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| 1 | + | Amended IN Senate April 10, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 315Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 06, 2023An act to amend Section 10781 of 10735.6 of, and to add Section 10736.7 to, the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 315, as amended, Hurtado. Groundwater monitoring: interagency task force. Groundwater: groundwater sustainability agencies: probationary basins.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. The act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate specified basins as probationary basins if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the department, in consultation with the board, determines that a groundwater sustainability plan is inadequate or that the groundwater sustainability program is not being implemented in a manner that will likely achieve the sustainability goal. Existing law requires the board, if it designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to specified conditions, to identify the specific deficiencies and potential remedies. Existing law authorizes the board to request the department, within 90 days of the designation, to provide technical recommendations to local agencies to remedy the deficiencies and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin one year after the designation, as specified.This bill would delete the authorizations for the board to request technical recommendations from the department and to develop an interim plan as described above. The bill would instead require the board to grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective and would place various requirements on the board in working with a groundwater sustainability agency, including, among other things, requiring the board to provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.This bill would establish the Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury, to be administered by the department. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, deposit $50,000,000 in the fund to be used for groundwater sustainability agencies that meet certain criteria and for certain purposes.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements, as necessary, for the purpose of establishing a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches, and to create an interagency task force composed of representatives of listed state agencies for various purposes, including to identify actions necessary to establish the monitoring program and to identify measures that would increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect groundwater contamination information. Existing law requires the state board to convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force with specified members.This bill would alter the membership of the advisory committee by changing the number of representatives of agriculture from 2 to 4.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin being designated as a probationary basin.(c) Additionally, GSAs should be provided with an acceptable pathway to work on their projects, which may include technical assistance or other forms of support to help them improve their groundwater management plans.(d) It is important to note that many users rely on both groundwater and surface water, and it is critical that both are managed effectively.(e) Users may be hesitant to invest time and resources into improving their plans if they are not provided with clear direction on what needs to be improved and how to do it.(f) Therefore, in order to build trust and confidence in the management of these resources, the state board needs to provide clear guidance on how to improve groundwater management plans and projects.SEC. 2. Section 10735.6 of the Water Code is amended to read:10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary.SEC. 3. Section 10736.7 is added to the Water Code, immediately following Section 10736.6, to read:10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs.SECTION 1.Section 10781 of the Water Code is amended to read:10781.In order to improve comprehensive groundwater monitoring and increase the availability to the public of information about groundwater contamination, the state board, in consultation with other responsible agencies, as specified in this section, shall do all of the following:(a)Integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements as necessary to establish a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches. The interagency task force established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall determine the constituents to be included in the monitoring program. In designing the comprehensive monitoring program, the state board, among other things, shall integrate projects established in response to the Supplemental Report of the 1999 Budget Act, strive to take advantage of and incorporate existing data whenever possible, and prioritize groundwater basins that supply drinking water.(b)(1)Create an interagency task force for all of the following purposes:(A)Identifying actions necessary to establish the monitoring program.(B)Identifying measures to increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect information regarding groundwater contamination in the state.(C)Designing a database capable of supporting the monitoring program that is compatible with the state boards geotracker database.(D)Assessing the scope and nature of necessary monitoring enhancements.(E)Identifying the cost of any recommended measures.(F)Identifying the means by which to make monitoring information available to the public.(2)The interagency task force shall consist of a representative of each of the following entities:(A)The state board.(B)The department.(C)The State Department of Health Services.(D)The Department of Pesticide Regulation.(E)The Department of Toxic Substances Control.(F)The Department of Food and Agriculture.(c)Convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force, with a membership that includes all of the following:(1)Two representatives of appropriate federal agencies, if those agencies wish to participate.(2)Two representatives of public water systems, one of which shall be a representative of a retail water supplier.(3)Two representatives of environmental organizations.(4)Two representatives of the business community.(5)One representative of a local agency that is currently implementing a plan pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750).(6)Four representatives of agriculture.(7)Two representatives from groundwater management entities.(d)(1)The members of the advisory committee may receive a per diem allowance for each days attendance at a meeting of the advisory committee.