California Assembly Bill AB1482 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1482AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Anderson FEBRUARY 27, 2009  An act to amend Section 102 of the Water Code, relating to water.   An act to add Section 144 to the Water Code, relating to water.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1482, as amended, Anderson.  Water: public use.   Department of Water Resources: water softener study.   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to prepare and update, every 5 years, the California Water Plan, which is the plan for the orderly and coordinated control, protection, conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the state.   This bill would require the department to study whether the Legislature should establish a rating system to measure the efficiency levels of self-regenerating water softener systems.   Existing law declares that all water within the state is the property of the people of the state, but the right to the use of the water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner prescribed by law.   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 144 is added to the   Water Code   , to read:   144. The department shall study whether the Legislature should establish a rating system to measure the efficiency levels of self-regenerating water softener systems, and shall report its findings by January 1, 2012.   SECTION 1.   Section 102 of the Water Code is amended to read: 102. All water within the state is the property of the people of the state, but the right to the use of water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner provided by law.