California Water Code

§ 1846.5

WAT § 1846.5 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 12 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)An urban retail water supplier who commits any of the violations identified in subdivision (b) may be liable in an amount not to exceed the following, as applicable:

(1)If the violation occurs 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, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.

(2)For all violations other than those described in paragraph (1), one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 15, Sec. 3. (AB 1668) Effective January 1, 2019.