PART 2.75. GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT [10750. - 10755.4.]

Part 2.75 repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 947, Sec. 2.

§§ 10750–10755.4 · 29 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 10750–10750.10 · 9 sections

   • § 10750 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that groundwater is a valuable natural resource in California, and should be managed to ensure both its safe production…
   • § 10750.1 (a) Beginning January 1, 2015, a new plan shall not be adopted and an existing plan shall not be renewed pursuant to this part, except as provided in…
   • § 10750.2 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), this part applies to all groundwater basins in the state. (b) This part does not apply to any portion of a groundwater basin…
   • § 10750.4 Nothing in this part requires a local agency overlying a groundwater basin to adopt or implement a groundwater management plan or groundwater management…
   • § 10750.6 Nothing in this part affects the authority of a local agency or a watermaster to manage groundwater pursuant to other provisions of law or a court order,…
   • § 10750.7 (a) A local agency may not manage groundwater pursuant to this part within the service area of another local agency, a water corporation regulated by the…
   • § 10750.8 (a) A local agency may not manage groundwater pursuant to this part within the service area of another local agency without the agreement of that other entity.…
   • § 10750.9 (a) A local agency that commences procedures, prior to January 1, 1993, to adopt an ordinance or resolution to establish a program for the management of…
   • § 10750.10 This part is in addition to, and not a limitation on, the authority granted to a local agency pursuant to other provisions of law.
2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions § 10752 · 1 section

   • § 10752 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) “Groundwater” means all water beneath the surface of…
3. CHAPTER 3. Groundwater Management Plans §§ 10753–10753.11 · 12 sections

   • § 10753 (a) Any local agency, whose service area includes a groundwater basin, or a portion of a groundwater basin, that is not subject to groundwater management…
   • § 10753.1 Nothing in this part, or in any groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part, affects surface water rights or the procedures under common law or…
   • § 10753.2 (a) Prior to adopting a resolution of intention to draft a groundwater management plan, a local agency shall hold a hearing, after publication of notice…
   • § 10753.3 (a) After the conclusion of the hearing, and if the local agency adopts a resolution of intention, the local agency shall publish the resolution of intention…
   • § 10753.4 (a) The local agency shall prepare a groundwater management plan within two years of the date of the adoption of the resolution of intention. (1) If the plan…
   • § 10753.5 (a) After a groundwater management plan is prepared, the local agency shall hold a second hearing to determine whether to adopt the plan. Notice of the hearing…
   • § 10753.6 (a) A written protest filed by a landowner shall include the landowner’s signature and a description of the land owned sufficient to identify the land. A…
   • § 10753.7 (a) For the purposes of qualifying as a groundwater management plan under this section, a plan shall contain the components that are set forth in this section.…
   • § 10753.8 A groundwater management plan may include components relating to all of the following: (a) The control of saline water intrusion. (b) Identification and…
   • § 10753.9 (a) A local agency shall adopt rules and regulations to implement and enforce a groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part. (b) Nothing in this…
   • § 10753.10 In adopting rules and regulations pursuant to Section 10753.9, the local agency shall consider the potential impact of those rules and regulations on business…
   • § 10753.11 A plan shall not be considered invalid, and the local agency shall not be required to recirculate the plan for public comment or to delay implementation of the…
4. CHAPTER 4. Finances §§ 10754–10754.3 · 3 sections

   • § 10754 For purposes of groundwater management, a local agency that adopts a groundwater management plan pursuant to this part has the authority of a water…
   • § 10754.2 (a) Subject to Section 10754.3, except as specified in subdivision (b), a local agency that adopts a groundwater management plan pursuant to this part, may…
   • § 10754.3 Before a local agency may levy a water management assessment pursuant to Section 10754.2 or otherwise fix and collect fees for the replenishment or extraction…
5. CHAPTER 5. Miscellaneous §§ 10755–10755.4 · 4 sections

   • § 10755 (a) If a local agency annexes land subject to a groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part, the local agency annexing the land shall comply with…
   • § 10755.2 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies, within the same groundwater basin, that are authorized to adopt groundwater management…
   • § 10755.3 Local agencies within the same groundwater basin that conduct groundwater management programs within that basin pursuant to this part, and cities and counties…
   • § 10755.4 Except in those groundwater basins that are subject to critical conditions of groundwater overdraft, as identified in the department’s Bulletin 118–80, revised…