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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1647
          Author:   Wiggins (D)
          Amended:  5/28/04 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           ALL PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT  


           SUBJECT  :    Appropriations of water:  livestock stockponds

           SOURCE  :     Author

           
          DIGEST:      Senate Floor Amendments of 5/28/04 replace  
          school construction content of the bill with a new bill on  
          water policy.  

          This bill now declares that the use of a livestock  
          stockpond for irrigation purposes does not change the  
          purpose of the use of the water involved.

           ANALYSIS  :    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 (SWRCB), 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 SWRCB an amended  
          registration form, including payment of the registration  
          fee, but prohibits a change in the purpose of the use.







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          The bill provides 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

          TSM:cm  6/2/04   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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