CHAPTER 6. Discontinuation of Residential Water Service
Chapter 6 added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 891, Sec. 2.
§§ 116900–116926 · 14 sections
- § 116900 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water Shutoff Protection Act.
- § 116902 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) “Community water system” has…
- § 116904 (a) An urban water supplier not regulated by the Public Utilities Commission shall comply with this chapter on and after February 1, 2020. (b) An urban and…
- § 116906 (a) A covered water system that serves 200 or more service connections shall have a written policy on discontinuation of residential service for nonpayment…
- § 116908 (a) (1) (A) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment until a payment by a customer has been delinquent for at least 60…
- § 116910 (a) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The customer, or a tenant…
- § 116912 A covered water system that discontinues residential service for nonpayment shall provide the customer with information on how to restore residential service.
- § 116914 (a) For a residential customer who demonstrates to a covered water system household income below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, the covered water…
- § 116916 (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b)…
- § 116918 A covered water system shall report the number of annual discontinuations of residential service for inability to pay on the covered water system’s internet…
- § 116920 (a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the…
- § 116922 All written notices required under this chapter shall be provided in English, the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code, and any other language…
- § 116924 Where provisions of existing law are duplicative of this chapter, compliance with one shall be deemed compliance with the other. Where those provisions are…
- § 116926 This chapter does not apply to the termination of a service connection by a covered water system due to an unauthorized action of a customer.