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Health and Safety Code - HSC

17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 116130 — The department, the board of supervisors of each county, local health officers, or inspectors appointed by any of them, as provided in this article and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 116250), may
• § 116135 — The board of supervisors of each county and the governing body of each city, whenever it may by resolution determine that it is necessary for the preservation of the public health or to prevent the sp
• § 116140 — Whenever a person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, fails, neglects, or refuses to proceed and to continue to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents and abate the conditions l
• § 116145 — The expense of exterminating and destroying the rodents and abating the conditions listed in Section 17920.
• § 116150 — The governing body shall record in the office of the county recorder a notice of payment, claiming a lien on the property for the amount of the payment.
• § 116155 — All sums so paid by the county or city are a lien on the property on which the work was done, and may be recovered in an action against the property.
• § 116160 — The action to foreclose the lien shall be brought within 90 days after the payment, and shall be prosecuted by the district or city attorney in the name of the county, or city, as the case may be, and
• § 116165 — When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the treasury of the county or city to satisfy the lien and the costs, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the pr
• § 116170 — If it appears from the complaint in the action that the property on which the lien is to be foreclosed is likely to be removed from the jurisdiction of the court, the court may appoint a receiver to t
• § 116175 — The department shall make studies and demonstrations as may be necessary to determine the areas of the state that have a high proportion of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and encephalitis.
• § 116180 — (a) The department may enter into a cooperative agreement with any local district or other public agency engaged in the work of controlling mosquitoes, gnats, flies, other insects, rodents, or other v
• § 116185 — The Legislature finds and declares that used tires imported into this country have contained mosquitos that are carriers of disease that is harmful to humans.
• § 116190 — (a) No used tires that have been imported into the United States shall be imported into this state, for purposes of sale, resale or disposal, unless they are inspected and certified as free from mosqu
• § 116195 — The department shall administer this article.
• § 116200 — The department shall charge and collect a fee for each certificate issued by the department or its designee, which shall be in an amount reasonably necessary to produce sufficient revenue to effective
• § 116205 — The department shall collect and account for all money received pursuant to this article and shall deposit it in the Vectorborne Disease Account provided for in Section 116112.
• § 116210 — Fees collected pursuant to this article shall be subject to the annual fee increase provisions of Section 100425.
• § 116220 — It shall be a misdemeanor to violate this article.
• § 116225 — This article, with the exception of Section 116185, shall be inoperative upon a finding by the director that the federal government has established and is implementing a program that is at least as ef
• § 116250 — A violation of Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 is a misdemeanor.
• § 116270 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every resident of California has the right to pure and safe drinking water.
• § 116271 — (a) The state board succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority, duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health, its predecess
• § 116275 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
• § 116276 — (a) The state board shall establish a program, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to award grants to local educational agencies for the purposes of improving access to, and the qu
• § 116277 — (a) (1) When making outreach attempts to elementary schools and childcare facilities for the purposes of offering lead sampling in drinking water, pursuant to Sections 141.
• § 116280 — This chapter does not apply to a public water system that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment
• § 116285 — Before August 6, 1998, this chapter shall not apply to an irrigation canal system if the owner or operator of the system certifies to the department, and notifies each user, in writing, that the water
• § 116286 — (a) A water district, as defined in subdivision (b), in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides primarily agricultural services through a piped water system with only incidental residential or
• § 116287 — (a) The department, in implementing subdivision (s) of Section 116275 and Section 116286, shall place requirements on affected public water systems and water districts that are consistent with this ch
• § 116290 — Before August 6, 1998, in areas where the water service rendered by a person is primarily agricultural, and domestic service is only incidental thereto, this chapter shall not apply except in specific
• § 116293 — (a) On January 1, 2003, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall perform a risk assessment and, based upon that risk assessment, shall adopt a public health goal based exclusively on
• § 116325 — The department shall be responsible for ensuring that all public water systems are operated in compliance with this chapter and any regulations adopted hereunder.
