California Water Code ARTICLE 3 - State Water Resources Control Board

• Section 174.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to provide for the orderly and efficient administration of the water resources of the state, it...
• Section 175.
  (a) There is in the California Environmental Protection Agency the State Water Resources Control Board consisting of five members appointed by the Governor. One of the...
• Section 175.5.
  (a) A member of the board shall not participate in any board action pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320) of Chapter 5 of Division...
• Section 176.
  The annual salary of the members of the board is provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing at Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3...
• Section 177.
  All members of the board shall be appointed for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion...
• Section 178.
  The members of the board may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members elected...
• Section 179.
  The board succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department and Director of Public...
• Section 179.6.
  The board, or representatives authorized by the board to do so, may call, conduct or attend conferences or hearings, official or unofficial, within or without...
• Section 179.7.
  As to any matter involving the United States, its departments or agencies, which is within the scope of the power and duties of the board,...
• Section 181.
  The board shall maintain its headquarters at Sacramento and may establish branch offices in such parts of the state as the board deems necessary. The...
• Section 182.
  The Governor shall designate the chairperson of the board from the membership of the board. The person so designated shall hold the office of chairperson...
• Section 183.
  The board may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out the powers vested in it,...
• Section 184.
  The Department of Water Resources shall have an interest and may appear as a party in any hearing held by the board and may commence...
• Section 185.
  The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of its affairs in conformity, as nearly as practicable, with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...
• Section 186.
  (a) The board shall have any powers, and may employ any legal counsel and other personnel and assistance, that may be necessary or convenient for the...
• Section 187.
  The board, regional water quality control boards, the Department of Water Resources, and other state agencies shall, to the fullest extent possible, exchange records, reports,...
• Section 188.
  The board may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the administration of which is committed to the board.Such expenditures by the board...
• Section 188.5.
  The board shall publish biennial progress reports relating to the activities of the board and California regional water quality control boards.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch.
• Section 189.
  (a) There is hereby established the Office of Sustainable Water Solutions within the state board, which may be administered by the state board as a separate...
• Section 189.3.
  (a) The board, in consultation with the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services shall...
• Section 189.5.
  (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act.(b) No later than January 1, 2018, the board, in collaboration...

Last modified: October 22, 2018