California Assembly Bill AB2453 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2453INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Achadjian FEBRUARY 21, 2014 An act to amend Section 380 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2453, as introduced, Achadjian. Water supply. Existing law makes findings and declarations relating to local or regional level water management decisions. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 380 of the Water Code is amended to read: 380. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The various regions of the state differ widely in the availability of water supplies and in the need for water to meet beneficial uses. (b) Decisions regarding operations to meet water needs can depend in part upon regional differences. (c) Many water management decisions can best be made at a local or regional level, to the end that local and regional operational flexibility will maximize efficient statewide use of water supplies. (d) The authority granted by this chapter to local and regional public agencies, as defined in  subdivision (a) of  Section 65930 of the Government Code and not including federal agencies, is in furtherance of the policy declared in Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution and in Section 109.