AB 2322: Water discharge: commercial, industrial, or institutional sites.
The bill aims to clarify the definition of a "commercial, industrial, or institutional site" for purposes of issuing permits for the discharge of stormwater from municipal separate storm sewer systems. A CII site is defined as a privately owned parcel or contiguous parcels of land that are designated as commercial, industrial, or institutional based on the county tax assessor's land use codes. This clarification is intended to ensure that permits are issued correctly and consistently.
| Aug. 27, 2026 | Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby. |
| Aug. 04, 2026 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug. 03, 2026 | From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. |
| Jul. 02, 2026 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| May. 27, 2026 | Referred to Com. on E.Q. |
| Amended IN Assembly April 06, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2026 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Papan |
February 19, 2026 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to act upon all applications for a permit to appropriate water. Existing law establishes various requirements for a notice regarding an application received by the board, including, among other requirements, that notice be given by mail not less than 20 days before the date of a hearing for an unprotested application.
This bill would require notice to be given by mail not less than 15 days before the date of a hearing for an unprotested application.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13383.4 is added to the Water Code, to read:13383.4.
For purposes of issuing permits for the discharge of stormwater from municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), “commercial, industrial, or institutional site” or “CII site” shall mean a privately owned parcel or contiguous parcels of land that are commercial, industrial, or institutional based on the appropriate county tax assessor land use codes. For parcels with mixed use commercial and residential land use codes, a “CII site” shall mean the commercial, institutional, or industrial portion of the mixed land use parcel. “CII site” shall not include residential facilities of any type, including those located within a parcel assigned the land use category of mixed use.If a hearing is held on an unprotested application, notice of hearing shall be given by mailing notice not less than 15 days before the date of hearing.