This chapter does not apply to a public water system that meets all of the following conditions:

(a)  Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment facilities.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 116280

  • Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, limited liability company, municipality, public utility, or other public body or institution, including the United States to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
  • Public water system: means a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
  • User: means a person using water for domestic purposes. See California Health and Safety Code 116275

(b)  Obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which this chapter applies.

(c)  Does not sell water to any person or user. For purposes of this subdivision, sale of water shall not include the sale of water, obtained from a public water system that is subject to this chapter, through a submetered distribution system if each user of the system is charged no more than the rate the user would be charged by the public water system.

By enacting this subdivision, it is not the intent of the Legislature to change existing law as to responsibility or liability for distribution systems beyond the mastermeter.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 516, Sec. 2. (AB 1194) Effective January 1, 2012.)

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