BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   April 9, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 2067 (Weber) - As Introduced:  February 20, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Water, Parks and  
          Wildlife     Vote:                            13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill revises the reporting requirements for urban water  
          management plans (UWMP).  Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Creates different mandatory demand management measure (DMM)  
            reporting requirements for urban retail water suppliers and  
            urban wholesale water suppliers.

          2)Reduces the list of DMMs in a UWMP required to be reported  
            from 14 separate items into seven broader categories.

          3)Requires an urban retail water supplier to provide a  
            description of the nature and extent of DMMs implemented to  
            achieve the required statewide water reductions as specified.

          4)Requires an urban wholesale water supplier to report on a  
            subset of DMM categories as well as provide a description of  
            its distribution system asset management and wholesale  
            supplier assistance programs.
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state costs, if any.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background and Purpose.   Urban water suppliers are required to  
            prepare and adopt an UWMP for submission to the Department of  
            Water Resources (DWR) including any DMMs.   

             DMMs are policies or investments by a water supplier to  








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            achieve efficient water use.  Examples include landscape  
            conservation incentives, appliance rebates, consumer education  
            and water prevention ordinances.
             
             An urban water supplier will not be eligible for state water  
            management grants or loans after July 1, 2016 unless DMMs and  
            reduction targets comply with the state mandated 20% reduction  
            in water use by 2020.

             
                 

             DWR convened a task force to provide recommendations to the  
            Legislature for improving  DMM adoption, implementation and  
            reporting requirements under the UWMP.  The task force  
            released a draft report in 2013 that found the 14 DMMs and  
            their reporting requirements were outdated and did not reflect  
            technological and water management improvements.  This bill  
            implements the task force's recommendations to focus DMM  
            reporting on six best management practices and an "other"  
            category.
                
           


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081