• § 116326 — In administering programs to fund improvements and expansions of small community water systems, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Give priority to funding projects in disadvantaged com
• § 116330 — (a) The department may delegate primary responsibility for the administration and enforcement of this chapter within a county to a local health officer authorized by the board of supervisors to assume
• § 116335 — (a) The public water systems serving the City of Maywood shall conduct, publish, and submit to the City of Maywood, the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Ass
• § 116340 — This chapter shall not apply to state small water systems except as provided under this section: (a) The state board shall adopt regulations specifying minimum requirements for operation of a state sm
• § 116341 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) and subject to subdivision (b), a public water system shall not be determined, held, considered, or otherwise deemed in violation of the primary drinking wate
• § 116345 — (a) The local health officer shall submit a report monthly to the department regarding the status of compliance with this chapter by the public water systems under the jurisdiction of the local health
• § 116350 — (a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all other provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health.
• § 116355 — (a) Once every five years the state board shall submit to the Legislature a comprehensive Safe Drinking Water Plan for California.
• § 116360 — (a) The department shall take all reasonable measures it determines necessary to reduce the risk to public health from waterborne illnesses in drinking water caused by cryptosporidium and giardia, to
• § 116361 — (a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall place a priority on the development of a public health goal for arsenic in drinking water, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 116365,
• § 116365 — (a) The state board shall adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water that are based upon the criteria set forth in subdivision (b) and shall not be less stringent than t
• § 116365.01 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, including Chapter 3.
• § 116365.02 — (a) The department may adopt, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11346.
• § 116365.03 — The state board may adopt as an emergency regulation, a regulation, except a regulation that establishes maximum contaminant levels for primary and secondary drinking water standards, that is not more
• § 116365.2 — (a) In conducting the periodic review and revision of public health goals pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 116365, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment may give
• § 116365.5 — (a) The Department of Health Services shall commence the process for adopting a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium that complies with the criteria established under Section 116365
• § 116366 — (a) No public water system, or its customers, shall be responsible for remediation or treatment costs associated with MTBE, or a product that contains MTBE, provided, however, that the public water sy
• § 116367.5 — The department shall establish a Research Advisory Committee, which shall consist of 11 members.
• § 116370 — On or before January 1, 1998, the department shall propose, hold a public hearing, and adopt a finding of the best available technology for each contaminant for which a primary drinking water standard
• § 116375 — The department shall adopt regulations it determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
• § 116376 — (a) The state board, on or before July 1, 2020, shall adopt a definition of microplastics in drinking water.
• § 116376.2 — (a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall study the health effects of microplastics, consistent with Section 116365, in drinking and bottled water to evaluate toxicity characteris
• § 116377 — The department may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 116378 — (a) The state board may order a public water system to monitor for perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in accordance with conditions set by the state board.
• § 116380 — (a) The State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt regulations governing the use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in lieu of centralized treatment where it can
• § 116385 — (a) Any person operating a public water system shall obtain and provide at that person’s expense an analysis of the water to the state board, in the form, covering those matters, and at intervals as t
• § 116390 — (a) No laboratory, other than a laboratory operated by the department, shall perform tests required pursuant to this chapter for any public water system without first obtaining a certificate issued by
• § 116395 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The large water system testing program has discovered chemical contamination of the state’s drinking water with increasing frequency.
• § 11640 — The Legislature finds and declares that there has been a recent and rapid expansion in clandestine laboratories illegally producing a variety of controlled substances.
• § 116400 — If the department determines that a public water system is subject to potential contamination, the department may, by order, require the public water system to conduct a periodic water analysis in acc
• § 116405 — (a) In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000 persons as shown by the 1970 federal decennial census, any public water system supplying both domestic and untreated irrigation water in separat
• § 116407 — (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the state board shall adopt standards for backflow protection and cross-connection control.
