California Code
DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES
PART 2.74 - Sustainable Groundwater Management

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 10720. - 10720. This part shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 10720.1. - 10720.1. In enacting this part, it is the intent of...

Section 10720.3. - 10720.3. (a) This part applies to all groundwater basins in...

Section 10720.5. - 10720.5. (a) Groundwater management pursuant to this part shall be...

Section 10720.7. - 10720.7. (a) (1) By January 31, 2020, all basins designated...

Section 10720.8. - 10720.8. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), this part...

Section 10720.9. - 10720.9. All relevant state agencies, including, but not limited to,...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 10721. - 10721. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...

CHAPTER 3 - Basin Boundaries

Section 10722. - 10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this...

Section 10722.2. - 10722.2. (a) A local agency or an entity directed by...

Section 10722.4. - 10722.4. (a) Pursuant to Section 10933, for the purposes of...

Section 10722.5. - 10722.5. (a) The San Luis Rey Valley Groundwater Basin, identified...

CHAPTER 4 - Establishing Groundwater Sustainability Agencies

Section 10723. - 10723. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any local...

Section 10723.2. - 10723.2. The groundwater sustainability agency shall consider the interests of...

Section 10723.4. - 10723.4. The groundwater sustainability agency shall establish and maintain a...

Section 10723.6. - 10723.6. (a) A combination of local agencies may form a...

Section 10723.8. - 10723.8. (a) Within 30 days of deciding to become or...

Section 10724. - 10724. (a) In the event that there is an area...

CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Authorities

Section 10725. - 10725. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may exercise any of...

Section 10725.2. - 10725.2. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may perform any act...

Section 10725.4. - 10725.4. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may conduct an investigation...

Section 10725.6. - 10725.6. A groundwater sustainability agency may require registration of a...

Section 10725.8. - 10725.8. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may require through its...

Section 10726. - 10726. An entity within the area of a groundwater sustainability...

Section 10726.2. - 10726.2. A groundwater sustainability agency may do the following: (a)...

Section 10726.4. - 10726.4. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency shall have the following...

Section 10726.5. - 10726.5. In addition to any other authority granted to a...

Section 10726.6. - 10726.6. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency that adopts a groundwater...

Section 10726.8. - 10726.8. (a) This part is in addition to, and not...

Section 10726.9. - 10726.9. A groundwater sustainability plan shall take into account the...

CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Sustainability Plans

Section 10727. - 10727. (a) A groundwater sustainability plan shall be developed and...

Section 10727.2. - 10727.2. A groundwater sustainability plan shall include all of the...

Section 10727.4. - 10727.4. In addition to the requirements of Section 10727.2, a...

Section 10727.6. - 10727.6. Groundwater sustainability agencies intending to develop and implement multiple...

Section 10727.8. - 10727.8. (a) Prior to initiating the development of a groundwater...

Section 10728. - 10728. On the April 1 following the adoption of a...

Section 10728.2. - 10728.2. A groundwater sustainability agency shall periodically evaluate its groundwater...

Section 10728.4. - 10728.4. A groundwater sustainability agency may adopt or amend a...

Section 10728.6. - 10728.6. Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public...

CHAPTER 7 - Technical Assistance

Section 10729. - 10729. (a) The department or a groundwater sustainability agency may...

Section 10729.2. - 10729.2. With the exception of regulations required by Sections 10722.2...

CHAPTER 8 - Financial Authority

Section 10730. - 10730. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may impose fees, including,...

Section 10730.1. - 10730.1. A groundwater sustainability agency, before imposing or increasing a...

Section 10730.2. - 10730.2. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency that adopts a groundwater...

Section 10730.4. - 10730.4. A groundwater sustainability agency may fund activities pursuant to...

Section 10730.6. - 10730.6. (a) A groundwater fee levied pursuant to this chapter...

Section 10730.8. - 10730.8. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect or interfere...

Section 10731. - 10731. (a) Following an investigation pursuant to Section 10725.4, the...

CHAPTER 9 - Groundwater Sustainability Agency Enforcement Powers

Section 10732. - 10732. (a) (1) A person who extracts groundwater in excess...

Section 10732.2. - 10732.2. If a groundwater sustainability agency finds that a state...

CHAPTER 10 - State Evaluation and Assessment

Section 10733. - 10733. (a) The department shall periodically review the groundwater sustainability...

Section 10733.2. - 10733.2. (a) (1) By June 1, 2016, the department shall...

Section 10733.4. - 10733.4. (a) Upon adoption of a groundwater sustainability plan, a...

Section 10733.6. - 10733.6. (a) If a local agency believes that an alternative...

Section 10733.8. - 10733.8. At least every five years after initial submission of...

CHAPTER 11 - State Intervention

Section 10735. - 10735. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 10735.2. - 10735.2. (a) The board, after notice and a public hearing,...

Section 10735.4. - 10735.4. (a) If the board designates a basin as a...

Section 10735.6. - 10735.6. (a) If the board designates a basin as a...

Section 10735.8. - 10735.8. (a) The board, after notice and a public hearing,...

Section 10736. - 10736. (a) The board shall adopt or amend a determination...

Section 10736.2. - 10736.2. (a) Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the...

Section 10736.4. - 10736.4. The extraction or use of water extracted in violation...

Section 10736.6. - 10736.6. (a) The board may order a person that extracts...

CHAPTER 12 - Determination of Rights to Groundwater

Section 10737. - 10737. Except as provided in this chapter, an adjudication action...

Section 10737.2. - 10737.2. In an adjudication action for a basin required to...

Section 10737.4. - 10737.4. (a) Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) shall not...

Section 10737.6. - 10737.6. If the department determines that a judgment satisfies the...

Section 10737.8. - 10737.8. In addition to making any findings required by subdivision...

Section 10738. - 10738. The approval of a groundwater sustainability plan by the...