2020.  

          2)Requires an urban retail water supplier to develop an urban  
            water use target in its UWMP that will result in the 20%  
            reduction referenced above.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :  SB 7 X7 (Steinberg) Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009-10  
          Seventh Extraordinary Session, requires, among other things,  
          that the state achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water  
          use by December 31, 2020.  To effectuate this goal, each urban  
          retail water supplier must develop urban water use targets and  
          incorporate those in its UWMP.  SB 7 X7 provided three specific  
          methods for urban retail water suppliers to determine urban  
          water use targets and a fourth method to be developed by the  
          Department of Water Resources (DWR) by December 31, 2010.








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          To allow urban retail water suppliers to use the to-be-developed  
          DWR method, SB 7 X7 granted those entities a six month  
          extension, to July 1, 2011, to adopt statutorily required UWMPs.  
           However, while SB7 X7 imposed the same UWMP requirements on  
          urban wholesale water suppliers, it inadvertently neglected to  
          grant those entities the same six month extension to adopt UWMPs  
          that was granted to their retail customers.  This bill corrects  
          that oversight.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Tina Cannon Leahy / W., P. & W. / (916)  
          319-2096 


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