• § 116409 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Promotion of the public health of Californians of all ages by protection and maintenance of dental health through the fluoridation of drink
• § 11641 — The Department of Justice shall establish a Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program to assist state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in apprehending and prosecuting persons invo
• § 116410 — (a) Each public water system with at least 10,000 service connections and with a natural level of fluorides that is less than the minimum established in the regulations adopted pursuant to this sectio
• § 116415 — (a) (1) A public water system is not required to fluoridate pursuant to Section 116410, or the regulations adopted thereunder by the department, in any of the following situations: (A) If the public w
• § 116416 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “CEC” means a constituent of emerging concern.
• § 116417 — (a) The state board shall build upon its existing work dealing with, and work to improve its knowledge of, CECs in waters of the state and drinking water.
• § 116418 — (a) The deputy director may convene a Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water.
• § 116419 — (a) The panel shall serve at the direction of the deputy director.
• § 11642 — (a) To the extent moneys are available therefor, the Controller, in accordance with criteria and procedures which shall be adopted by the Department of Justice, may reimburse counties with a populatio
• § 116420 — (a) If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board may provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to elig
• § 116421 — The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the deputy director in recommending regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements
• § 116422 — (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 116423 — (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation.
• § 116424 — Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
• § 116425 — (a) The state board may exempt a public water system from a maximum contaminant level or treatment technique requirement if it finds all the following: (1) The public water system was in operation, or
• § 11643 — To the extent moneys are available therefor, the Department of Justice shall do the following: (a) In cooperation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training provide advanced training
• § 116430 — (a) The department may grant a variance or variances from primary drinking water standards to a public water system.
• § 11644 — To the extent moneys are available therefor, the Crime Prevention Center of the Department of Justice shall prepare and disseminate informational materials on the unique dangers posed by clandestine l
• § 116450 — (a) When any primary drinking water standard specified in the department’s regulations is not complied with, when a monitoring requirement specified in the department’s regulations is not performed, o
• § 116451 — If user notification is required pursuant to Section 116450, the department shall make a reasonable effort to ensure that notification is given.
• § 116455 — (a) A public water system shall comply with the requirements of this section within 30 days after it is first informed of a confirmed detection of a contaminant found in drinking water delivered by th
• § 116456 — (a) When establishing or revising a notification level or response level, the state board shall do all of the following: (1) Electronically post on its internet website and distribute through email a
• § 11646 — The Attorney General shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
• § 116460 — (a) A person shall not operate a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has been submitted to and approved by the department.
• § 116465 — Upon formal complaint by the director alleging that additional facilities are necessary to provide the users of a public water system operated by a public utility under the jurisdiction of the Public
• § 11647 — (a) The Crank-Up Task Force Program is hereby created within the Department of Justice as part of the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program with responsibility for establishing, conducting, suppo
• § 116470 — (a) As a condition of its operating permit, every public water system shall annually prepare a consumer confidence report and mail or deliver a copy of that report to each customer, other than an occu
• § 116475 — (a) The Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund is hereby established in the General Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated to the department, without re
• § 116480 — (a) The department shall expend moneys available in the Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund only for the purpose of taking corrective action necessary to remedy or prevent an emergency or imminent threat
• § 116485 — Any remedial action taken or contracted for by the department pursuant to Section 116480 shall be exempt from the following provisions: (a) State Contract Act provided for pursuant to Chapter 1 (comme
• § 11650 — (a) Prosecution for any violation of law occurring prior to the effective date of this division is not affected or abated by this division.
• § 116500 — This chapter shall be enforced directly by the department for all public water systems, including state small water systems, in any county that does not have a local health officer, or contracts with
• § 11651 — Any orders and regulations promulgated pursuant to any law affected by this division and in effect on the effective date of this division, not in conflict with it continue in effect until modified, su
• § 116525 — (a) No person shall operate a public water system unless he or she first submits an application to the department and receives a permit as provided in this chapter.
• § 116527 — (a) As used in this section, “water-related improvement” includes, but is not limited to, a water pipe, a water pump, or drinking water infrastructure.
• § 116530 — (a) A public water system shall submit a technical report to the state board as part of the permit application or when otherwise required by the state board.
