Andy Vidak
- Republican
Author
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 any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin. The act deems certain agencies created by statute to manage groundwater the exclusive local agencies within their respective statutory boundaries with powers to comply with the act and authorizes these agencies to opt out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency. This bill would create the Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency and would establish the agency's initial boundaries. The bill would authorize the boundaries of the agency to be adjusted, as specified. The bill would require the agency to elect to be a groundwater sustainability agency under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for that portion of the Kings Subbasin that lies within the boundaries of the agency and would require the agency to develop and implement a groundwater sustainability plan to achieve sustainable groundwater management within the territory of the agency. The bill would generally specify the powers and purposes of the agency. The bill would prescribe the composition of the 7-member board of directors of the agency and would require members and alternates to be chosen by certain member agencies, as specified. By imposing duties on the agency and the member agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would deem the Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency the exclusive local agency with powers to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 10723 of the Water Code proposed by both this bill and SB 564 to become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last. 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 391, Statutes of 2016.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5492.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Set for hearing August 25.
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 5437.)
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5326.) Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6089.) Ordered to the Senate.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cooper.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P., & W. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 631.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing April 13.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 405.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 24.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB37 | HTML |
| 12/01/14 - Introduced | |
| 02/12/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/07/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/31/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/21/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/29/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/04/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/18/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/02/16 - Enrolled | |
| 09/16/16 - Chaptered |
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