California AB 362: Political signs: theft and damage.
Status: Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. (as of 2010-01-14)
State: California · Session: 20092010 · Bill: AB 362
Subjects: Political signs: theft and damage.
Sponsors: Miller, Garrick, Ma
Bill Text
• • • • • • Bill Text - AB-362 Water policy: California tribal communities. • • skip to content • home • accessibility • FAQ • feedback • sitemap • login • x Quick Search: Bill Number Bill Keyword • • • • • • Home • Bill Information • California Law • Publications • Other Resources • My Subscriptions • My Favorites • Bill Information >> • Bill Search >> • Text Bill Text PDF2 Bill PDF |Add To My Favorites |Track Bill | Version: 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly 04/02/25 - Amended Assembly 01/30/25 - Introduced AB-362 Water policy: California tribal communities.(2025-2026) Text >> Votes >> History >> Bill Analysis >> Today's Law As Amended >> Compare Versions >> Status >> Comments To Author >> Track Bill >> Add To My Favorites >> SHARE THIS: Date Published: 04/21/2025 09:00 PM AB362:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start Amended IN Assembly April 21, 2025 Amended IN Assembly April 02, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 362 Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos (Principal coauthor: Senator Richardson) January 30, 2025 An act to amend Sections 13000, 13050, 13144, 13181, and 13241 of, and to add Sections 13142.1, 13170.4, and 13243.5 to, the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 362, as amended, Ramos. Water policy: California tribal communities. (1) The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations. Existing law defines the term “beneficial uses” for the purposes of water quality as certain waters of the state that may be protected against quality degradation, to include, among others, domestic, municipal, agricultural, and industrial supplies. This bill would add findings and declarations related to California tribal communities, as defined, and the importance of protecting tribal water use. The bill would add tribal water uses as waters of the state that may be protected against quality degradation for purposes of the defined term “beneficial uses.” The bill would require any project or regulatory program subject to approval by the State Water Quality Control Board or a regional water quality control board, within a specified environmental review, and in any findings and declarations presented for state board or a regional board approval, to describe, with both quantitative and qualitative information, how the project or regulatory program will impact tribal water uses, and would require, on or before December 1, 2026, and every 2 years thereafter, the state board to publish a report on implementation of this provision on its internet website. (2) Existing law requires the state board to consult with and carefully evaluate the recommendations of concerned federal, state, and local agencies during the process of formulating or revising state policy for water quality control. This bill would additionally require the state board to consult and carefully evaluate the recommendations of concerned California tribal communities. (3) Existing law requires the state board to formulate and adopt state policy for water quality control. Existing law requires each regional board to formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the region and prohibits a water quality control plan, or a revision of the plan, adopted by a regional board from becoming effective unless it is approved by the state board. Existing law authorizes the state board to adopt certain water quality control plans. Existing law requires a regional board to establish water quality objectives in water quality control plans that in its judgment will ensure reasonable protection of beneficial uses and the prevention of nuisance and requires each regional board to consider specified factors in establishing water quality objectives. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the state board to propose, and solicit tribal consultation and public comment on, water quality standards to achieve reasonable protection of tribal water uses into the water quality control plan for the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed. This bill would add consultations with California tribal communities and environmental justice considerations as factors for a regional board to consider in establishing water quality control objectives. The bill would exempt adoption of tribal water uses within water quality control plans from the California Environmental Quality Act, and would require, upon the next triennial review of a water quality control plan after January 1, 2026, each regional board to define tribal beneficial uses in its water quality control plan and, where applicable, adopt water quality standards to achieve reasonable protection of tribal water uses into water quality control plans. (4) Existing law
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