CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 66Introduced by Senators Hurtado and CorteseJanuary 05, 2023 An act relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 66, as introduced, Hurtado. Water: predictive models and data collection.Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the Natural Resources Agency and the State Water Resources Control Board in the California Environmental Protection Agency. Existing law requires the department, as part of updating The California Water Plan every five years, to conduct a study to determine the amount of water needed to meet the states future needs and to recommend programs, policies, and facilities to meet those needs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to ensure that reliable predictive models and data collection systems are used to properly forecast and allocate surface water.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board are using reliable predictive models and data collection systems allowing them to properly forecast and allocate surface water. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 66Introduced by Senators Hurtado and CorteseJanuary 05, 2023 An act relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 66, as introduced, Hurtado. Water: predictive models and data collection.Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the Natural Resources Agency and the State Water Resources Control Board in the California Environmental Protection Agency. Existing law requires the department, as part of updating The California Water Plan every five years, to conduct a study to determine the amount of water needed to meet the states future needs and to recommend programs, policies, and facilities to meet those needs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to ensure that reliable predictive models and data collection systems are used to properly forecast and allocate surface water.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 66 Introduced by Senators Hurtado and CorteseJanuary 05, 2023 Introduced by Senators Hurtado and Cortese January 05, 2023 An act relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 66, as introduced, Hurtado. Water: predictive models and data collection. Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the Natural Resources Agency and the State Water Resources Control Board in the California Environmental Protection Agency. Existing law requires the department, as part of updating The California Water Plan every five years, to conduct a study to determine the amount of water needed to meet the states future needs and to recommend programs, policies, and facilities to meet those needs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to ensure that reliable predictive models and data collection systems are used to properly forecast and allocate surface water. Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources in the Natural Resources Agency and the State Water Resources Control Board in the California Environmental Protection Agency. Existing law requires the department, as part of updating The California Water Plan every five years, to conduct a study to determine the amount of water needed to meet the states future needs and to recommend programs, policies, and facilities to meet those needs. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to ensure that reliable predictive models and data collection systems are used to properly forecast and allocate surface water. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board are using reliable predictive models and data collection systems allowing them to properly forecast and allocate surface water. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board are using reliable predictive models and data collection systems allowing them to properly forecast and allocate surface water. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board are using reliable predictive models and data collection systems allowing them to properly forecast and allocate surface water. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board are using reliable predictive models and data collection systems allowing them to properly forecast and allocate surface water. ### SECTION 1.