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Assembly committee approves SB 697 to allow digital tools in stream adjudication investigations
Summary
SB 697 would allow the State Water Resources Control Board to use modern technology and remote data in investigations for stream adjudications; the committee accepted amendments and advanced the measure to Judiciary.
Senator Laird presented SB 697, which updates the procedures governing the stream-system adjudication process and authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to use modern technology — such as remote gauges and digitized records — in investigations related to water-rights claims. She said the adjudication statute had not been updated since 1976 and that the bill preserves the board’s authority to conduct field investigations when necessary.
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