HB 2781 Summary

• Requires groundwater users advisory councils in active management areas projected to fail meeting the safe yield goal by 2025 to present a compliance plan to the legislature by 2015, including recommended amendments to the groundwater code.

• Mandates that new well owners record a document in the county recorder's office containing the well's registration number and location information when ownership transfers after the bill's effective date.

• Requires the new owner to furnish updated information to the Department of Water Resources to maintain current and accurate well registration records following any transfer of well ownership.

• Makes minor grammatical corrections to existing groundwater statutes by replacing "which" with "that" and "upon" with "on" throughout the relevant sections.