(2)The members of the advisory committee may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with their official duties. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Senate April 10, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 315Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 06, 2023An act to amend Section 10781 of 10735.6 of, and to add Section 10736.7 to, the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 315, as amended, Hurtado. Groundwater monitoring: interagency task force. Groundwater: groundwater sustainability agencies: probationary basins.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. The act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate specified basins as probationary basins if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the department, in consultation with the board, determines that a groundwater sustainability plan is inadequate or that the groundwater sustainability program is not being implemented in a manner that will likely achieve the sustainability goal. Existing law requires the board, if it designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to specified conditions, to identify the specific deficiencies and potential remedies. Existing law authorizes the board to request the department, within 90 days of the designation, to provide technical recommendations to local agencies to remedy the deficiencies and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin one year after the designation, as specified.This bill would delete the authorizations for the board to request technical recommendations from the department and to develop an interim plan as described above. The bill would instead require the board to grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective and would place various requirements on the board in working with a groundwater sustainability agency, including, among other things, requiring the board to provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.This bill would establish the Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury, to be administered by the department. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, deposit $50,000,000 in the fund to be used for groundwater sustainability agencies that meet certain criteria and for certain purposes.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements, as necessary, for the purpose of establishing a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches, and to create an interagency task force composed of representatives of listed state agencies for various purposes, including to identify actions necessary to establish the monitoring program and to identify measures that would increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect groundwater contamination information. Existing law requires the state board to convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force with specified members.This bill would alter the membership of the advisory committee by changing the number of representatives of agriculture from 2 to 4.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO | |
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| 17 | 16 | Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 06, 2023 | |
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| 22 | - | An act to amend Section 10735.6 of, and to add Section | |
| 21 | + | An act to amend Section 10781 of 10735.6 of, and to add Section 10736.7 to, the Water Code, relating to groundwater. | |
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| 24 | 23 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 26 | 25 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 28 | - | SB 315, as amended, Hurtado. Groundwater: groundwater sustainability agencies: probationary basins. | |
| 27 | + | SB 315, as amended, Hurtado. Groundwater monitoring: interagency task force. Groundwater: groundwater sustainability agencies: probationary basins. | |
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| 30 | - | 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. The act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate specified basins as probationary basins if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the department, in consultation with the board, determines that a groundwater sustainability plan is inadequate or that the groundwater sustainability program is not being implemented in a manner that will likely achieve the sustainability goal. Existing law requires the board, if it designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to specified conditions, to identify the specific deficiencies and potential remedies. Existing law authorizes the board to request the department, within 90 days of the designation, to provide technical recommendations to local agencies to remedy the deficiencies and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin one year after the designation, as specified.This bill would | |
| 29 | + | 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. The act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate specified basins as probationary basins if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the department, in consultation with the board, determines that a groundwater sustainability plan is inadequate or that the groundwater sustainability program is not being implemented in a manner that will likely achieve the sustainability goal. Existing law requires the board, if it designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to specified conditions, to identify the specific deficiencies and potential remedies. Existing law authorizes the board to request the department, within 90 days of the designation, to provide technical recommendations to local agencies to remedy the deficiencies and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin one year after the designation, as specified.This bill would delete the authorizations for the board to request technical recommendations from the department and to develop an interim plan as described above. The bill would instead require the board to grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective and would place various requirements on the board in working with a groundwater sustainability agency, including, among other things, requiring the board to provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.This bill would establish the Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury, to be administered by the department. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, deposit $50,000,000 in the fund to be used for groundwater sustainability agencies that meet certain criteria and for certain purposes.Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements, as necessary, for the purpose of establishing a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches, and to create an interagency task force composed of representatives of listed state agencies for various purposes, including to identify actions necessary to establish the monitoring program and to identify measures that would increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect groundwater contamination information. Existing law requires the state board to convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force with specified members.This bill would alter the membership of the advisory committee by changing the number of representatives of agriculture from 2 to 4. | |
