Current Status: Pending

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Existing law prohibits the use of potable water for the irrigation of nonfunctional turf located on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties, other than a cemetery, and on properties of homeowners’ associations, common interest developments, and community service organizations or similar entities, as specified. Existing law requires a person or entity to be subject to civil liability or penalties by the State Water Resources Control Board, as prescribed, or to civil liability and penalties imposed by an urban water supplier, pursuant to a locally adopted ordinance or policy. Existing law authorizes a public water system, city, county, or city and county to enforce the provisions relating to the prohibition, as specified.

This bill would amend Water Code 10608.14 to require a person or entity to also be subject to civil liability or penalties imposed by a special district with water conservation enforcement authority pursuant to a locally adopted ordinance or policy. The bill would authorize a special district with water conservation enforcement authority to enforce the provisions relating to the prohibition.

**SB-1139 was amended on March 23, 2026, to limit its scope to the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.

(f) Noncompliance by a person or entity with this chapter or regulations adopted thereunder shall be subject to civil liability and penalties set forth in Section 1846, or to civil liability and penalties imposed by an urban retail water supplier or special district with water conservation enforcement authority the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District pursuant to a locally adopted ordinance or policy.

(g) (1) A public water system, special district with water conservation enforcement authority, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, a city, county, or city and county may enforce the provisions of this chapter.

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