2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3.5 - Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety act
ARTICLE 6 - Licensed Cultivation Sites
Section 19332.2.

19332.2. (a) An application for a license for indoor or outdoor cultivation shall identify the source of water supply.

(1) (A) If water will be supplied by a retail water supplier, as defined in Section 13575 of the Water Code, the application shall identify the retail water supplier.

(B) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to any water subject to subparagraph (A) unless the retail water supplier has 10 or fewer customers, the applicant receives 10 percent or more of the water supplied by the retail water supplier, 25 percent or more of the water delivered by the retail water supplier is used for cannabis cultivation, or the applicant and the retail water supplier are affiliates, as defined in Section 2814.20 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations.

(2) If the water supply includes a diversion within the meaning of Section 5100 of the Water Code, the application shall identify the point of diversion and maximum amount to be diverted.

(3) If water will be supplied from a groundwater extraction not subject to paragraph (2), the application shall identify the location of the extraction and the maximum amount to be diverted for cannabis cultivation in any year.

(b) An application for a license issued by the Department of Food and Agriculture before January 1, 2020, shall include one of the following:

(1) A copy of a registration, permit, or license issued under Part 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 2 of the Water Code that covers the diversion.

(2) A copy of a statement of water diversion and use, filed with the State Water Resources Control Board before July 1, 2017, that covers the diversion and specifies the amount of water used for cannabis cultivation.

(3) A copy of a pending application for a permit to appropriate water, filed with the State Water Resources Control before July 1, 2017.

(4) Documentation, submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board before July 1, 2017, establishing that the diversion is subject to subdivision (a), (c), (d) or (e) of Section 5101 of the Water Code.

(5) Documentation, submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board before July 1, 2017, establishing that the diversion is authorized under a riparian right and that no diversion occurred after January 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2017.

(c) An application for a cultivation license issued after December 31, 2019, shall include one of the following:

(1) A copy of a registration, permit, or license issued under Part 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 2 of the Water Code that covers the diversion.

(2) A copy of a statement of water diversion and use, filed with the State Water Resources Control Board, that covers the diversion.

(3) Documentation, submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board, establishing that the diversion is subject to subdivision (a), (c), (d) or (e) of Section 5101 of the Water Code.

(4) Documentation, submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board, establishing that the diversion is authorized under a riparian right and that no diversion occurred in any calendar year between January 1, 2010, and the calendar year in which the application is submitted.

(d) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall include in any license for cultivation requirements for compliance with applicable principles, guidelines, and requirements established under Section 13149 of the Water Code.

(e) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall include in any license for cultivation any relevant mitigation requirements the Department of Food and Agriculture identifies as part of its approval of the final environmental documentation for the cannabis cultivation licensing program as requirements that should be included in a license for cultivation. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the identification of these mitigation measures.

(f) Every license for cultivation shall include a condition that the license shall not be effective until the licensee has complied with Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code or receives written verification from the Department of Fish and Wildlife that a streambed alteration agreement is not required.

(g) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall consult with the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Fish and Wildlife in the implementation of this section.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 32, Sec. 33. Effective June 27, 2016.)