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CA Water Code § 13197.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 5 - Electronic Submission of Reports|Section 13197.5.

13197.5.  (a) The state board shall adopt, not later than March 1, 2001, emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code implementing a statewide program for the electronic submission of reports required pursuant to Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and Article 4 (commencing with Section 25299.36) of Chapter 6.75 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, for those reports that contain soil or water chemistry analysis by a laboratory certified or accredited pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) (1) The adoption of any regulations pursuant to this section that are filed with the Office of Administrative Law on or before March 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare.(2) (A) Except as specified in subparagraph (B), subdivisions (e) to (h), inclusive, of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code apply to any emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section.(B) Notwithstanding the 120-day period imposed in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the state board shall have one calendar year from the effective date of any emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section to comply with that subdivision.(c) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section may not require the electronic submission of reports before July 1, 2001, but may require the electronic submission of reports on or after July 1, 2001.(d) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section may specify either of the following as the required reporting format:(1) The Geographic Environmental Information Management System format as described in the report submitted to the state board on July 1, 1999, by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, entitled, “Evaluating the Feasibility of a Statewide Geographic Information System.”(2) The Electronic Deliverable Format (EDF) developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as the same may be revised from time to time. The specification of the EDF as the reporting format shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 13196.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 727, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Water Code § 13198 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief|Section 13198.

13198.  For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Drought scenario” means either of the following:(1) Circumstances for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency, pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code, based on drought conditions.(2) (A) Circumstances for which the state board determines, consistent with subparagraph (B), that drought conditions necessitate urgent and immediate action to ensure availability of safe drinking water, to protect public health and safety, or, after consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to avoid serious and irreparable harm to fish or wildlife.(B) Before determining a drought scenario exists pursuant to subparagraph (A), the state board shall do both of the following:(i) Provide notice, including specific geographic areas in which a determination of a drought scenario is proposed, to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the secretaries of the implementing agencies, and the Director of Emergency Services.(ii) To the extent feasible, conduct a public hearing for purposes of seeking public comment on the proposed declaration of a drought scenario, and any proposed actions.(b) “Implementing agency” means any of the following:(1) The Natural Resources Agency.(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency.(3) The Department of Food and Agriculture.(4) The California Health and Human Services Agency.(5) Boards, departments, and offices within the agencies specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive.(6) The Office of Emergency Services.(c) (1) “Interim or immediate relief” means any of the following:(A) Hauled water.(B) Temporary community water tanks.(C) Bottled water.(D) Water vending machines.(E) Emergency water interties.(F) New wells or rehabilitation of existing wells.(G) Construction or installation of permanent connections to adjacent water systems, recycled water projects that provide immediate relief to potable water supplies, and other projects that support immediate drought response.(H) Fish and wildlife rescue, protection, and relocation.(2) Eligible costs for interim or immediate relief include technical assistance, site acquisitions, and costs directly related to the provision of the project.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 13198.8)
CA Water Code § 13198.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief|Section 13198.2.

13198.2.  (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these purposes, an implementing agency may make grants and direct expenditures for interim or immediate relief in response to conditions arising from a drought scenario to do any of the following:(1) Address immediate impacts on human health and safety, including providing or improving availability of food, water, or shelter.(2) Address immediate impacts on fish and wildlife resources.(3) Provide water to persons or communities that lose or are threatened with the loss or contamination of water supplies.(b) A contract entered into under this article by an implementing agency is exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. An implementing agency may award a contract under this section on a noncompetitive bid basis as necessary to implement the purposes of this article.(c) An implementing agency shall obtain approval from the Department of Finance before entering into a contract under this section.(d) Actions of implementing agencies under this article shall be deemed to be within paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080 of the Public Resources Code.(e) Implementing agencies may adopt guidelines to implement this article. Those guidelines are not subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 13198.8)
CA Water Code § 13198.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief|Section 13198.4.

