CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 659Introduced by Senator AshbyFebruary 16, 2023 An act to add Section 114 to the Water Code, relating to groundwater.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 659, as introduced, Ashby. Groundwater recharge: minimum requirement.Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources within the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that groundwater resources be managed sustainably for long-term reliability and multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits for current and future beneficial uses.This bill would establish that it is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.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. Section 114 is added to the Water Code, to read:114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 659Introduced by Senator AshbyFebruary 16, 2023 An act to add Section 114 to the Water Code, relating to groundwater.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 659, as introduced, Ashby. Groundwater recharge: minimum requirement.Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources within the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that groundwater resources be managed sustainably for long-term reliability and multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits for current and future beneficial uses.This bill would establish that it is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 659
Introduced by Senator AshbyFebruary 16, 2023
Introduced by Senator Ashby
February 16, 2023
An act to add Section 114 to the Water Code, relating to groundwater.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 659, as introduced, Ashby. Groundwater recharge: minimum requirement.
Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources within the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that groundwater resources be managed sustainably for long-term reliability and multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits for current and future beneficial uses.This bill would establish that it is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources within the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that groundwater resources be managed sustainably for long-term reliability and multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits for current and future beneficial uses.
This bill would establish that it is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 114 is added to the Water Code, to read:114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 114 is added to the Water Code, to read:114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
SECTION 1. Section 114 is added to the Water Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.
114. (a) It is the policy of the state to recharge groundwater by a minimum of 10 million acre-feet of water annually.
(b) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this policy.