Adoption and Implementation of Plans
Cal. WAT § 10644
California Statutes
(a)
(1) An urban water supplier shall submit to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies a copy of its plan no later than days after adoption. Copies of amendments or changes to the plans shall be submitted to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies within days after adoption.
(2) The plan, or amendments to the plan, submitted to the department pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted electronically and shall include any standardized forms, tables, or displays specified by the department. (
b) If an urban water supplier revises its water shortage contingency plan, the supplier shall submit to the department a copy of its water shortage contingency plan prepared pursuant to subdivision (
a) of
Section no later than days after adoption, in accordance with protocols for submission and using electronic reporting tools developed by the department. (c) (1) (
A) Notwithstanding
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before July 1, in the years ending in seven and two, a report summarizing the status of the plans and water shortage contingency plans adopted pursuant to this part. The report prepared by the department shall identify the exemplary elements of the individual plans and water shortage contingency plans. The department shall provide a copy of the report to each urban water supplier that has submitted its plan and water shortage contingency plan to the department.
The department shall also prepare reports and provide data for any legislative hearings designed to consider the effectiveness of plans and water shortage contingency plans submitted pursuant to this part. (
B) The department shall prepare and submit to the board, on or before September of each year, a report summarizing the submitted water supply and demand assessment results along with appropriate reported water shortage conditions and the regional and statewide analysis of water supply conditions developed by the department. As part of the report, the department shall provide a
summary and, as appropriate, urban water supplier specific information regarding various shortage response actions implemented as a result of annual supplier-specific water supply and demand assessments performed pursuant to
Section 10632.1. (
C) The department shall submit the report to the Legislature for the plans by July 1, 2017, and the report to the Legislature for the plans and water shortage contingency plans by July 1, 2022.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (
A) of paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with
Section of the Government Code. (
d) The department shall make available to the public the standard the department will use to identify exemplary water demand management measures.