Title WAT, California Water Code

(a) The board shall review a petition for a temporary change of water rights in accordance with this section. (b) The board shall approve a temporary change if it determines that a preponderance of the evidence shows both of the following: (1) The proposed temporary change would …

A proposed temporary change under this article shall be exempt from the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1145, Sec. 3.)

Following the expiration of the temporary change period, all rights shall automatically revert to the original holder of the right without any action by the board. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1145, Sec. 3.)

The petitioner shall not initiate or increase the use of groundwater to replace surface water transferred pursuant to this article, except in compliance with Sections 1745.10 and 1745.11. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 938, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The board may consider a petition for a long-term transfer of water or water rights involving a change of point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use. A long-term transfer shall be for any period in excess of one year. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1145, Sec. 3.…

The board, after providing notice and opportunity for a hearing, including, but not limited to, written notice to, and an opportunity for review and recommendation by, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, may approve such a petition for a long-term transfer where the change would…

Following the expiration of the long-term transfer period, all rights shall automatically revert to the original holders of the right without any action by the board. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1145, Sec. 3.)

Any water right determined under a court decree issued pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2500) of Part 3 shall be transferable pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1700). The court having the appropriate jurisdiction over the decreed right…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Person” includes a public agency. (b) “Water supplier” means a local public agency or private company supplying or storing water, or a mutual water company. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 481, Sec. 1. Effe…

A water supplier may, for a consideration to be specified in the contract, contract with persons entitled to service within the supplier’s service area to reduce or eliminate for a specified period of time their use of water supplied by the water supplier. (Added by Stats. 1992, …

Services performed under a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 380) of Division 1 which is offered generally to all persons entitled to water service from the water supplier are public services generally provided by the public ag…

A water supplier may contract with a state drought water bank or with any other state or local water supplier or user inside or outside the service area of the water supplier to transfer, or store as part of a transfer, water if the water supplier has allocated to the water users…

(a) Water stored by the water supplier and water made available from either of the following sources may be transferred by the water supplier pursuant to Section 1745.04: (1) Conservation or alternate water supply measures taken by individual water users or by the water supplier.…

A water supplier may transfer water pursuant to Section 1745.04 whether or not the water proposed to be transferred is surplus to the needs within the service area of the water supplier. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 481, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

No transfer of water pursuant to this article or any other provision of law shall cause a forfeiture, diminution, or impairment of any water rights. A transfer that is approved pursuant to this article or any other provision of law is deemed to be a beneficial use by the transfer…

This article is in addition to, and not a limitation on, the authority of any public agency under any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Article 1 (commencing with Section 1725). (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 481, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Nothing in this article does any of the following: (a) Creates in any person a right to require any water supplier to enter into a contract providing for the reduction or elimination of water use or for the transfer of water. (b) Creates in any person reducing water use any inter…

A water user that transfers surface water pursuant to this article may not replace that water with groundwater unless the groundwater use is either of the following: (a) Consistent with a groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to state law for the affected area. (b) Approve…

Nothing in this article prohibits the transfer of previously recharged groundwater from an overdrafted groundwater basin or the replacement of transferred surface water with groundwater previously recharged into an overdrafted groundwater basin, if the recharge was part of a grou…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of California that water supplied for domestic purposes be pure, wholesome, and potable and does not endanger the health or lives of human beings a…

The Legislature further finds and declares that a number of domestic water supply systems are inadequate and do not meet minimum bacteriological, chemical, or other basic health standards for domestic water supplies, and that it is in the interest of the people that the State of …

The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the upgrading of domestic water supply systems to assure that all domestic water supplies at least meet minimum domestic water supply standards established under Chapter 4 (commenci…

The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued by this chapter, and the provisions of that law are included in this chapter as though set out in f…

As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee, created by Section 13858. (b) “Department” means the…

The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor, the State Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Director of Water Resources, and the State Director of Health Services or their designated representatives. A majority of th…

There is in the State Treasury the California Safe Drinking Water Fund which fund is hereby created. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)

The committee is hereby empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in an aggregate amount of one hundred seventy-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($172,500,000) in the manner provided in this chapter. This debt or debts, li…

(a) The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated and shall be used for the purposes set forth in this section. (b) The department is authorized to enter into contracts with suppliers having authority to construct, operate, and maintain domestic water systems, for l…

For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the State Department of Health Services may not exceed 3 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter. The department shall establish a reasonable sc…

As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)

Loans may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may make reasonable allowance for future water-supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. Such loans may be made for all or any pa…

First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. Priority for loans shall also be given to suppliers which have a lesser capability to reasonably finance system improvements. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Propositi…

Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be deferred during a development period not exceeding 10 years within the maximum 50-year repayment period, when in the department’s judgment such development period is justified under t…

The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter at a rate equal to the average, as determined by the State Treasurer, of the net interest cost to the state on the sales of general obligation bonds pursuant …

The department, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the State Department of Health Services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and procedures fo…

The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursuant to this chapter of (a) the purposes of this chapter, and (b) the rules and regulations adopted by the department. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added…

The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the department, shall from time to time establish a priority list of suppliers to be considered for financing. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added by Stats.…

Upon approval by the State Department of Health Services of project plans submitted by a supplier on the priority list and upon issuance to the supplier of a permit or amended permit as specified in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Heal…

No more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authorized by the department in a single calendar quarter. No contract shall be approved by the department unless the department finds that the supplier has the capacity to repay the loan amoun…

All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual pa…

All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under the provisions of Section 13861 shall be deposited in the General Fund and when so deposited shall be applied as a reimbursement to the General Fund on account of principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant…

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter such an amount as will equal the following: (a) Such sum annually as will be necessary to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued and sold pursuant to the pr…

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has by resolution authorized to b…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond coun…

Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant to Section 13861 for the purposes therein stated, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue any bonds authorized under this chapter i…