PART 8.2. Paso Robles Basin Water District [37900. - 37969.]

Part 8.2 added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1.

§§ 37900–37969 · 41 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 37900–37904 · 5 sections

   • § 37900 (a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) “Aquifer” means a geologic formation or structure that transmits water in sufficient…
   • § 37901 The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of this part are enacted in order to provide a governmental framework for the district to balance the…
   • § 37902 The creation of the district is not intended to and shall not modify the powers of the County of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control…
   • § 37903 If formed, the district shall not involve itself in activities normally and historically undertaken by the county, the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and…
   • § 37904 If formed, the board shall provide by resolution the dates on which and the time and place at which regular meetings of the board shall be held. A copy of each…
2. CHAPTER 1.5. Formation § 37905 · 1 section

   • § 37905 The formation process shall comply with the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of…
3. CHAPTER 2. Elections §§ 37910–37913 · 4 sections

   • § 37910 Notwithstanding any other law or the bylaws of the district, all elections for the board of directors of the district shall be conducted in accordance with…
   • § 37911 The composition of the board of directors shall be as follows: (a) There shall be a total of nine directors. A person may only be a candidate for one director.…
   • § 37912 District elections shall be conducted in conformance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the…
   • § 37913 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the…
4. CHAPTER 3. Groundwater Management Authority §§ 37920–37931 · 12 sections

   • § 37920 All powers in this part are subject to review and approval by the San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission, upon formation, change of…
   • § 37921 The board may adopt ordinances for the purpose of regulating, conserving, managing, and controlling the use and extraction of groundwater within the territory…
   • § 37922 Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this act or any district ordinance shall be guilty of an infraction and may be required to pay a fine to…
   • § 37923 Any person who negligently or intentionally violates any provision of this act or any district ordinance may also be liable civilly to the district for a sum…
   • § 37924 Upon the failure of any person to comply with any provision of this act or any district ordinance, the district may petition the superior court for a temporary…
   • § 37925 The district may petition the superior court of the county to recover any sums due the district. In order to preserve and manage the groundwater resources…
   • § 37926 The district may contract with the county, the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or other local district for staff and…
   • § 37927 The district may exclude from any of the requirements of this act, or the operation of any ordinance, any operator who extracts less than a minimum amount of…
   • § 37928 The district may collect data and conduct technical and other investigations deemed necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this act. All…
   • § 37929 The district may prepare annually or receive reports on groundwater and supplemental water supplies and conditions in the territory of the district, including…
   • § 37930 The district may recommend and encourage wastewater reuse and other water development projects, if those projects will enhance and contribute to the…
   • § 37931 In addition to the powers identified here, the district shall have the authority afforded to local agencies as provided in Part 2.75 (commencing with Section…
5. CHAPTER 4. Groundwater Management Plans §§ 37940–37942 · 3 sections

   • § 37940 In order to balance the water supply and demand within the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, the district may do the following: (a) Develop, adopt, and implement…
   • § 37941 The groundwater management plan may establish distinct zones or regions based on the geology of the basin, land use, water use, the location of extraction…
   • § 37942 The groundwater management plan may include a policy for the issuance of new well permits that takes into consideration the location of proposed wells and area…
6. CHAPTER 5. Groundwater management §§ 37950–37955 · 6 sections

   • § 37950 If the board determines after a noticed public hearing, and consideration of any relevant investigations, studies, and evidence, that groundwater management…
   • § 37951 When an extraction facility is equipped with a waterflow measuring device, the record of extraction, as disclosed by the waterflow measuring device, may, at…
   • § 37952 The district may, by ordinance, require proof of the accuracy of the waterflow measuring device from the operator and may, absent adequate proof of accuracy,…
   • § 37953 The board may, by ordinance, establish reasonable methods to be used in computing the amount of water extracted by extraction facilities.
   • § 37954 The district may, by ordinance, require the operator of each extraction facility to file semiannually, or more frequently, with the district, a groundwater…
   • § 37955 If required by ordinance, each groundwater extraction statement shall be verified by a written declaration under penalty of perjury that the information…
7. CHAPTER 6. Groundwater Extraction Charges §§ 37960–37969 · 10 sections

   • § 37960 The district may, by ordinance, levy groundwater extraction charges, including volumetric charges intended to provide an incentive for reduced water use, on…
   • § 37961 The Legislature hereby finds and determines that the groundwater management activities of the district are of equal benefit to all operators of groundwater…
   • § 37962 If any operator of any extraction facility fails to pay a groundwater extraction charge when due, the district may charge and collect interest at the rate of…
   • § 37963 All moneys collected by the district pursuant to this act shall be available for expenditure by the district to carry out its groundwater management functions…
   • § 37964 The district may, by ordinance, establish an operator’s extraction allocation for each groundwater extraction facility located within the district. The…
   • § 37965 The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) Extraction allocations and extraction surcharges authorized pursuant to this chapter are necessary…
   • § 37966 The maximum amount of the extraction surcharge shall be two hundred dollars ($200) per acre-foot of groundwater extracted in excess of the extraction…
   • § 37967 If an operator of a groundwater extraction facility fails to pay the extraction surcharge when due, the district shall charge and collect a late penalty at the…
   • § 37968 The district may bring a cause of action, in any court having jurisdiction, against an operator of a groundwater extraction facility for the collection of any…
   • § 37969 In addition to any other authority, the district may order that an extraction surcharge or late penalty be a personal obligation of the operator or an…