• § 116535 — Upon determination that an application submitted pursuant to this chapter is complete, the department shall make a thorough investigation of the proposed or existing plant, works, system, or water sup
• § 116540 — (a) Following completion of the investigation and satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2), the state board shall issue or deny the permit.
• § 116545 — Prior to the issuance of any new, revised, renewed, or amended permit, or the denial of a permit, the department may conduct a public hearing to obtain additional public comment.
• § 116550 — (a) No person operating a public water system shall modify, add to or change his or her source of supply or method of treatment of, or change his or her distribution system as authorized by a valid ex
• § 116551 — The state board shall not issue a permit to a public water system or amend a valid existing permit for the use of a reservoir as a source of supply that is directly augmented with recycled water, as d
• § 116552 — The State Water Resources Control Board shall not issue a permit to a public water system or amend a valid existing permit to allow the use of point-of-use or point-of-entry treatment unless the State
• § 116555 — (a) Any person who owns a public water system shall ensure that the system does all of the following: (1) Complies with primary and secondary drinking water standards.
• § 116555.5 — A public water system shall implement a cross-connection control program that complies with applicable regulations and with standards adopted by the board pursuant to Section 116407.
• § 116556 — Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 116555 and its implementing regulations, including Sections 64562 and 64568 of the California Code of Regulations, the Redwood Valley County Water District,
• § 116565 — (a) Each public water system shall submit an annual fee according to a fee schedule established by the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) for the purpose of reimbursing the state board for the co
• § 116577 — (a) Each person shall reimburse the state board for actual costs incurred by the state board for any of the following enforcement activities related to that person: (1) Preparing, issuing, and monitor
• § 116585 — In a civil court action brought to enforce this chapter, the prevailing party or parties shall be awarded litigation costs, including, but not limited to, salaries, benefits, travel expenses, operatin
• § 116590 — (a) Funds received by the state board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the Safe Drinking Water Account, which is hereby established, and shall be available for use by the state board,
• § 116595 — (a) A public water system under the jurisdiction of a local primacy agency shall reimburse the local primacy agency for any enforcement cost incurred by the local primacy agency related to any of the
• § 116596 — (a) The state board shall require a public water system that has experienced a wildfire event of 300 acres or more, if the event damaged or destroyed a structure or structures connected to the public
• § 116600 — (a) The state board shall develop and adopt minimum standards in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 116601 — (a) Community water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people or 3,300 service connections and nontransient noncommunity water systems that serve K–12 schools shall demonstrate compliance with the mini
• § 116610 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Local Drinking Water Protection Act.
• § 116612 — On or before January 1, 1999, the California Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act scientific advisory panel shall make a recommendation to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on w
• § 116625 — (a) The state board, after providing notice to the permittee and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or revoke any permit issued pursuant to this chapter if the state board determines pursuant to t
• § 116650 — (a) If the state board determines that a person is in violation of this chapter or any regulation, permit, standard, citation, or order issued or adopted thereunder, the state board may issue a citati
• § 116655 — (a) Whenever the state board determines that any person has violated or is violating this chapter, or any order, permit, regulation, or standard issued or adopted pursuant to this chapter, the state b
• § 116660 — (a) Any person who operates a public water system without having an unrevoked permit to do so, may be enjoined from so doing by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the department.
• § 116665 — Whenever the department determines that any public water system is unable or unwilling to adequately serve its users, has been actually or effectively abandoned by its owners, or is unresponsive to th
• § 116670 — Anything done, maintained, or suffered as a result of failure to comply with any primary drinking water standard is a public nuisance dangerous to health, and may be enjoined or summarily abated in th
• § 116675 — Notwithstanding Sections 116340 and 116500, the department shall, after adequate notification of the local health officer, take action authorized by this chapter against a public water system under th
• § 116680 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development, which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the
• § 116681 — The following definitions shall apply to this section and Sections 116682, 116684, 116686, and 116688: (a) “Adequate supply” means sufficient water to meet residents’ health and safety needs at all ti
• § 116682 — (a) (1) The state board, in circumstances described in subparagraph (A) or (B), may order consolidation with a receiving water system as provided in this section and Section 116684.
