531. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this section govern the construction of this article.
(a) "Aggregated farm-gate delivery data" means information
reflecting the total volume of water an agricultural water supplier
provides to its customers and is calculated by totaling its
deliveries to individual customers.
(b) "Agricultural water supplier" means a supplier either publicly
or privately owned, supplying 2,000 acre-feet or more of surface
water annually for agricultural purposes or serving 2,000 or more
acres of agricultural land. An agricultural water supplier includes a
supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right,
which distributes or sells water for ultimate resale to customers.
(c) "Authority" means the California Bay-Delta Authority.
(d) "Best professional practices" means practices attaining and
maintaining accuracy of measurement and reporting devices and
methods.
(e) "Diversion" has the meaning set forth in subdivision (c) of
Section 5100.
(f) "Farm-gate" means the point at which water is delivered from
the agricultural water supplier's distribution system to each of its
customers.
(g) "Person" has the meaning set forth in subdivision (d) of
Section 5100.
531.2. The department, the board, and the State Department of
Public Health shall coordinate the collection, management, and use of
agricultural and urban water measurement information provided to
each agency.
531.5. (a) The board, in collaboration with the department, the
authority or its successor agency, and the State Department of Public
Health, shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by
January 1, 2009, evaluating the feasibility, estimated costs, and
potential means of financing a coordinated water measurement
database. The evaluation shall include, but is not necessarily
limited to, agricultural and urban water measurement data related to
deliveries, diversions, licenses, permits, and other information
received by these state agencies that supports effective state and
regional water management planning and decisionmaking. The evaluation
shall also consider how the database can provide information to
address impacts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
(b) The report shall consider coordinating the collection and
sharing of data through the use of technologies used by the National
Environmental Information Exchange Network and the existing data
exchange infrastructure of the involved agencies.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the report provide
an initial feasibility assessment, and is not intended to serve as
the final Feasibility Study Report required by the State
Administrative Manual.
531.10. (a) An agricultural water supplier shall submit an annual
report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate
delivery data, on a monthly or bimonthly basis, using best
professional practices.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the
implementation of water measurement programs or practices that are
not locally cost effective.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the requirements of
this section shall complement and not affect the scope of authority
granted to the department or the board by provisions of law other
than this article.
531.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, state
agencies shall carry out the duties described in this article only to
the extent that funds are made available for the purposes of
implementing those duties.
531.20. To the extent that the provisions of this article conflict
with the requirements of Chapter 4800 of the State Administrative
Manual, the requirements of that chapter shall control.
531. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this section govern the construction of this article.
(a) "Aggregated farm-gate delivery data" means information
reflecting the total volume of water an agricultural water supplier
provides to its customers and is calculated by totaling its
deliveries to individual customers.
(b) "Agricultural water supplier" means a supplier either publicly
or privately owned, supplying 2,000 acre-feet or more of surface
water annually for agricultural purposes or serving 2,000 or more
acres of agricultural land. An agricultural water supplier includes a
supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right,
which distributes or sells water for ultimate resale to customers.
(c) "Authority" means the California Bay-Delta Authority.
(d) "Best professional practices" means practices attaining and
maintaining accuracy of measurement and reporting devices and
methods.
(e) "Diversion" has the meaning set forth in subdivision (c) of
Section 5100.
(f) "Farm-gate" means the point at which water is delivered from
the agricultural water supplier's distribution system to each of its
customers.
(g) "Person" has the meaning set forth in subdivision (d) of
Section 5100.
531.2. The department, the board, and the State Department of
Public Health shall coordinate the collection, management, and use of
agricultural and urban water measurement information provided to
each agency.
531.5. (a) The board, in collaboration with the department, the
authority or its successor agency, and the State Department of Public
Health, shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by
January 1, 2009, evaluating the feasibility, estimated costs, and
potential means of financing a coordinated water measurement
database. The evaluation shall include, but is not necessarily
limited to, agricultural and urban water measurement data related to
deliveries, diversions, licenses, permits, and other information
received by these state agencies that supports effective state and
regional water management planning and decisionmaking. The evaluation
shall also consider how the database can provide information to
address impacts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
(b) The report shall consider coordinating the collection and
sharing of data through the use of technologies used by the National
Environmental Information Exchange Network and the existing data
exchange infrastructure of the involved agencies.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the report provide
an initial feasibility assessment, and is not intended to serve as
the final Feasibility Study Report required by the State
Administrative Manual.
531.10. (a) An agricultural water supplier shall submit an annual
report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate
delivery data, on a monthly or bimonthly basis, using best
professional practices.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the
implementation of water measurement programs or practices that are
not locally cost effective.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the requirements of
this section shall complement and not affect the scope of authority
granted to the department or the board by provisions of law other
than this article.
531.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, state
agencies shall carry out the duties described in this article only to
the extent that funds are made available for the purposes of
implementing those duties.
531.20. To the extent that the provisions of this article conflict
with the requirements of Chapter 4800 of the State Administrative
Manual, the requirements of that chapter shall control.
531. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this section govern the construction of this article.
(a) "Aggregated farm-gate delivery data" means information
reflecting the total volume of water an agricultural water supplier
provides to its customers and is calculated by totaling its
deliveries to individual customers.
(b) "Agricultural water supplier" means a supplier either publicly
or privately owned, supplying 2,000 acre-feet or more of surface
water annually for agricultural purposes or serving 2,000 or more
acres of agricultural land. An agricultural water supplier includes a
supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right,
which distributes or sells water for ultimate resale to customers.
(c) "Authority" means the California Bay-Delta Authority.
(d) "Best professional practices" means practices attaining and
maintaining accuracy of measurement and reporting devices and
methods.
(e) "Diversion" has the meaning set forth in subdivision (c) of
Section 5100.
(f) "Farm-gate" means the point at which water is delivered from
the agricultural water supplier's distribution system to each of its
customers.
(g) "Person" has the meaning set forth in subdivision (d) of
Section 5100.
531.2. The department, the board, and the State Department of
Public Health shall coordinate the collection, management, and use of
agricultural and urban water measurement information provided to
each agency.
531.5. (a) The board, in collaboration with the department, the
authority or its successor agency, and the State Department of Public
Health, shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by
January 1, 2009, evaluating the feasibility, estimated costs, and
potential means of financing a coordinated water measurement
database. The evaluation shall include, but is not necessarily
limited to, agricultural and urban water measurement data related to
deliveries, diversions, licenses, permits, and other information
received by these state agencies that supports effective state and
regional water management planning and decisionmaking. The evaluation
shall also consider how the database can provide information to
address impacts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
(b) The report shall consider coordinating the collection and
sharing of data through the use of technologies used by the National
Environmental Information Exchange Network and the existing data
exchange infrastructure of the involved agencies.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the report provide
an initial feasibility assessment, and is not intended to serve as
the final Feasibility Study Report required by the State
Administrative Manual.
531.10. (a) An agricultural water supplier shall submit an annual
report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate
delivery data, on a monthly or bimonthly basis, using best
professional practices.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the
implementation of water measurement programs or practices that are
not locally cost effective.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the requirements of
this section shall complement and not affect the scope of authority
granted to the department or the board by provisions of law other
than this article.
531.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, state
agencies shall carry out the duties described in this article only to
the extent that funds are made available for the purposes of
implementing those duties.
531.20. To the extent that the provisions of this article conflict
with the requirements of Chapter 4800 of the State Administrative
Manual, the requirements of that chapter shall control.
