Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2241Introduced by Assembly Member RubioFebruary 13, 2018 An act to amend Section 10608 of add Section 12407 to the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2241, as amended, Rubio. Sustainable water use and demand reduction: legislative findings and declarations. The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.Existing law, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requires the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate and integrate existing water and ecological data from local, state, and federal agencies. This bill would require the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Board to implement and administer various water conservation and demand reduction programs in the state. Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need to reduce urban water use statewide by 20% and to effectively measure a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use in its service area.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those legislative findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12407 is added to the Water Code, to read:12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.SECTION 1.Section 10608 of the Water Code is amended to read:10608.The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and unreasonable use.(b)Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and grow Californias economy while protecting and restoring our fish and wildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.(c)Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supply reliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.(d)Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energy and environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improve streamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.(e)The success of state and local water conservation programs to increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.(f)Improvements in technology and management practices offer the potential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.(g)The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urban water use statewide by 2020.(h)The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can vary significantly from location to location based on factors including weather, patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhance water use efficiency.(i)Per capita water use is a valid measure of a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use within its service area. However, per capita water use is less useful for measuring relative water use efficiency between different water suppliers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urban and suburban development, and density of housing in a particular location need to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure of efficiency.
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2241Introduced by Assembly Member RubioFebruary 13, 2018 An act to amend Section 10608 of add Section 12407 to the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2241, as amended, Rubio. Sustainable water use and demand reduction: legislative findings and declarations. The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.Existing law, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requires the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate and integrate existing water and ecological data from local, state, and federal agencies. This bill would require the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Board to implement and administer various water conservation and demand reduction programs in the state. Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need to reduce urban water use statewide by 20% and to effectively measure a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use in its service area.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those legislative findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2241
Introduced by Assembly Member RubioFebruary 13, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Rubio
February 13, 2018
An act to amend Section 10608 of add Section 12407 to the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2241, as amended, Rubio. Sustainable water use and demand reduction: legislative findings and declarations. The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.
Existing law, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requires the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate and integrate existing water and ecological data from local, state, and federal agencies. This bill would require the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Board to implement and administer various water conservation and demand reduction programs in the state. Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need to reduce urban water use statewide by 20% and to effectively measure a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use in its service area.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those legislative findings and declarations.
Existing law, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requires the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate and integrate existing water and ecological data from local, state, and federal agencies.
This bill would require the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.
Existing law requires the State Water Resources Board to implement and administer various water conservation and demand reduction programs in the state. Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need to reduce urban water use statewide by 20% and to effectively measure a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use in its service area.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those legislative findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12407 is added to the Water Code, to read:12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.SECTION 1.Section 10608 of the Water Code is amended to read:10608.The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and unreasonable use.(b)Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and grow Californias economy while protecting and restoring our fish and wildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.(c)Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supply reliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.(d)Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energy and environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improve streamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.(e)The success of state and local water conservation programs to increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.(f)Improvements in technology and management practices offer the potential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.(g)The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urban water use statewide by 2020.(h)The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can vary significantly from location to location based on factors including weather, patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhance water use efficiency.(i)Per capita water use is a valid measure of a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use within its service area. However, per capita water use is less useful for measuring relative water use efficiency between different water suppliers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urban and suburban development, and density of housing in a particular location need to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure of efficiency.
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 12407 is added to the Water Code, to read:12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.
SECTION 1. Section 12407 is added to the Water Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.
12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.
12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.
12407. The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and unreasonable use.
(b)Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and grow Californias economy while protecting and restoring our fish and wildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.
(c)Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supply reliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.
(d)Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energy and environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improve streamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(e)The success of state and local water conservation programs to increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.
(f)Improvements in technology and management practices offer the potential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.
(g)The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urban water use statewide by 2020.
(h)The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can vary significantly from location to location based on factors including weather, patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhance water use efficiency.
(i)Per capita water use is a valid measure of a water suppliers efforts to reduce urban water use within its service area. However, per capita water use is less useful for measuring relative water use efficiency between different water suppliers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urban and suburban development, and density of housing in a particular location need to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure of efficiency.