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| 32 | 31 | 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. The act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to designate specified basins as probationary basins if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the department, in consultation with the board, determines that a groundwater sustainability plan is inadequate or that the groundwater sustainability program is not being implemented in a manner that will likely achieve the sustainability goal. Existing law requires the board, if it designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to specified conditions, to identify the specific deficiencies and potential remedies. Existing law authorizes the board to request the department, within 90 days of the designation, to provide technical recommendations to local agencies to remedy the deficiencies and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin one year after the designation, as specified. | |
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| 33 | + | This bill would delete the authorizations for the board to request technical recommendations from the department and to develop an interim plan as described above. The bill would instead require the board to grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective and would place various requirements on the board in working with a groundwater sustainability agency, including, among other things, requiring the board to provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans. | |
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| 36 | - | This bill would establish the Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury, to be administered by the department. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, deposit $50,000,000 in the fund require the Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program to allocate at least $50,000,000 of existing funds for a Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram, to be used for groundwater sustainability agencies that meet certain criteria and for certain purposes. | |
| 35 | + | This bill would establish the Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury, to be administered by the department. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, deposit $50,000,000 in the fund to be used for groundwater sustainability agencies that meet certain criteria and for certain purposes. | |
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| 37 | + | Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements, as necessary, for the purpose of establishing a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches, and to create an interagency task force composed of representatives of listed state agencies for various purposes, including to identify actions necessary to establish the monitoring program and to identify measures that would increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect groundwater contamination information. Existing law requires the state board to convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force with specified members. | |
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| 41 | + | This bill would alter the membership of the advisory committee by changing the number of representatives of agriculture from 2 to 4. | |
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| 42 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin | |
| 49 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin being designated as a probationary basin.(c) Additionally, GSAs should be provided with an acceptable pathway to work on their projects, which may include technical assistance or other forms of support to help them improve their groundwater management plans.(d) It is important to note that many users rely on both groundwater and surface water, and it is critical that both are managed effectively.(e) Users may be hesitant to invest time and resources into improving their plans if they are not provided with clear direction on what needs to be improved and how to do it.(f) Therefore, in order to build trust and confidence in the management of these resources, the state board needs to provide clear guidance on how to improve groundwater management plans and projects.SEC. 2. Section 10735.6 of the Water Code is amended to read:10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary.SEC. 3. Section 10736.7 is added to the Water Code, immediately following Section 10736.6, to read:10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs.SECTION 1.Section 10781 of the Water Code is amended to read:10781.In order to improve comprehensive groundwater monitoring and increase the availability to the public of information about groundwater contamination, the state board, in consultation with other responsible agencies, as specified in this section, shall do all of the following:(a)Integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements as necessary to establish a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches. The interagency task force established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall determine the constituents to be included in the monitoring program. In designing the comprehensive monitoring program, the state board, among other things, shall integrate projects established in response to the Supplemental Report of the 1999 Budget Act, strive to take advantage of and incorporate existing data whenever possible, and prioritize groundwater basins that supply drinking water.(b)(1)Create an interagency task force for all of the following purposes:(A)Identifying actions necessary to establish the monitoring program.(B)Identifying measures to increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect information regarding groundwater contamination in the state.(C)Designing a database capable of supporting the monitoring program that is compatible with the state boards geotracker database.