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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2067 (Weber)
          As Amended  June 3, 2014
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |75-0 |(April 24,      |SENATE: |32-0 |(June 26,      |
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           Original Committee Reference:    W., P. & W.

          SUMMARY  :  Simplifies urban water management plan (UWMP) demand  
          management measure (DMM) reporting requirements, as recommended  
          by an Independent Technical Panel.  

           The Senate amendments  give urban water suppliers an additional  
          six months before their next UWMP update is due. 

           EXISTING LAW:  

          1)Mandates every urban water supplier to prepare and adopt an  
            UWMP, in accordance with specified requirements, for  
            submission to the Department of Water Resources.

          2)Requires urban water suppliers to provide information in their  
            UWMPs relating to the supplier's DMMs including, but not  
            limited to, specific measures set forth in the statute.

          3)Mandates that each urban retail water supplier shall achieve,  
            by 2020, a 20% reduction from baseline per capita water use in  
            2010.  This is often referred to simply as "20 x 2020."

          4)Requires an urban retail water supplier to comply with the 20  
            x 2020 mandate, including developing and implementing  
            reduction targets, or be rendered ineligible for state water  
            grants or loans after July 1, 2016.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  :  This bill seeks to streamline DMM reporting  
          requirements from 14 specific measures to seven more general  
          requirements plus an "other" category.  This streamlining is the  
          recommendation of an Independent Technical Panel that was  








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          convened pursuant to state statute specifically for the purpose  
          of improving UWMPs.  

          The Senate amendment gives urban water agencies until July 1,  
          2016, to submit the next update of their UWMPs.  Ordinarily,  
          that update would be due December 31, 2015.  This provides them  
          six more months than the current deadline and was adopted in  
          response to a number of agencies asserting that they need more  
          time to gather and process data to more accurately reflect their  
          progress towards the 20 x 2020 mandate in their 2015 UWMP.  


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


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