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AB 1466 would raise evidentiary standards in groundwater adjudications and require technical reports from GSAs
Summary
AB 1466 aims to streamline groundwater disputes by requiring higher burdens of proof for parties seeking adjudication and by requiring Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to provide technical reports that quantify and describe water users. The committee moved the bill out on May 7.
Assemblymember Hart presented AB 1466, which the author said would help streamline groundwater disputes arising under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Hart told the committee that local GSAs should not be delayed or deterred from implementing sustainability plans by costly litigation; AB 1466 would impose a higher burden of proof on parties seeking adjudication and require GSAs to provide the court with a technical report quantifying and describing water users.
Hart said the bill carries minor and absorbable state costs and would help ensure small farms and community members without financial resources are represented in disputed matters. No witnesses in opposition were recorded in the hearing room during the bill presentation. The committee moved AB 1466 out on a roll call for further consideration.