(D)Assessing the scope and nature of necessary monitoring enhancements.(E)Identifying the cost of any recommended measures.(F)Identifying the means by which to make monitoring information available to the public.(2)The interagency task force shall consist of a representative of each of the following entities:(A)The state board.(B)The department.(C)The State Department of Health Services.(D)The Department of Pesticide Regulation.(E)The Department of Toxic Substances Control.(F)The Department of Food and Agriculture.(c)Convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force, with a membership that includes all of the following:(1)Two representatives of appropriate federal agencies, if those agencies wish to participate.(2)Two representatives of public water systems, one of which shall be a representative of a retail water supplier.(3)Two representatives of environmental organizations.(4)Two representatives of the business community.(5)One representative of a local agency that is currently implementing a plan pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750).(6)Four representatives of agriculture.(7)Two representatives from groundwater management entities.(d)(1)The members of the advisory committee may receive a per diem allowance for each days attendance at a meeting of the advisory committee.(2)The members of the advisory committee may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with their official duties. | |
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| 44 | 51 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 46 | 53 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 48 | - | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin | |
| 55 | + | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin being designated as a probationary basin.(c) Additionally, GSAs should be provided with an acceptable pathway to work on their projects, which may include technical assistance or other forms of support to help them improve their groundwater management plans.(d) It is important to note that many users rely on both groundwater and surface water, and it is critical that both are managed effectively.(e) Users may be hesitant to invest time and resources into improving their plans if they are not provided with clear direction on what needs to be improved and how to do it.(f) Therefore, in order to build trust and confidence in the management of these resources, the state board needs to provide clear guidance on how to improve groundwater management plans and projects. | |
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| 50 | - | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin | |
| 57 | + | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow.(b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin being designated as a probationary basin.(c) Additionally, GSAs should be provided with an acceptable pathway to work on their projects, which may include technical assistance or other forms of support to help them improve their groundwater management plans.(d) It is important to note that many users rely on both groundwater and surface water, and it is critical that both are managed effectively.(e) Users may be hesitant to invest time and resources into improving their plans if they are not provided with clear direction on what needs to be improved and how to do it.(f) Therefore, in order to build trust and confidence in the management of these resources, the state board needs to provide clear guidance on how to improve groundwater management plans and projects. | |
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| 52 | 59 | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: | |
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| 56 | 63 | (a) It is important for the State Water Resources Control Board to provide clear benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to follow. | |
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| 58 | - | (b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin | |
| 65 | + | (b) These benchmarks will allow GSAs to understand exactly what is expected of them and provide a roadmap for how to address deficiencies and avoid a basin being designated as a probationary basin. | |
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| 60 | 67 | (c) Additionally, GSAs should be provided with an acceptable pathway to work on their projects, which may include technical assistance or other forms of support to help them improve their groundwater management plans. | |
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| 62 | 69 | (d) It is important to note that many users rely on both groundwater and surface water, and it is critical that both are managed effectively. | |
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| 64 | 71 | (e) Users may be hesitant to invest time and resources into improving their plans if they are not provided with clear direction on what needs to be improved and how to do it. | |
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| 66 | 73 | (f) Therefore, in order to build trust and confidence in the management of these resources, the state board needs to provide clear guidance on how to improve groundwater management plans and projects. | |
| 67 | 74 | ||
| 68 | - | SEC. 2. Section | |
| 75 | + | SEC. 2. Section 10735.6 of the Water Code is amended to read:10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary. | |
| 69 | 76 | ||
| 70 | - | SEC. 2. Section | |
| 77 | + | SEC. 2. Section 10735.6 of the Water Code is amended to read: | |
| 71 | 78 | ||
| 72 | 79 | ### SEC. 2. | |
| 73 | 80 | ||
| 74 | - | ||
| 81 | + | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary. | |
| 75 | 82 | ||
| 76 | - | ||
| 83 | + | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary. | |
| 77 | 84 | ||
| 78 | - | ||
| 85 | + | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary. | |
| 79 | 86 | ||
| 80 | 87 | ||
| 81 | 88 | ||
| 82 | - | ||
| 89 | + | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board may request the department to provide local agencies, within 90 days of the designation of a probationary basin, with technical recommendations to remedy the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective. | |
| 83 | 90 | ||
| 84 | - | SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Section 10735.6 of the Water Code is amended to read:10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide Identify funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary.(c) The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin at least one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin. | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Section 10735.6 of the Water Code is amended to read: | |
| 87 | - | ||