• § 116684 — (a) Liability of a consolidated water system, wholesaler, or any other agency in the chain of distribution that delivers water to a consolidated water system shall be limited as described in this sect
• § 116686 — (a) (1) To provide an adequate supply of affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities, voluntary participants, and public water systems that have demonstrated difficulty in maintaining
• § 116687 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “District” means the Sativa-Los Angeles County Water District.
• § 116688 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “testing program” means a program that provides domestic well testing for one or more primary or secondary drinking water contaminants by a laboratory accredited
• § 116700 — (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board, an aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for a writ of mandate for review of the deci
• § 116701 — (a) (1) Within 30 days of issuance of an order or decision under authority delegated to an officer or employee of the state board under Article 8 (commencing with Section 116625) or Article 9 (commenc
• § 116725 — (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, report, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with this chapt
• § 116730 — (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of violation, by imprisonme
• § 116735 — (a) (1) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, a duly authorized representative of the state board may, at a reasonable hour of the day, do any of the following: (A) Enter and inspect a p
• § 116740 — If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty after it has become a final and unappealable order, the Attorney General or the district attorney shall recover the amount for which the per
• § 116745 — The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the benefit of any party, and no judgment under
• § 11675 — (a) A county or regional group of counties may establish an interagency overdose fatality review team to assist local agencies in identifying and reviewing overdose fatalities, facilitate communicatio
• § 116750 — (a) Any person who tampers with a public water system is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, four, or five
• § 116751 — The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not introduce a poison to a drinking water supply for purposes of fisheries management unless the state board determines that the activity will not have a per
• § 116755 — (a) Each board member of a mutual water company that operates a public water system, as defined in Section 116275, shall, within six months of taking office, or by December 31, 2012, if that member wa
• § 11676 — An overdose fatality review team may be comprised of, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Experts in the field of forensic pathology.
• § 116760 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997.
• § 116760.10 — (a) Because the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.
• § 116760.20 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Acceptable result” means the project that, when constructed, solves the problem for which
• § 116760.30 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter, and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
• § 116760.38 — Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a city, county, or special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant to this chapter.
• § 116760.39 — (a) In addition to the actions described in Section 116760.
• § 116760.40 — (a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: (1) Enter into agreements with the federal government for federal contributions to t
• § 116760.41 — Moneys in the fund and the special accounts may be expended for additional purposes provided in the federal act.
• § 116760.42 — (a) The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund only if the board is prepared to commit to expenditure of any minimum amount in the fund in
• § 116760.43 — (a) The board shall implement this chapter pursuant to the adoption of a policy handbook that is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.
• § 116760.44 — (a) The board may deposit administrative fees and charges paid by public water systems and other available and necessary money into an account of the fund.
• § 116760.45 — (a) For purposes of this section “act” means the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
• § 116760.46 — (a) The Safe Drinking Water Small Community Emergency Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 116760.50 — (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.
• § 116761.20 — (a) Planning and preliminary engineering studies, project design, and construction costs incurred by a community water system or not-for-profit noncommunity water system may be funded under this chapt
• § 116761.40 — (a) The failure or inability of any public water system to receive funds under this chapter or any other financial assistance program or any delay in obtaining the funds shall not alter the obligation
• § 116761.50 — (a) The board may enter into financing agreements with applicants for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
• § 116761.51 — (a) As a condition of receiving construction financing under this article for work performed at the City of San Diego’s North City Water Reclamation Plant, North City Pure Water Facility, or any other
• § 116761.62 — (a) To the extent permitted by federal and state law, moneys in the fund may be expended to rebate to the federal government all arbitrage profits required by the federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Publi
• § 116761.65 — (a) The board shall establish, and may periodically adjust, the interest rate for repayable financing made pursuant to this chapter at a rate not to exceed 50 percent of the average interest rate, com
• § 116761.70 — (a) The Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Administration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 116761.85 — (a) Moneys repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed pursuant to this chapter, including interest payments and all interest earned on or accruing to any moneys in the fund, shall be deposi
• § 116761.86 — To the extent amounts in the fund are not required for current obligation or expenditure, those amounts shall be invested in interest bearing obligations, and the interest earned shall become part of
• § 116762.60 — (a) The board shall, contingent upon receiving federal capitalization grant funds, develop and implement a program to protect sources of drinking water.
