Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1343Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 10561.7 of the Water Code, add Section 35187 to the Education Code, relating to stormwater. water conservation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1343, as amended, Chen. Stormwater resources: use of captured water. Water conservation: school districts: Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnerships.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to initiate and carry on any program or activity, or to otherwise act in any manner, which is not in conflict or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation. The bill would authorize a public water system to offer, as part of a partnership, a water rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets specified standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined. Existing law authorizes a public entity that captures stormwater from urban areas, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 35187 is added to the Education Code, to read:35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.SECTION 1.Section 10561.7 of the Water Code is amended to read:10561.7.(a)A public entity that captures stormwater from an urban area, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel shall be entitled to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies.(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of the following:(1)Alter or impair any existing rights.(2)Change existing water rights law.(3)Interfere with, amend, or supersede any existing water rights adjudication or other legally mandated water management plan.(4)Create a groundwater pumping right where a pumping right does not already exist.
Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1343Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 10561.7 of the Water Code, add Section 35187 to the Education Code, relating to stormwater. water conservation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1343, as amended, Chen. Stormwater resources: use of captured water. Water conservation: school districts: Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnerships.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to initiate and carry on any program or activity, or to otherwise act in any manner, which is not in conflict or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation. The bill would authorize a public water system to offer, as part of a partnership, a water rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets specified standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined. Existing law authorizes a public entity that captures stormwater from urban areas, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2017
Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1343
Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Chen
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 10561.7 of the Water Code, add Section 35187 to the Education Code, relating to stormwater. water conservation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1343, as amended, Chen. Stormwater resources: use of captured water. Water conservation: school districts: Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnerships.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to initiate and carry on any program or activity, or to otherwise act in any manner, which is not in conflict or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation. The bill would authorize a public water system to offer, as part of a partnership, a water rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets specified standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined. Existing law authorizes a public entity that captures stormwater from urban areas, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these provisions.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to initiate and carry on any program or activity, or to otherwise act in any manner, which is not in conflict or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established.
This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation. The bill would authorize a public water system to offer, as part of a partnership, a water rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.
Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets specified standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined. Existing law authorizes a public entity that captures stormwater from urban areas, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 35187 is added to the Education Code, to read:35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.SECTION 1.Section 10561.7 of the Water Code is amended to read:10561.7.(a)A public entity that captures stormwater from an urban area, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel shall be entitled to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies.(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of the following:(1)Alter or impair any existing rights.(2)Change existing water rights law.(3)Interfere with, amend, or supersede any existing water rights adjudication or other legally mandated water management plan.(4)Create a groundwater pumping right where a pumping right does not already exist.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 35187 is added to the Education Code, to read:35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.
SECTION 1. Section 35187 is added to the Education Code, to read:
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35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.
35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.
35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.
35187. (a) The governing board of a school district may enter into a Go Low Flow Water Conservation Partnership with a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that provides water to the school district for purposes of reducing water use at schools, reducing stormwater and dry weather runoff at schools, reducing schoolsite water pollution, and establishing the basis for educational opportunities in water conservation.
(b) A partnership agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall outline the terms of the partnership, include a survey of water use at the school, list opportunities for implementing water conservation measures, and establish protocols for sharing information from the public water system to school information platforms, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, classroom handouts, and events.
(c) A public water system may offer, as part of a partnership entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), a rebate for a school that implements water-saving measures.
(a)A public entity that captures stormwater from an urban area, in accordance with a stormwater resource plan, before the water reaches a natural channel shall be entitled to use the captured water to the extent that the water augments existing water supplies.
(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of the following:
(1)Alter or impair any existing rights.
(2)Change existing water rights law.
(3)Interfere with, amend, or supersede any existing water rights adjudication or other legally mandated water management plan.
(4)Create a groundwater pumping right where a pumping right does not already exist.