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. (a) (1) An urban water supplier shall submit to the
department, the California State Library, and any city or county
within which the supplier provides water supplies a copy of its plan
no later than 30 days after adoption. Copies of amendments or changes
to the plans shall be submitted to the department, the California
State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier
provides water supplies within 30 days after adoption.
(2) The plan, or amendments to the plan, submitted to the
department pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted
electronically and shall include any standardized forms, tables, or
displays specified by the department.
(b) (1) (A) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code, and except as provided in subparagraph (B), the department
shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before December
31, in the years ending in six and one, a report summarizing the
status of the plans adopted pursuant to this part. The report
prepared by the department shall identify the exemplary elements of
the individual plans. The department shall provide a copy of the
report to each urban water supplier that has submitted its plan to
the department. The department shall also prepare reports and provide
data for any legislative hearings designed to consider the
effectiveness of plans submitted pursuant to this part.
(B) The department shall submit the report to the Legislature for
the 2015 plans by July 1, 2017, and the report to the Legislature for
the 2020 plans by July 1, 2022.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) (1) For the purpose of identifying the exemplary elements of
the individual plans, the department shall identify in the report
water demand management measures adopted and implemented by specific
urban water suppliers, and identified pursuant to Section 10631, that
achieve water savings significantly above the levels established by
the department to meet the requirements of Section 10631.5.
(2) The department shall distribute to the panel convened pursuant
to Section 10631.7 the results achieved by the implementation of
those water demand management measures described in paragraph (1).
(3) The department shall make available to the public the standard
the department will use to identify exemplary water demand
management measures.