California Water Code CHAPTER 5 - Powers and Authorities

  • Section 10725.
    (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may exercise any of the powers described in this chapter in implementing this part, in addition to, and not as a...
  • Section 10725.2.
    (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may perform any act necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this part.(b) A groundwater sustainability agency may adopt rules,...
  • Section 10725.4.
    (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may conduct an investigation for the purposes of this part, including, but not limited to, investigations for the following:(1) To determine the...
  • Section 10725.6.
    A groundwater sustainability agency may require registration of a groundwater extraction facility within the management area of the groundwater sustainability agency. (Added by Stats. 2014,...
  • Section 10725.8.
    (a) A groundwater sustainability agency may require through its groundwater sustainability plan that the use of every groundwater extraction facility within the management area of the...
  • Section 10726.
    An entity within the area of a groundwater sustainability plan shall report the diversion of surface water to underground storage to the groundwater sustainability agency...
  • Section 10726.2.
    A groundwater sustainability agency may do the following:(a) Acquire by grant, purchase, lease, gift, devise, contract, construction, or otherwise, and hold, use, enjoy, sell, let, and...
  • Section 10726.4.
    (a) A groundwater sustainability agency shall have the following additional authority and may regulate groundwater extraction using that authority:(1) To impose spacing requirements on new groundwater well...
  • Section 10726.5.
    In addition to any other authority granted to a groundwater sustainability agency by this part or other law, a groundwater sustainability agency may enter into...
  • Section 10726.6.
    (a) A groundwater sustainability agency that adopts a groundwater sustainability plan may file an action to determine the validity of the plan pursuant to Chapter 9...
  • Section 10726.8.
    (a) This part is in addition to, and not a limitation on, the authority granted to a local agency under any other law. The local agency...
  • Section 10726.9.
    A groundwater sustainability plan shall take into account the most recent planning assumptions stated in local general plans of jurisdictions overlying the basin.(Added by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018