Amended IN Senate June 16, 2022 Amended IN Assembly April 27, 2022 Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2201Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan and Kalra) Bauer-Kahan, Kalra, and Robert Rivas)(Coauthors: Senators Allen and Stern)February 15, 2022An act to add Section 10725.7 to Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2201, as amended, Bennett. Groundwater sustainability agency: groundwater extraction permit: verification. Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin and imposes specified duties upon that agency or combination of agencies, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate a high- or medium-priority basin as a probationary basin under certain conditions for specified purposes.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a model water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance implementing certain standards for water well construction, maintenance, and abandonment and requires each county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, not later than January 15, 1990, to adopt a water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance that meets or exceeds certain standards. Under existing law, if a county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment standards, the model ordinance adopted by the state board is required to take effect on February 15, 1990, and is required to be enforced by the county or city and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a county or city ordinance.This bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency from approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to the act and classified as medium- or high-priority until unless specified conditions are met, including that it obtains a written verification, from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located, determining that certain factors are present. The bill would prohibit a groundwater sustainability agency from providing the above-described written verification unless it determines that certain factors are present, including, but not limited to, that that, among other things, the extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency. agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the Department of Water Resources. The bill would authorize a groundwater sustainability agency to impose a fee upon a local agency that does not exceed the reasonable cost of making the determinations required for a written verification, issuing the written verification, or both. The bill would also require a groundwater sustainability agency county, city, or any other water well permitting agency to post a notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the above-described determinations. approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well. By imposing additional requirements on groundwater sustainability agencies, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would exempt provide various exemptions from the above-described provisions, including exempting a permit for any well that provides less than 2 acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or any well used by a public water supply system from these provisions. system or state small water system.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1.Section 10725.7 is added to the Water Code, to read:10725.7.(a)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)Local agency means any city, county, district, agency, or other entity with the authority to issue a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well.(2)Public water system has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Well has the same meaning as defined in Section 13710.(b)Notwithstanding Sections 10726.4 and 10726.8, a local agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to this part and classified as medium- or high-priority until it obtains a written verification from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located determining that the factors listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (c) are present.(c)The ground water sustainability agency shall not provide the written verification unless it determines all of the following factors are present:(1)The extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency.(2)The extraction by the proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by a plan.(3)The extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure.(d)A groundwater sustainability agency may impose a fee upon a local agency in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs incurred by the groundwater sustainability agency in making the determinations required for the written verification, issuing the written verification, or both.(e)The groundwater sustainability agency shall post notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the determinations required by subdivisions (b) and (c).(f)This section does not apply to a well that provides less than two acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or a well used by a public water supply system.SECTION 1. Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) is added to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, to read: Article 5. Water Wells13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
Amended IN Senate June 16, 2022 Amended IN Assembly April 27, 2022 Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2201Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan and Kalra) Bauer-Kahan, Kalra, and Robert Rivas)(Coauthors: Senators Allen and Stern)February 15, 2022An act to add Section 10725.7 to Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2201, as amended, Bennett. Groundwater sustainability agency: groundwater extraction permit: verification. Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin and imposes specified duties upon that agency or combination of agencies, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate a high- or medium-priority basin as a probationary basin under certain conditions for specified purposes.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a model water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance implementing certain standards for water well construction, maintenance, and abandonment and requires each county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, not later than January 15, 1990, to adopt a water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance that meets or exceeds certain standards. Under existing law, if a county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment standards, the model ordinance adopted by the state board is required to take effect on February 15, 1990, and is required to be enforced by the county or city and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a county or city ordinance.This bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency from approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to the act and classified as medium- or high-priority until unless specified conditions are met, including that it obtains a written verification, from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located, determining that certain factors are present. The bill would prohibit a groundwater sustainability agency from providing the above-described written verification unless it determines that certain factors are present, including, but not limited to, that that, among other things, the extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency. agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the Department of Water Resources. The bill would authorize a groundwater sustainability agency to impose a fee upon a local agency that does not exceed the reasonable cost of making the determinations required for a written verification, issuing the written verification, or both. The bill would also require a groundwater sustainability agency county, city, or any other water well permitting agency to post a notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the above-described determinations. approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well. By imposing additional requirements on groundwater sustainability agencies, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would exempt provide various exemptions from the above-described provisions, including exempting a permit for any well that provides less than 2 acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or any well used by a public water supply system from these provisions. system or state small water system.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Senate June 16, 2022 Amended IN Assembly April 27, 2022 Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022
Amended IN Senate June 16, 2022
Amended IN Assembly April 27, 2022
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2201
Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan and Kalra) Bauer-Kahan, Kalra, and Robert Rivas)(Coauthors: Senators Allen and Stern)February 15, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan and Kalra) Bauer-Kahan, Kalra, and Robert Rivas)(Coauthors: Senators Allen and Stern)
February 15, 2022
An act to add Section 10725.7 to Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2201, as amended, Bennett. Groundwater sustainability agency: groundwater extraction permit: verification.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin and imposes specified duties upon that agency or combination of agencies, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate a high- or medium-priority basin as a probationary basin under certain conditions for specified purposes.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a model water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance implementing certain standards for water well construction, maintenance, and abandonment and requires each county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, not later than January 15, 1990, to adopt a water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance that meets or exceeds certain standards. Under existing law, if a county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment standards, the model ordinance adopted by the state board is required to take effect on February 15, 1990, and is required to be enforced by the county or city and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a county or city ordinance.This bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency from approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to the act and classified as medium- or high-priority until unless specified conditions are met, including that it obtains a written verification, from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located, determining that certain factors are present. The bill would prohibit a groundwater sustainability agency from providing the above-described written verification unless it determines that certain factors are present, including, but not limited to, that that, among other things, the extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency. agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the Department of Water Resources. The bill would authorize a groundwater sustainability agency to impose a fee upon a local agency that does not exceed the reasonable cost of making the determinations required for a written verification, issuing the written verification, or both. The bill would also require a groundwater sustainability agency county, city, or any other water well permitting agency to post a notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the above-described determinations. approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well. By imposing additional requirements on groundwater sustainability agencies, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would exempt provide various exemptions from the above-described provisions, including exempting a permit for any well that provides less than 2 acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or any well used by a public water supply system from these provisions. system or state small water system.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin and imposes specified duties upon that agency or combination of agencies, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate a high- or medium-priority basin as a probationary basin under certain conditions for specified purposes.
Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a model water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance implementing certain standards for water well construction, maintenance, and abandonment and requires each county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, not later than January 15, 1990, to adopt a water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance that meets or exceeds certain standards. Under existing law, if a county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment standards, the model ordinance adopted by the state board is required to take effect on February 15, 1990, and is required to be enforced by the county or city and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a county or city ordinance.
This bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency from approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to the act and classified as medium- or high-priority until unless specified conditions are met, including that it obtains a written verification, from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located, determining that certain factors are present. The bill would prohibit a groundwater sustainability agency from providing the above-described written verification unless it determines that certain factors are present, including, but not limited to, that that, among other things, the extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency. agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the Department of Water Resources.
The bill would authorize a groundwater sustainability agency to impose a fee upon a local agency that does not exceed the reasonable cost of making the determinations required for a written verification, issuing the written verification, or both. The bill would also require a groundwater sustainability agency county, city, or any other water well permitting agency to post a notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the above-described determinations. approving a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well. By imposing additional requirements on groundwater sustainability agencies, county, city, or any other water well permitting agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would exempt provide various exemptions from the above-described provisions, including exempting a permit for any well that provides less than 2 acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or any well used by a public water supply system from these provisions. system or state small water system.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1.Section 10725.7 is added to the Water Code, to read:10725.7.(a)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)Local agency means any city, county, district, agency, or other entity with the authority to issue a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well.(2)Public water system has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Well has the same meaning as defined in Section 13710.(b)Notwithstanding Sections 10726.4 and 10726.8, a local agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to this part and classified as medium- or high-priority until it obtains a written verification from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located determining that the factors listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (c) are present.(c)The ground water sustainability agency shall not provide the written verification unless it determines all of the following factors are present:(1)The extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency.(2)The extraction by the proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by a plan.(3)The extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure.(d)A groundwater sustainability agency may impose a fee upon a local agency in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs incurred by the groundwater sustainability agency in making the determinations required for the written verification, issuing the written verification, or both.(e)The groundwater sustainability agency shall post notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the determinations required by subdivisions (b) and (c).(f)This section does not apply to a well that provides less than two acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or a well used by a public water supply system.SECTION 1. Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) is added to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, to read: Article 5. Water Wells13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)Local agency means any city, county, district, agency, or other entity with the authority to issue a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well.
(2)Public water system has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3)Well has the same meaning as defined in Section 13710.
(b)Notwithstanding Sections 10726.4 and 10726.8, a local agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for an alteration to an existing well in a basin subject to this part and classified as medium- or high-priority until it obtains a written verification from the groundwater sustainability agency that manages the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located determining that the factors listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (c) are present.
(c)The ground water sustainability agency shall not provide the written verification unless it determines all of the following factors are present:
(1)The extraction by the proposed well is consistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency.
(2)The extraction by the proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by a plan.
(3)The extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure.
(d)A groundwater sustainability agency may impose a fee upon a local agency in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs incurred by the groundwater sustainability agency in making the determinations required for the written verification, issuing the written verification, or both.
(e)The groundwater sustainability agency shall post notification of the well permit application on its internet website to allow the public to comment on the well permit application for at least 30 days before issuing the determinations required by subdivisions (b) and (c).
(f)This section does not apply to a well that provides less than two acre-feet of water annually for domestic use or a well used by a public water supply system.
SECTION 1. Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) is added to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, to read: Article 5. Water Wells13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.
SECTION 1. Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) is added to Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, to read:
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Article 5. Water Wells13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.
Article 5. Water Wells13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.
Article 5. Water Wells
Article 5. Water Wells
13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.
13807. (a) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, a county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall not approve a permit for a new groundwater well or for alteration of an existing well in a basin subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6) and classified as medium or high priority unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency obtains written verification from a groundwater sustainability agency managing the basin or area of the basin where the well is proposed to be located that groundwater extraction by the proposed well meets both of the following conditions:
(A) The proposed well would not be inconsistent with any sustainable groundwater management program established in any applicable groundwater sustainability plan adopted by that groundwater sustainability agency or an alternate plan approved or under review by the department.
(B) The proposed well would not decrease the likelihood of achieving a sustainability goal for the basin covered by such a plan.
(2) The permit applicant has provided the permitting agency a written report prepared by a licensed professional that concludes the extraction by the proposed well is not likely to interfere with the production and functioning of one or more existing nearby wells and is not likely to cause subsidence that would adversely impact or damage nearby infrastructure. As used in this paragraph, licensed professional means a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a professional geologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(3) The county, city, or any other water well permitting agency shall post the well permit application on its internet website for at least 30 days.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to all of the following:
(1) Permits for wells that will provide less than two acre-feet per year of groundwater for individual domestic users.
(2) Permits for wells that will exclusively provide groundwater to public water supply systems or state small water systems as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) Permits for wells in adjudicated basins identified in Section 10720.8.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
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