CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND CODES
SECTIONS 13200-13208
WATER CODE
SECTION 13200-13208
13200. The state is divided, for the purpose of this division, into
nine regions:
(a) North Coast region, which comprises all basins including Lower
Klamath Lake and Lost River Basins draining into the Pacific Ocean
from the California-Oregon state line southerly to the southerly
boundary of the watershed of Estero de San Antonio and Stemple Creek
in Marin and Sonoma Counties.
(b) San Francisco Bay region, which comprises San Francisco Bay,
Suisun Bay, from Sacramento River and San Joaquin River westerly from
a line which passes between Collinsville and Montezuma Island and
follows thence the boundary common to Sacramento and Solano Counties
and that common to Sacramento and Contra Costa Counties to the
westerly boundary of the watershed of Markley Canyon in Contra Costa
County, all basins draining into the bays and rivers westerly from
this line, and all basins draining into the Pacific Ocean between the
southerly boundary of the north coastal region and the southerly
boundary of the watershed of Pescadero Creek in San Mateo and Santa
Cruz Counties.
(c) Central Coast region, which comprises all basins, including
Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties, draining into the
Pacific Ocean from the southerly boundary of the watershed of
Pescadero Creek in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties to the
southeasterly boundary, located in the westerly part of Ventura
County, of the watershed of Rincon Creek.
(d) Los Angeles region, which comprises all basins draining into
the Pacific Ocean between the southeasterly boundary, located in the
westerly part of Ventura County, of the watershed of Rincon Creek and
a line which coincides with the southeasterly boundary of Los
Angeles County from the ocean to San Antonio Peak and follows thence
the divide between San Gabriel River and Lytle Creek drainages to the
divide between Sheep Creek and San Gabriel River drainages.
(e) Santa Ana region, which comprises all basins draining into the
Pacific Ocean between the southeasterly boundary of the Los Angeles
region and a line which follows the drainage divide between Muddy and
Moro Canyons from the ocean to the summit of San Joaquin Hills;
thence along the divide between lands draining into Newport Bay and
into Laguna Canyon to Niguel Road; thence along Niguel Road and Los
Aliso Avenue to the divide between Newport Bay and Aliso Creek
drainages; thence along that divide and the southeasterly boundary of
the Santa Ana River drainage to the divide between Baldwin Lake and
Mojave Desert drainages; thence along that divide to the divide
between Pacific Ocean and Mojave Desert drainages.
(f) San Diego region, which comprises all basins draining into the
Pacific Ocean between the southern boundary of the Santa Ana region
and the California-Mexico boundary.
(g) Central Valley region, which comprises all basins including
Goose Lake Basin draining into the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
to the easterly boundary of the San Francisco Bay region near
Collinsville. The Central Valley region shall have section offices in
the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.
(h) Lahontan region, which comprises all basins east of the Santa
Ana, Los Angeles and Central Valley regions from the
California-Oregon boundary to the southerly boundary located in Los
Angeles and San Bernardino Counties of the watersheds draining into
Antelope Valley, Mojave River Basin and Dry Lake Basin near Ivanpah.
(i) Colorado River Basin region, which comprises all basins east
of the Santa Ana and San Diego regions draining into the Colorado
River, Salton Sea and local sinks from the southerly boundary of the
Lanhontan region to the California-Mexico boundary.
The regions defined and described in this section shall be as
precisely delineated on official maps of the department and include
all of the areas within the boundaries of the state.
For purposes of this section the boundaries of the state extend
three nautical miles into the Pacific Ocean from the line of mean
lower low water marking the seaward limits of inland waters and three
nautical miles from the line of mean lower low water on the mainland
and each offshore island.
Nothing in this section shall limit the power conferred by this
chapter to regulate the disposal of waste into ocean waters beyond
the boundaries of the state.
13201. (a) There is a regional board for each of the regions
described in Section 13200. Each board shall consist of the following
nine members appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall represent
and act on behalf of all the people and shall reside or have a
principal place of business within the region:
(1) One person associated with water supply, conservation, and
production.
(2) One person associated with irrigated agriculture.
(3) One person associated with industrial water use.
(4) One person associated with municipal government. Upon the next
vacancy occurring in this office on or after January 1, 2004, this
person shall be a city council member or mayor.
(5) One person associated with county government. Upon the next
vacancy occurring in this office on or after January 1, 2004, this
person shall be a county supervisor.
(6) One person from a responsible nongovernmental organization
associated with recreation, fish, or wildlife.
(7) Three persons not specifically associated with any of the
foregoing categories, two of whom shall have special competence in
areas related to water quality problems.
(b) All persons appointed to a regional board shall be subject to
Senate confirmation, but shall not be required to appear before any
committee of the Senate for purposes of such confirmation unless
specifically requested to appear by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(c) Insofar as practicable, appointments shall be made in such
manner as to result in representation on the board from all parts of
the region.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if appointments cannot be
made pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) because of the
requirements of Section 13388, those appointments may be made of
persons not specifically associated with any category.
13202. Each member of a regional board shall be appointed for a
term of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the
Governor for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.
13203. The official designation of each regional board shall be:
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, (region name).
13204. Each regional board shall hold at least six regular meetings
each calendar year and the additional special meetings or hearings
as shall be called by the chairperson or any two members of the
regional board.
13205. Each member of a regional board shall receive one hundred
dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in
the performance of official duties, except that no member shall be
entitled to receive the one hundred dollars ($100) compensation if
the member otherwise receives compensation from other sources for
performing those duties. The total compensation received by members
of each regional board shall not exceed, in any one fiscal year, the
sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars ($13,500). A member may
decline compensation. In addition to the compensation, each member
shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses
incurred in the performance of official duties.
13206. Public officers associated with any area of government,
including planning or water, and whether elected or appointed, may be
appointed to, and may serve contemporaneously as members of, a
regional board.
13207. (a) No member of a regional board shall participate in any
board action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of
Chapter 4, or Article 1 (commencing with Section 13300) of Chapter
5, of this division which involves himself or herself or any waste
discharger with which he or she is connected as a director, officer
or employee, or in which he or she has a financial interest in the
decision within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.
(b) No board member shall participate in any proceeding before any
regional board or the state board as a consultant or in any other
capacity on behalf of any waste discharger.
(c) Upon the request of any person, or on the Attorney General's
own initiative, the Attorney General may file a complaint in the
superior court for the county in which the regional board has its
principal office alleging that a board member has knowingly violated
this section and the facts upon which the allegation is based and
asking that the member be removed from office. Further proceedings
shall be in accordance as near as may be with rules governing civil
actions. If after trial the court finds that the board member has
knowingly violated this section it shall pronounce judgment that the
member be removed from office.
13208. (a) No regional board executive officer may make,
participate in making, or use his or her official position to
influence, any decision of the regional board, or made on behalf of
the regional board, affecting any person or entity subject to waste
discharge requirements under this division if the regional board
executive officer has received, during the previous two years, 10
percent or more of his or her income from that person or entity.
(b) "Income," for purposes of this section, has the same meaning
as in Section 82030 of the Government Code.