Existing law provides for the establishment of watermaster service areas by the Department of Water Resources for the purpose of ensuring the most practical and economic supervision of the distribution of water. Existing law specifies that upon the submission of a specified petition to a court in which a relevant judicial decree has been entered, the court may appoint a public agency as a watermaster to replace the watermaster appointed by the department.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create the Shasta County Watermaster District.