California Water Code

§ 1058.5

WAT § 1058.5 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)This section applies to any emergency regulation adopted by the board for which the board makes both of the following findings:

(1)The emergency regulation is adopted to prevent the waste, unreasonable use, unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable method of diversion, of water, to promote water recycling or water conservation, to require curtailment of diversions when water is not available under the diverter’s priority of right, or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, to require reporting of diversion or use or the preparation of monitoring reports.

(2)The emergency regulation is adopted in response to conditions which exist, or are threatened, in a critically dry year immediately preceded by two or more consecutive below normal, dry, or critically dry years or during a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) based on drought conditions.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 130, Sec. 2. (AB 263) Effective January 1, 2026.