| 88 | - | ### SEC. 2.SEC. 3. | |
| 89 | - | ||
| 90 | - | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide Identify funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary.(c) The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin at least one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin. | |
| 91 | - | ||
| 92 | - | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide Identify funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary.(c) The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin at least one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin. | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 94 | - | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective.(b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following:(1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans.(2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow.(B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin.(3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations.(4) Provide Identify funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects.(5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management.(6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary.(c) The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin at least one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin. | |
| 91 | + | (b)The board may develop an interim plan pursuant to Section 10735.8 for the probationary basin one year after the designation of the basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, if the board, in consultation with the department, determines that a local agency has not remedied the deficiency that resulted in designating the basin a probationary basin. | |
| 95 | 92 | ||
| 96 | 93 | ||
| 97 | - | ||
| 98 | - | 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a probationary basin pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 10735.2, the board shall identify the specific deficiencies and identify potential actions to address the deficiencies. The board shall grant an 18-month grace period before the probationary basin designation becomes effective. | |
| 99 | 94 | ||
| 100 | 95 | (b) In carrying out its duties under subdivision (a), the board shall do all of the following: | |
| 101 | 96 | ||
| 102 | 97 | (1) Provide clear benchmarks and guidance for groundwater sustainability agencies to improve their groundwater management plans. | |
| 103 | 98 | ||
| 104 | 99 | (2) (A) Work with stakeholders to develop the benchmarks for groundwater sustainability agencies to follow. | |
| 105 | 100 | ||
| 106 | 101 | (B) The benchmarks shall provide specific guidance on what is expected of groundwater sustainability agencies, including how to address deficiencies and how to avoid being designated as a probationary basin. | |
| 107 | 102 | ||
| 108 | 103 | (3) Collaborate with the department and other technical experts to provide groundwater sustainability agencies with technical assistance and support to help them improve their groundwater management plans and projects. This assistance may include workshops, training, and one-on-one consultations. | |
| 109 | 104 | ||
| 110 | - | (4) Provide | |
| 105 | + | (4) Provide funding opportunities to groundwater sustainability agencies that would help to improve their groundwater management plans and projects. | |
| 111 | 106 | ||
| 112 | 107 | (5) Encourage collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders, including local governments, environmental groups, and water users in order to identify common goals and develop joint strategies to improve groundwater management. | |
| 113 | 108 | ||
| 114 | 109 | (6) Provide regular updates to groundwater sustainability agencies and other stakeholders on the status of their groundwater management plans and projects. These updates shall include information on what improvements the board deems necessary. | |
| 115 | 110 | ||
| 116 | - | (c) The board | |
| 111 | + | SEC. 3. Section 10736.7 is added to the Water Code, immediately following Section 10736.6, to read:10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 117 | 112 | ||
| 118 | - | SEC. 3 | |
| 113 | + | SEC. 3. Section 10736.7 is added to the Water Code, immediately following Section 10736.6, to read: | |
| 119 | 114 | ||
| 120 | - | SEC. 3. | |
| 115 | + | ### SEC. 3. | |
| 121 | 116 | ||
| 122 | - | ||
| 117 | + | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 123 | 118 | ||
| 124 | - | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department. | |
| 119 | + | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 125 | 120 | ||
| 126 | - | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program shall allocate at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of the one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) appropriated for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation in Item 3860-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2021 for a Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram.(b)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c)(b) Moneys in the fund allocated for the Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram pursuant to subdivision (a) shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d)(c) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund: Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e)(d) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 127 | - | ||
| 128 | - | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program shall allocate at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of the one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) appropriated for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation in Item 3860-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2021 for a Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram.(b)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c)(b) Moneys in the fund allocated for the Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram pursuant to subdivision (a) shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d)(c) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund: Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e)(d) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 121 | + | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund.(c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following:(1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency.(2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency.(d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund:(1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate.(2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities.(3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed.(4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application.(e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 129 | 122 | ||
