BILL NUMBER: AB 1871	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Section 240 to the Water Code, relating to water
resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1871, as introduced, Logue. Water supplies: drought
preparedness.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Water Resources to
operate the State Water Project and to undertake various other
functions relating to the water resources of the state.
   This bill would require the department to prepare and submit to
the appropriate committees of the Legislature a report that includes
recommendations relating to drought preparedness and to conduct an
annual survey of public and private water suppliers relating to water
supply reliability in the event of a drought.
   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 240 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   240.  The department shall do both of the following:
   (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code,
prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Legislature a
report that includes recommendations relating to drought
preparedness.
   (b) Conduct an annual survey relating to the ability of each
public and private water supplier, including water corporations,
serving more than 1,000 residential connections to provide adequate
and reliable water service in the event of a drought.
   (c) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.