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CA Water Code § 375.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.5 - Water Conservation Programs|Section 375.5.

375.5.  (a) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs in conjunction with school districts, public libraries, or any other public entity.(b) (1) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs using an information booklet or materials for use in connection with the use or transfer of real estate containing up to four residential units. For the purposes of this subdivision, the public entity may use water conservation materials prepared by the department.(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before December 31, 2007, a review of the program be conducted to obtain information on both of the following matters:(A) The extent to which public entities have undertaken water conservation and public education programs referred to in paragraph (1).(B) The extent to which water conservation may be attributable to the implementation of water conservation and public education programs referred to in paragraph (1).(c) A public entity may take into account any programs undertaken pursuant to this section in a rate structure design implemented pursuant to Section 375.(d) The Legislature finds and declares that a program undertaken pursuant to this section is in the public interest, serves a public purpose, and will promote the health, welfare, and safety of the people of the state.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 27, Sec. 10. (SB 88) Effective June 24, 2015.)
CA Water Code § 376 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.5 - Water Conservation Programs|Section 376.

376.  (a) Any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 375 is effective upon adoption. Within 10 days after its adoption, the ordinance or resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in full in a newspaper of general circulation that is printed, published, and circulated in the public entity. If there is no such newspaper, the ordinance or resolution shall be posted within 10 days after its adoption in three public places within the public entity.(b) The publication of ordinances or resolutions, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions:(1) The public entity may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance, resolution, or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance or resolution. The summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the governing body. A summary shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance, resolution, or amendment shall be posted in the office of the governing body at least five days prior to the governing body’s meeting at which the proposed ordinance, resolution, or amendment is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance, resolution, or amendment, the governing body shall publish a summary of the ordinance, resolution, or amendment with the names of those members voting for and against the ordinance, resolution, or amendment and the official shall post in the office of the governing body a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance, resolution, or amendment along with the names of those members voting for and against the ordinance, resolution, or amendment.(2) If the official designated by the governing body determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed or adopted ordinance, resolution, or amendment, and if the governing body so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper of general circulation in the county shall be published at least five days prior to the governing body meeting at which the proposed ordinance, resolution, or amendment is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance, resolution, or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance, resolution, or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance, resolution, or amendment, and the names of those members voting for and against the ordinance, resolution, or amendment.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 89. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 377.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.5 - Water Conservation Programs|Section 377.5.

377.5.  (a) A complaint or citation under subdivision (b) of Section 377 or subdivision (d) of Section 1058.5 may be issued by any of the following:(1) A code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code.(2) A designee of the chief executive officer of a public entity authorized to adopt an ordinance or resolution under Section 375.(3) A designee of the chief executive officer of a city, county, or city and county.(b) For purposes of this section, the term “chief executive officer” includes a city manager, general manager, or other employee of the public entity who is the highest ranking officer or employee, other than a member of a multimember governing body, with responsibility for the operations of the public entity.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 88) Effective June 24, 2015.)
CA Water Code § 378 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.5 - Water Conservation Programs|Section 378.

378.  A public entity may enter into agreements with other public entities, businesses, community associations, or private entities to provide water conservation services and measures and materials for implementing water conservation programs adopted pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 31, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Water Code § 380 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 380.

380.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:(a) The various regions of the state differ widely in the availability of water supplies and in the need for water to meet beneficial uses.(b) Decisions regarding operations to meet water needs can depend in part upon regional differences.(c) Many water management decisions can best be made at a local or regional level, to the end that local and regional operational flexibility will maximize efficient statewide use of water supplies.(d) The authority granted by this chapter to local and regional public agencies, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 65930 of the Government Code and not including federal agencies, is in furtherance of the policy declared in Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution and in Section 109.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 381 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 381.

381.  The authority of local or regional public agencies pursuant to this chapter shall control over any other provision of law which contains more stringent limitations on the authority of a particular public agency to serve water for use outside the agency, to the extent those other laws are inconsistent with the authority granted herein.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 382 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 382.

382.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every local or regional public agency authorized by law to serve water to the persons or entities within the service area of the agency may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer, for use outside the agency, either or both of the following:(1) Water that is surplus to the needs of the water users of the agency.(2) Water, the use of which is voluntarily foregone, during the period of the transfer, by a water user of the agency.(b) This chapter does not prohibit or restrict the transfer of water or water rights by local or regional public agencies pursuant to other provisions of law.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Water Code § 383 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 383.

