California Water Code

§ 10753

WAT § 10753 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 6 · Part 2.75 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(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 pursuant to other provisions of law or a court order, judgment, or decree, may, by ordinance, or by resolution if the local agency is not authorized to act by ordinance, adopt and implement a groundwater management plan pursuant to this part within all or a portion of its service area.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a local public agency, other than an agency defined in subdivision (g) of Section 10752, that provides flood control, groundwater management, or groundwater replenishment, or a local agency formed pursuant to this code for the principal purpose of providing water service that has not yet provided that service, may exercise the authority of this part within a groundwater basin that is located within its boundaries within areas that are either of the following:

(1)Not served by a local agency.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 185. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.