13198.4.  (a) This section applies and is subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute to an implementing agency to provide grants and direct expenditures for interim or immediate relief to drought scenarios.(b) An implementing agency may provide grant funds and direct expenditures to or on behalf of affected public and private entities to provide interim or immediate relief.(c) Notwithstanding Section 11019 of the Government Code, an implementing agency may provide advance payment of up to 25 percent of grant funds awarded to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, public utilities, mobilehome parks, mutual water companies, farmers and ranchers, federally recognized California Native American tribes, nonfederally recognized Native American tribes on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purposes of Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004, administrators, and groundwater sustainability agencies that have demonstrated cashflow problems according to the satisfaction of the implementing agency.(d) An implementing agency may authorize funding of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) without a written agreement.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 13198.8)
CA Water Code § 13198.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief|Section 13198.6.

13198.6.  (a) This article does not limit, alter, or expand any provision of the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(b) This article does not expand or alter the authority of an implementing agency to take regulatory action other than the actions explicitly described in this article.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 13198.8)
CA Water Code § 13198.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief|Section 13198.8.

13198.8.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 97. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 6, commencing with Section 13198.)
CA Water Code § 13201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13201.

13201.  (a) There is a regional board for each of the regions described in Section 13200. Each board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall represent, and act on behalf of, all the people and shall reside or have a principal place of business within the region.(b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), each member shall be appointed on the basis of his or her demonstrated interest or proven ability in the field of water quality, including water pollution control, water resource management, water use, or water protection. The Governor shall consider appointments from the public and nonpublic sectors. In regard to appointments from the nonpublic sector, the Governor shall consider including members from key economic sectors in a given region, such as agriculture, industry, commercial activities, forestry, and fisheries.(c) At least one member shall be appointed as a public member who is not required to meet the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (b).(d) All persons appointed to a regional board shall be subject to Senate confirmation, but shall not be required to appear before any committee of the Senate for purposes of such confirmation unless specifically requested to appear by the Senate Committee on Rules.(e) Insofar as practicable, appointments shall be made in such manner as to result in representation on the board from all parts of the region.(f) Insofar as practicable, appointments shall be made in a manner as to result in representation on the board from diverse experiential backgrounds.(g) Each member shall be appointed on the basis of his or her ability to attend substantially all meetings of the board and to actively discharge all duties and responsibilities of a member of the board.(h) The reduction in the number of members of each regional board required by the act that added this subdivision shall be achieved according to the ordinary expiration of the terms of incumbents and other vacancies. Notwithstanding Section 13202 the Governor shall not fill a vacancy on any regional board until the number of members serving on that regional board falls below seven members. When the numbers of members serving on the regional board falls below seven members, the Governor shall appoint or reappoint individuals pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 117. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Water Code § 13202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13202.

13202.  (a) Each member of a regional board shall be appointed for a term of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.(b) The term of office for members of each regional board shall be staggered and shall expire in accordance with the following schedule:(1) Two members on September 30, 2013, and every four years thereafter.(2) Two members on September 30, 2014, and every four years thereafter.(3) Two members on September 30, 2015, and every four years thereafter.(4) One member on September 30, 2016, and every four years thereafter.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 118. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Water Code § 13203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13203.

13203.  The official designation of each regional board shall be: California Regional Water Quality Control Board, (region name).(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 13204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13204.

13204.  Each regional board shall hold at least six regular meetings each calendar year and the additional special meetings or hearings as shall be called by the chairperson or any two members of the regional board.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 19. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Water Code § 13205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13205.

13205.  Each member of a regional board shall receive two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties. The performance of official duties includes, but is not limited to, reviewing agenda materials for no more than one day in preparation for each regional board meeting. The total compensation received by members of all of the regional boards shall not exceed, in any one fiscal year, the sum of three hundred seventy-eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($378,250). A member may decline compensation. In addition to the compensation, each member shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 340, Sec. 47. (SB 839) Effective September 13, 2016.)
CA Water Code § 13206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13206.

13206.  Public officers associated with any area of government, including planning or water, and whether elected or appointed, may be appointed to, and may serve contemporaneously as members of, a regional board.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 622.)
CA Water Code § 13207 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13207.