383.  For the purposes of this chapter, water that is surplus to the needs of the agency’s water users shall mean any of the following:(a) Water, to which the right is held by the agency pursuant to an appropriation made under the Water Commission Act or Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000), which the agency finds will be in excess of the needs of water users within the agency for the duration of the transfer.(b) Water, to which the right is held by the agency pursuant to an appropriation made under the Water Commission Act or Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000), of which any water user agrees with the agency, upon mutually satisfactory terms, to forego use for the duration of the transfer.(c) Water, to which the right is held by a water user within the agency pursuant to an appropriation made under the Water Commission Act or Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000) where the water user and the agency agree, upon mutually satisfactory terms, that the water user will forego use for the period of time specified in the agreement and that the agency shall act as agent for the water user to effect the transfer.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 384 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 384.

384.  Prior to serving water to any person for use outside the agency, the agency shall comply with all provisions of the general laws of this state relating to the transfer of water or water rights, including, but not limited to, procedural and substantive requirements governing any change in point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use due to such transfer.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 385 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 385.

385.  No water may be transferred pursuant to this chapter for use within the boundaries of a local or regional public agency that furnishes the same water service to the transferee without the prior consent of that agency.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 386 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 386.

386.  The board may approve any change associated with a transfer pursuant to this chapter only if it finds that the change may be made without injuring any legal user of the water and without unreasonably affecting fish, wildlife, or other instream beneficial uses and does not unreasonably affect the overall economy of the area from which the water is being transferred.A petitioner requesting a change which is subject to this section shall pay to the board a fee which shall be in an amount determined by the board to cover the reasonable costs of the board in evaluating and processing the petition.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 387 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.6 - Deference to Decisions by Local or Regional Agencies|Section 387.

387.  Any agreement for the transfer of water under the provisions of this chapter shall be for a period not to exceed seven years unless a longer period of time is mutually agreed upon by the agency and the transferee.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 364, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 389 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 3.7 - Water Standby and Availability Charges|Section 389.

389.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term water standby charge and the term water availability charge have the same meaning.(b) Subdivision (a) does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 778, Sec. 1. Effective September 21, 1992.)
CA Water Code § 450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 5 - Federal Reports on Proposed Flood Control and Reclamation Projects|Section 450.

450.  The Governor, or such state official or agency as he may designate, shall receive both the preliminary documents developed by, or the formal reports of, the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, and the Secretary of the Interior provided for in the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 33 U.S.C. 701-1) with respect to proposed flood control or reclamation projects, or both.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 74.)
CA Water Code § 451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 5 - Federal Reports on Proposed Flood Control and Reclamation Projects|Section 451.

451.  Within 10 days after the receipt of any such preliminary document or formal report, the Governor or his designee shall transmit copies thereof to both houses of the Legislature, if the Legislature is then in session. If not, the Governor or his designee shall transmit copies thereof to the Rules Committees of the Assembly and the Senate of the Legislature, which committees shall immediately assign them to appropriate interim committees for study.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 74.)
CA Water Code § 452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 5 - Federal Reports on Proposed Flood Control and Reclamation Projects|Section 452.

452.  Any legislative committee to which such a preliminary document or formal report has been assigned may submit written comments thereon to the Governor or his designee.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 74.)
CA Water Code § 453 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 5 - Federal Reports on Proposed Flood Control and Reclamation Projects|Section 453.

453.  The Governor or his designee shall transmit, within the time period specified in the applicable federal law, to the appropriate federal agency, together with his comments and the comments of any state department or commission as to any such preliminary document or formal report, the written comments, if any, as to such preliminary document or formal report submitted to him by either house of the Legislature, or by both houses, or by any committee of the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 74.)
CA Water Code § 540 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 9 - Water Districts|Section 540.

540.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a water district, as defined in Section 20200, may serve as an aggregator to facilitate direct transactions within the boundaries of the district in accordance with Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code and charge a fee that is equal to the district’s cost for providing that service.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 841, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 4999 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS|Section 4999.

4999.  The Legislature finds and declares that by reason of the combination of light rainfall, concentrated population, the transition of considerable areas of land from agricultural use to urban use, and a similar dependence on ground water supplies which prevails in the Counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Ventura, together with the fact that most such underground water supplies are overdrawn, it is necessary that the provisions of this part apply to said counties only.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 526.)
CA Water Code § 5000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS|Section 5000.

5000.  As used in this Part 5, the following terms shall have the respective meanings stated below, viz:(a) “Ground water” means water beneath the surface of the ground whether or not flowing through known and definite channels.(b) “Surface water” means water on the surface of the ground.(c) “Four counties” means the Counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Ventura.(d) “Person” means all persons whether natural or artificial, including the United States of America, the State of California, and all political subdivisions, districts, municipalities and public agencies of or in either the State or the United States.(e) “Sources” means any point of diversion or extraction of water and includes among other things wells, tunnels, and headworks.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 526.)
CA Water Code § 5001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS|Section 5001.

