BILL NUMBER: AB 1647	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wiggins

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 1229 to the Water Code, relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1647, as amended, Wiggins.  Appropriations of water:  livestock
stockponds.
   The Water Rights Permitting Reform Act of 1988 authorizes any
person to obtain a right to appropriate water for a small domestic or
livestock stockpond use, as defined, upon registering the use with
the State Water Resources Control Board, as prescribed, payment of a
registration fee, and application of the water to reasonable and
beneficial use with due diligence. The act authorizes any registrant
to change the point of diversion or place of use by delivering to the
board an amended registration form, including payment of the
registration fee, but prohibits a change in the purpose of the use.
   This bill would provide that, for the purposes of the act, the use
of a livestock stockpond for irrigation purposes does not constitute
a change in the purpose of the use of the water involved  , if
no more than one stockpond is designated for irrigation purposes for
each 50 acres irrigated  .
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1229 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   1229.  For the purposes of this article, the use of a livestock
stockpond for irrigation purposes does not constitute a change in the
purpose of the use of the water involved  , if no more than one
stockpond is designated for irrigation purposes for each 50 acres
irrigated  .