ARTICLE 2. Additional Water Supply Provisions [117080. - 117125.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 2.

in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117080. Section 117080.

“Governmental agency,” as used in this article, includes a city, city and county, and district, but does not include a chartered city or city and county. “Body of water” means a reservoir or lake. “Owned” means owned or controlled.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117085. Section 117085.

The board of supervisors of any county wherein is located a body of water owned by a governmental agency, that is used to supply water for human consumption may by resolution request the governmental agency owning the body of water to open the body of water to public fishing and the surrounding land area for other recreational use. The governmental agency owning the body of water shall thereupon make and file with said board of supervisors an estimate of the cost of preparing a coordinated plan for public fishing in said body of water and other recreational uses in the surrounding land area. The board of supervisors thereupon may deposit with the governmental agency owning the body of water the amount of the estimate not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and the governmental agency owning said body of water thereupon shall proceed promptly with and complete the coordinated plan. In event the cost of preparing the plan shall be less than the amount deposited by the board of supervisors, the excess shall be repaid by the governmental agency owning the body of water to the board of supervisors that made the deposit. The plan may provide for development of the area by stages and may exclude from public access structures, facilities or works of the agency necessary in supplying water for human consumption and the portions of the body of water and surrounding land area as may be reasonably required for the protection, maintenance or operation of the structures, facilities, or works. The plan may exclude portions of the surrounding area as are unsuitable for public recreational use. The coordinated plan may also include an estimate of the cost of the capital improvements necessary or convenient for public fishing and recreational uses, an estimate of the annual cost of maintenance and operation of the plan, and a recommendation as to the manner in which the plan may be financed. After completion of the coordinated plan the governmental agency shall promptly make application to the department for an amendment to its water supply permit, that would allow the opening of the body of water to public fishing and the surrounding land area for other recreational use pursuant to the coordinated plan.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117090. Section 117090.

Upon receipt of the amended permit, if the agency does not allow such use, it shall call for a vote of its constituents at the next statewide primary election or general election, or if the agency is a municipal corporation at the next general municipal election, to determine whether or not the use shall be allowed and if a majority vote is in favor the public agency shall allow public fishing in the body of water and other recreational uses in the surrounding area in compliance with the amended permit.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117095. Section 117095.

Nothing herein contained shall permit or require fishing or other recreational uses in a secondary reservoir from which water is supplied for domestic use without purification treatment after withdrawal from said reservoir.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117100. Section 117100.

The ballot for the election authorized by Section 117090 shall contain the instructions required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall the (insert name of governmental agency) allow fishing in the (name of body of water) and other recreational uses in the surrounding area subject to the regulations of the State Department of Health Services? YES NO If the governmental agency concludes that a bond issue is required to pay for the capital improvements included in the coordinated plan as approved by the amended permit, there shall also be printed on the ballot, immediately following the ballot proposition aforesaid, the following proposition to be voted on by the constituents of the governmental agency: Shall the (insert name of governmental agency) incur a bonded indebtedness in the principal amount of $____ for providing the capital improvements for fishing in the (name of body of water) and other recreational uses in the surrounding land area, subject to the regulations of the State Department of Health Services? YES NO

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117105. Section 117105.

The governmental agency owning the body of water may fix and collect fees, including charges for motor vehicle parking, for the construction of facilities, operation, and use of the area opened for public fishing and other recreational uses. The governmental agency shall have the power to contract with others for the rendering of any or all of the services required in connection with the operation of the area including the right to rent or lease the whole or any part of the area to provide necessary or convenient facilities for the use of the public. The governmental agency shall have the power to make and enforce regulations that it may find necessary or convenient for proper control of the areas opened to public fishing and other recreational uses. The department shall make recurring inspections of all recreational areas approved under this article to ensure the continued purity of drinking water.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117110. Section 117110.

The governmental agency shall cause a copy of the rules and regulations to be posted upon the area opened to public fishing and other recreational uses, and it shall cause the rules and regulations to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the reservoir is in whole or in part situated, if there be such a newspaper, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation published within the area of the governmental agency. The posting and publication shall be sufficient notice to all persons. The affidavit of the secretary, clerk, or corresponding officer of the governmental agency that the rules and regulations have been so posted and published is prima facie evidence thereof. A copy of the rules and regulations, attested by the secretary, clerk, or corresponding officer of the governmental agency shall be prima facie evidence that the rules and regulations have been made by the governmental agency as provided by law.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117115. Section 117115.

As far as possible the development and operation of the recreational uses authorized by this article shall be financed out of the revenues authorized by this article; provided, however, that the governmental agency owning the body of water is not required to fix fees that are unreasonably high and in its discretion may make use of any means of financing that it is otherwise authorized to use for any purpose.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117120. Section 117120.

Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made by the governmental agency is a misdemeanor. The superior court of the county within which the reservoir lies in whole or in part is a proper place for trial of all prosecutions for violations of any rules and regulations adopted by the governmental agency.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117125. Section 117125.

Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may stock with fish any body of water opened to public fishing pursuant to this article.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026