5001.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), each person who, after 1955, extracts ground water in excess of 25 acre-feet in any year shall file with the board a “Notice of Extraction and Diversion of Water” (hereinafter called “notice”) in the form provided in Section 5002, as provided in subdivision (b).(b) (1) For extractions after December 31, 1955, and before January 1, 2021, the notice shall be filed before March 1 of the year after the extraction.(2) For extractions after December 31, 2020, and before October 1, 2021, the notice shall be filed before February 1, 2022.(3) For extractions after September 30, 2021, the notice shall include extractions during the one-year period from October 1 of each year through September 30, inclusive, of the following year, and shall be filed before February 1 of the year after that one-year period.(c) No notice need be filed with respect to, and there shall not be required to be included in a notice, any of the following:(1) Information concerning the extraction or diversion of water from a source from which less than 10 acre-feet has been taken during the year.(2) Information concerning a taking or diversion of surface water for the purpose of generating electrical energy and other nonconsumptive uses, and for incidental uses in connection with that taking or diversion.(3) Information concerning extractions or diversions of water that are included in annual reports filed with a court or the board by a watermaster appointed by a court or pursuant to statute to administer a final judgment determining rights to water, which reports identify the persons who have extracted or diverted water and give the general place of use and the quantity of water that has been extracted or diverted from each source.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 258, Sec. 43. (SB 155) Effective September 23, 2021.)
CA Water Code § 5002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS|Section 5002.

5002.  Each notice shall be on a form provided by the board. The first notice filed by any person shall state:(a) The name of the person extracting ground water or diverting surface water. (b) The quantity of water taken and the method of measurement used by such person or his predecessor in interest in each preceding year from each surface or ground water source; provided, that if the period of such taking exceeds 10 years, such person is not required to state such quantities for any period greater than the preceding 10 calendar years.(c) The location (sufficient for identification) of each surface or ground water source through or by means of which water has been taken, and if any person or persons other than the person filing said notice claims any interest in such source or the right to extract water therefrom, the name or names, so far as known, of such other person or persons.(d) A general description of the area in which such water has been used.(e) Any other facts which the board may require by general regulation and which tend to prove the facts required by this section to be stated, the origin of water supplying any ground water source mentioned in the notice, water levels in any such source, or the extent of any ground water basin from which such water is withdrawn.(f) Any person diverting only surface water and not more than 25 acre-feet of ground water in any year need not file such notice for such year.Notices, other than the first notice filed, shall state, in addition to the name of the person extracting or diverting such water:First: The quantity of water taken from each surface and ground water source from which such person received any water in the preceding calendar year.Second: Location of each such surface and ground water source through or by means of which water has been taken in such preceding year. This may be stated, so far as applicable, by reference to the water sources described in the original notice.Third: If such person diverts surface water in excess of three miner’s inches, such person shall further state in said notice the period or periods of such diversion, and the maximum and minimum flows so diverted in each period.Fourth: Any other facts which the board may require by general regulation, and which tend to prove facts required by this subdivision to be stated, the origin of water supplying any surface or ground water source mentioned in the notice, water levels or flow in any such source, or the extent or origin of the water source supplying the ground water supply from which such water is extracted.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 5003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS|Section 5003.

5003.  No prescriptive right that might otherwise accrue to extract ground water shall arise or accrue to, nor shall any statute of limitations operate in regard to the ground water in the four counties after the year 1956 in favor of any person required to file a notice of extraction and diversion of water, until that person files with the board the first “Notice of Extraction and Diversion of Water” substantially in the form mentioned in Section 5002. As to each person who fails to file that notice by the end of the year in 1957, it shall be deemed for the period from that time until the first notice of the person is filed, that no claim of right to the extraction of ground water from any source in the four counties has been made by the person, and that water extracted by the person from the ground water source during that period has not been devoted to or used for any beneficial use. The beneficial use of water from any ground water source within the four counties in any year by the person shall be deemed not to exceed the quantity reported in the notice filed for that year.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 669. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Water Code § 5004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS|Section 5004.

5004.  After the year 1959, failure to file with the board a notice for any calendar year within six months after the close of such calendar year shall be deemed equivalent for all purposes to nonuse for such year of any ground water within the four counties by each person failing to so file a notice within said period; provided, that this section and Section 5003 shall not apply to any person whose aggregate extractions of ground water in any year does not exceed 25 acre-feet nor to any extractions of ground water with respect to which no notice is required to be filed under this part.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 526.)