BILL NUMBER: SB 615	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 615, as introduced, Berryhill. Groundwater basin adjudication.
   Existing law specifies the jurisdiction of the courts. Under
existing law, courts may adjudicate rights to produce groundwater and
exercise other powers relating to the supervision of a groundwater
basin.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to streamline the process for the adjudication of
groundwater rights.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to streamline the process for the adjudication of
groundwater rights.