AB676:v93#DOCUMENTBill Start
Enrolled
September 12, 2023
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Passed
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Senate
September 07, 2023
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Passed
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Assembly
September 11, 2023
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Amended
IN
Senate
August 21, 2023
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Amended
IN
Senate
July 12, 2023
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Amended
IN
Senate
June 12, 2023
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Amended
IN
Assembly
May 04, 2023
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Amended
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Assembly
March 13, 2023
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 676
Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett
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February 13, 2023 |
An act to amend Section 106 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 676, Bennett.
Water: general state policy.
Existing law establishes various state water policies, including the policy that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water and that the next highest use is for irrigation.
This bill would specify that the use of water for domestic purposes includes water use for human consumption, cooking, sanitary purposes, care of household livestock, animals, and gardens, fire suppression and other safety purposes, and a purpose determined to be a domestic purpose
as established by the common law.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
NO
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 106 of the Water Code is amended to read:106.
(a) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of this state that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water and that the next highest use is for irrigation.(b) Domestic purposes include water use for all of the following:
(1) Human consumption, cooking, or sanitary purposes.
(2) Care of household livestock and animals.
(3) Care of household gardens.
(4) Fire suppression and other
safety purposes.
(5) A purpose determined to be a domestic purpose as established by the common law.
(6) Deliveries of water for those purposes listed in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, by water corporations regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, community water systems, and other public, municipal, and industrial water agencies.