• § 116765 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every Californian should enjoy the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards.
• § 116766 — (a) The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and
• § 116767 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Adequate supply” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.
• § 116768 — The purposes of the fund expenditure plan are as follows: (a) To identify public water systems, community water systems, and state small water systems that consistently fail to provide an adequate sup
• § 116768.5 — (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the board shall develop and adopt a policy for developing the fund expenditure plan that includes all of the following elements: (1) A requirement that the board consult
• § 116769 — (a) The fund expenditure plan shall contain the following: (1) A report of expenditures from the fund for the prior fiscal year and planned expenditures for the current fiscal year.
• § 11677 — (a) An oral or written communication or a document shared within or produced by an overdose fatality review team related to an overdose fatality review is confidential and not subject to disclosure or
• § 116770 — The fund expenditure plan may include expenditures for the following: (a) The provision of replacement water, as needed, to ensure immediate protection of health and safety as a short-term solution.
• § 116771 — (a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the fund: (1) Provide for the deposit of any of the following moneys into the fund: (A) Federal contributions.
• § 116771.5 — (a) This chapter does not expand any obligation of the state to provide resources for the provisions of this article or to require the expenditure of additional resources beyond the amount of moneys d
• § 116772 — (a) (1) By January 1, 2021, the board, in consultation with local health officers and other relevant stakeholders, shall use available data to make available a map of aquifers that are at high risk of
• § 116773 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
• § 116773.2 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
• § 116773.4 — (a) The California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program is hereby established in the state board to implement this chapter.
• § 116773.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any assistance or relief authorized by, and provided by a community water system or a wastewater treatment provider to an individual pursuant to, this chapter shall
• § 116773.6 — (a) Actions by the state board to implement this chapter, including the adoption or development of any plan, handbook, guidelines, reporting and audit requirements, or forms, are exempt from Chapter 3
• § 116773.8 — (a) This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
• § 116774 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
• § 116774.1 — (a) Upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, in accordance with this chapter, the board may provide grants and direct expenditures to address emerging contaminants in small
• § 116775 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the utilization of the waters of the state by residential consumers for general domestic purposes, including drinking, cleaning, washing, and personal gr
• § 11678 — An organization represented on an overdose fatality review team may share information in its possession concerning the decedent who is the subject of the review, information received from a person who
• § 116780 — (a) Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article.
• § 116785 — Except as provided in Section 116786, a residential water softening or conditioning appliance may be installed only if either of the following apply: (a) The regeneration of the appliance is performed
• § 116786 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 116785, a local agency may, by ordinance, limit the availability, or prohibit the installation, of residential water softening or conditioning appliances
• § 116787 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 116786, the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District, or any successor district, may, by ordinance adopted subsequent to an ordinance adopted pursuant to
• § 11679 — (a) Consistent with paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 56.
• § 116790 — Any water softening appliance in place at a residential dwelling prior to January 1, 1980, in those areas being served by sewage treatment facilities that have been limited with regard to salt loading
• § 116795 — The certification required by this article shall be provided by the new user of the appliance and shall be completed by a contractor having a valid Class C-55 water conditioning contractor’s license o
• § 11680 — (a) Information gathered, and recommendations made, by an overdose fatality review team shall be used by the county to develop education, prevention, and intervention strategies that will lead to impr
• § 116800 — Local health officers may maintain programs for the control of cross-connections by water users, within the users’ premises, where public exposure to drinking water contaminated by backflow may occur.