13207.  (a) A member of a regional board shall not participate in any board action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of this chapter, or Article 1 (commencing with Section 13300) of Chapter 5, in which he or she has a disqualifying financial interest in the decision within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.(b) A board member shall not participate in any proceeding before any regional board or the state board as a consultant or in any other capacity on behalf of any waste discharger.(c) Upon the request of any person, or on the Attorney General’s own initiative, the Attorney General may file a complaint in the superior court for the county in which the regional board has its principal office alleging that a board member has knowingly violated this section and the facts upon which the allegation is based and asking that the member be removed from office. Further proceedings shall be in accordance as near as may be with rules governing civil actions. If after trial the court finds that the board member has knowingly violated this section it shall pronounce judgment that the member be removed from office.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 119. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Water Code § 13208 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards|Section 13208.

13208.  (a) No regional board executive officer may make, participate in making, or use his or her official position to influence, any decision of the regional board, or made on behalf of the regional board, affecting any person or entity subject to waste discharge requirements under this division if the regional board executive officer has received, during the previous two years, 10 percent or more of his or her income from that person or entity.(b) “Income,” for purposes of this section, has the same meaning as in Section 82030 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 773, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Water Code § 13220 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards|Section 13220.

13220.  Each regional board shall do all of the following:(a) Establish an office.(b) Select one of its members as chairperson at the first regular meeting held each year.(c) Appoint as its confidential employee, who may be exempt from civil service under Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, and fix the salary of, an executive officer who shall meet technical qualifications as defined by the state board. The executive officer shall serve at the pleasure of the regional board.(d) Employ any other assistants that may be determined necessary to assist the executive officer.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 20. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Water Code § 13221 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards|Section 13221.

13221.  Members of the regional board shall be empowered to administer oaths and issue subpoenas for the attendance and giving of testimony by witnesses and for the production of evidence in any proceeding before the board in any part of the region. The provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1075) of Part I of Division 2 of this code shall apply to regional boards within their own regions, where they shall have the same power as the state board within the state.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 13222 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards|Section 13222.

13222.  Pursuant to such guidelines as the state board may establish, each regional board shall adopt regulations to carry out its powers and duties under this division.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 13223 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards|Section 13223.

13223.  (a) Each regional board may delegate any of its powers and duties vested in it by this division to its executive officer excepting only the following: (1) the promulgation of any regulation; (2) the issuance, modification, or revocation of any water quality control plan, water quality objectives, or waste discharge requirement; (3) the issuance, modification, or revocation of any cease and desist order; (4) the holding of any hearing on water quality control plans; and (5) the application to the Attorney General for judicial enforcement but excluding cases of specific delegation in a cease and desist order and excluding the cases described in subdivision (c) of Section 13002 and Sections 13304 and 13340.(b) Whenever any reference is made in this division to any action that may be taken by a regional board, such reference includes such action by its executive officer pursuant to powers and duties delegated to him by the regional board.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 918.)
CA Water Code § 13224 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards|Section 13224.

13224.  Each regional board may issue policy statements relating to any water quality matter within its jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 13225 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards|Section 13225.

13225.  Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall do all of the following:(a) Coordinate with the state board and other regional boards, as well as other state agencies with responsibility for water quality, with respect to water quality control matters, including the prevention and abatement of water pollution and nuisance.(b) Encourage and assist in waste disposal programs, as needed and feasible, and upon application of any person, advise the applicant of the condition to be maintained in any disposal area or receiving waters into which the waste is being discharged.(c) Require as necessary any state or local agency to investigate and report on any technical factors involved in water quality control or to obtain and submit analyses of water; provided that the burden, including costs, of such reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained therefrom.(d) Request enforcement by appropriate federal, state and local agencies of their respective water quality control laws.(e) Report rates of compliance with the requirements of this division.(f) Recommend to the state board projects which the regional board considers eligible for any financial assistance which may be available through the state board.(g) Report to the state board and appropriate local health officer any case of suspected contamination in its region.(h) File with the state board, at its request, copies of the record of any official action.(i) Take into consideration the effect of its actions pursuant to this chapter on the California Water Plan adopted or revised pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 10000) and on any other general or coordinated governmental plan looking toward the development, utilization, or conservation of the water resources of the state.(j) Encourage coordinated regional planning and action for water quality control.(k) In consultation with the state board, identify and post on the Internet a summary list of all enforcement actions undertaken by that regional board and the dispositions of those actions, including any fines assessed. This list shall be updated at least quarterly.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 293, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)