Cal. Water Code - WAT § 10840. Section 10840.
Every agricultural water supplier shall prepare its plan pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 10825).
ARTICLE 3. Adoption and Implementation of Plans [10840. - 10845.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 3.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 10841. Section 10841.
Prior to adopting a plan, the agricultural water supplier shall make the proposed plan available for public inspection, and shall hold a public hearing on the plan. Prior to the hearing, notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published within the jurisdiction of the publicly owned agricultural water supplier pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. A privately owned agricultural water supplier shall provide an equivalent notice within its service area and shall provide a reasonably equivalent opportunity that would otherwise be afforded through a public hearing process for interested parties to provide input on the plan. After the hearing, the plan shall be adopted as prepared or as modified during or after the hearing.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 10842. Section 10842.
An agricultural water supplier shall implement the plan adopted pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the schedule set forth in its plan, as determined by the governing body of the agricultural water supplier.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 10843. Section 10843.
(a)
An agricultural water supplier shall submit to the entities identified in subdivision (b) a copy of its plan no later than 30 days after review of the plan pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10820.
(b)
An agricultural water supplier shall submit a copy of its plan to each of the following entities:
(1)
The department.
(2)
Any city, county, or city and county within which the agricultural water supplier provides water supplies.
(3)
Any groundwater management entity within which jurisdiction
the agricultural water supplier extracts or provides water supplies.
(4)
The California State Library.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 10844. Section 10844.
(a)
Not later than 30 days after the date of adopting its plan, the agricultural water supplier shall make the plan available for public review on the agricultural water supplier’s Internet Web site.
(b)
An agricultural water supplier that does not have an Internet Web site shall submit to the department, not later than 30 days after the date of adopting its plan, a copy of the adopted plan in an electronic format. The department shall make the plan available for public review on the department’s Internet Web site.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 10845. Section 10845.
(a)
The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before April 30, 2022, and thereafter in the years ending in seven and years ending in two, a report summarizing the status of the plans adopted pursuant to this part.
(b)
The report prepared by the department shall identify the outstanding elements of any plan adopted pursuant to this part. The report shall include an evaluation of the effectiveness of this part in promoting efficient agricultural water management practices and recommendations relating to proposed changes to this part, as appropriate.
(c)
The department shall provide a copy of the report to each agricultural
water supplier that has submitted its plan to the
department. The department shall also prepare reports and provide data for any legislative hearing designed to consider the effectiveness of plans submitted pursuant to this part.
(d)
This section does not authorize the department, in preparing the report, to approve, disapprove, or critique individual plans submitted pursuant to this part.
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