BILL NUMBER: AB 685	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 13, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 11, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Fong and V. Manuel Pérez)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 106.3 to the Water Code, relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 685, as amended, Eng. State water policy.
    Existing law establishes various state water policies, including
the policy that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest
use of water.
   This bill would declare that it is the  established 
policy of the state that every human being has the right to safe,
clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human
consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes. The bill would require
 , on and after January 1, 2013,  all relevant state
agencies, including the Department of Water Resources, the State
Water Resources Control Board,  the California regional water
quality control boards,  and the State Department of Public
Health, to  advance the implementation of  
consider  this state policy  upon revising existing, and
upon   when revising,  adopting  ,  or
establishing  new,  policies, regulations, and
 funding   grant  criteria when those
policies, regulations, and grant criteria are pertinent to the uses
of water described above.
   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.  Section 106.3 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   106.3.   (a)    It is  hereby declared to be
 the  established  policy of the state that every
human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible
water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.

   (a) 
    (b)   On and after January 1, 2013, all
  All  relevant state agencies, including the
department, the  state  board,  the California
regional water quality control boards,  and the State
Department of Public Health, shall  advance the
implementation of   consider  this  state 
policy  upon revising existing, and upon   when
revising,  adopting  ,  or establishing new,
 policies, regulations, and  funding  
grant  criteria  when those policies, regulations, and
criteria are pertinent to the uses of water described in this section
  when those policies, regulations, and criteria are
pertinent to the uses of water described in this section  .

   (b) 
    (c)  This section  shall   does
 not expand any obligation of the state to provide water or 
to  require the  state's  expenditure of
additional resources  to develop water infrastructure 
beyond the obligations that may exist pursuant to subdivision
 (a), nor shall it infringe on any causes of action that
exist independently of this section   (b)  .

   (c) 
    (d)  This section shall not apply to water supplies for
new development. 
   (d) 
    (e)   This section does not create or impose any
additional duties   The implementation of this section
shall not infringe on the rights  or responsibilities 
on   of  any public water system.