Wat. Code, § 12924 · Article 4. Declaration of Intent
Wat. Code, § 12924
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department, in conjunction with other public agencies, shall conduct an investigation of the state’s groundwater basins. The department shall identify the state’s groundwater basins on the basis of geological and hydrological conditions and consideration of political boundary lines whenever practical. The department shall also investigate existing general patterns of groundwater extraction and groundwater recharge within those basins to the extent necessary to identify basins that are subject to critical conditions of overdraft.
(b) The department may revise the boundaries of groundwater basins identified in subdivision (a) based on its own investigations or information provided by others.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall report its findings to the Governor and, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, the Legislature in years ending in five.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 14, Sec. 11. (SB 124) Effective June 27, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=12924.
- Text hash
- sha256 9b9942c20867d708e5408e390533103442f6b7f8bc81352903ce64cc31f2e29a
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Wat. Code, § 12924. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Civil Procedure
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.