| 130 | 123 | ||
| 131 | 124 | ||
| 132 | - | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department. | |
| 125 | + | 10736.7. (a) The Tule SubBasin Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department. | |
| 133 | 126 | ||
| 134 | 127 | (b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be deposited into the fund. | |
| 135 | 128 | ||
| 136 | - | ||
| 137 | - | ||
| 138 | - | (c) | |
| 139 | - | ||
| 140 | - | ||
| 141 | - | ||
| 142 | - | (b) Moneys in the fund allocated for the Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram pursuant to subdivision (a) shall only be used for both of the following: | |
| 129 | + | (c) Moneys in the fund shall only be used for both of the following: | |
| 143 | 130 | ||
| 144 | 131 | (1) Meeting legal and other obligations related to the mitigation of subsidence within the boundaries of a groundwater sustainability agency. | |
| 145 | 132 | ||
| 146 | 133 | (2) Meeting any requirements of the board imposed on a groundwater sustainability agency. | |
| 147 | 134 | ||
| 148 | - | (d) | |
| 149 | - | ||
| 150 | - | ||
| 151 | - | ||
| 152 | - | (c) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund: Critical Facilities Subsidence Mitigation subprogram: | |
| 135 | + | (d) A groundwater sustainability agency shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive moneys from the fund: | |
| 153 | 136 | ||
| 154 | 137 | (1) The groundwater sustainability agencys plans have been determined to be adequate. | |
| 155 | 138 | ||
| 156 | 139 | (2) The groundwater sustainability agency serves disadvantaged communities. | |
| 157 | 140 | ||
| 158 | 141 | (3) The groundwater sustainability agency provides justification to the department as to why the funds are needed. | |
| 159 | 142 | ||
| 160 | 143 | (4) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency approves the application. | |
| 161 | 144 | ||
| 162 | - | (e) | |
| 145 | + | (e) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 163 | 146 | ||
| 164 | 147 | ||
| 165 | 148 | ||
| 166 | - | (d) Up to 2 percent of any funds received may be used by a groundwater sustainability agency for administrative costs. | |
| 149 | + | ||
| 150 | + | ||
| 151 | + | In order to improve comprehensive groundwater monitoring and increase the availability to the public of information about groundwater contamination, the state board, in consultation with other responsible agencies, as specified in this section, shall do all of the following: | |
| 152 | + | ||
| 153 | + | ||
| 154 | + | ||
| 155 | + | (a)Integrate existing monitoring programs and design new program elements as necessary to establish a comprehensive monitoring program capable of assessing each groundwater basin in the state through direct and other statistically reliable sampling approaches. The interagency task force established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall determine the constituents to be included in the monitoring program. In designing the comprehensive monitoring program, the state board, among other things, shall integrate projects established in response to the Supplemental Report of the 1999 Budget Act, strive to take advantage of and incorporate existing data whenever possible, and prioritize groundwater basins that supply drinking water. | |
| 156 | + | ||
| 157 | + | ||
| 158 | + | ||
| 159 | + | (b)(1)Create an interagency task force for all of the following purposes: | |
| 160 | + | ||
| 161 | + | ||
| 162 | + | ||
| 163 | + | (A)Identifying actions necessary to establish the monitoring program. | |
| 164 | + | ||
| 165 | + | ||
| 166 | + | ||
| 167 | + | (B)Identifying measures to increase coordination among state and federal agencies that collect information regarding groundwater contamination in the state. | |
| 168 | + | ||
| 169 | + | ||
| 170 | + | ||
| 171 | + | (C)Designing a database capable of supporting the monitoring program that is compatible with the state boards geotracker database. | |
| 172 | + | ||
| 173 | + | ||
| 174 | + | ||
| 175 | + | (D)Assessing the scope and nature of necessary monitoring enhancements. | |
| 176 | + | ||
| 177 | + | ||
| 178 | + | ||
| 179 | + | (E)Identifying the cost of any recommended measures. | |
| 180 | + | ||
| 181 | + | ||
| 182 | + | ||
| 183 | + | (F)Identifying the means by which to make monitoring information available to the public. | |
| 184 | + | ||
| 185 | + | ||
| 186 | + | ||
| 187 | + | (2)The interagency task force shall consist of a representative of each of the following entities: | |
| 188 | + | ||
| 189 | + | ||
| 190 | + | ||
| 191 | + | (A)The state board. | |
| 192 | + | ||
| 193 | + | ||
| 194 | + | ||
| 195 | + | (B)The department. | |
| 196 | + | ||
| 197 | + | ||
| 198 | + | ||
| 199 | + | (C)The State Department of Health Services. | |
| 200 | + | ||
| 201 | + | ||
| 202 | + | ||
| 203 | + | (D)The Department of Pesticide Regulation. | |
| 204 | + | ||
| 205 | + | ||
| 206 | + | ||
| 207 | + | (E)The Department of Toxic Substances Control. | |
| 208 | + | ||
| 209 | + | ||
| 210 | + | ||
| 211 | + | (F)The Department of Food and Agriculture. | |
| 212 | + | ||
| 213 | + | ||
| 214 | + | ||
| 215 | + | (c)Convene an advisory committee to the interagency task force, with a membership that includes all of the following: | |
| 216 | + | ||
| 217 | + | ||
| 218 | + | ||
| 219 | + | (1)Two representatives of appropriate federal agencies, if those agencies wish to participate. | |
| 220 | + | ||
| 221 | + | ||
| 222 | + | ||
| 223 | + | (2)Two representatives of public water systems, one of which shall be a representative of a retail water supplier. | |
| 224 | + | ||
| 225 | + | ||
| 226 | + | ||
| 227 | + | (3)Two representatives of environmental organizations. | |
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| 235 | + | (5)One representative of a local agency that is currently implementing a plan pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750). | |
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| 239 | + | (6)Four representatives of agriculture. | |
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| 243 | + | (7)Two representatives from groundwater management entities. | |
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| 247 | + | (d)(1)The members of the advisory committee may receive a per diem allowance for each days attendance at a meeting of the advisory committee. | |
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| 251 | + | (2)The members of the advisory committee may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with their official duties. |