CA AB301

Requires owners/operators of water-bottling plants, retail water facilities, private water sources, water haulers, and bottled water distributors to submit annual license applications with specified information including machine serial numbers and locations.

Mandates water-bottling plant and private water source applicants provide the department with total water volume bottled/sold, water source type (public agency, artesian well, lake, river, spring, or well), and source location and ownership.

Requires the State Department of Public Health to annually compile and publicly release licensee information while eliminating duplicative data for applicants holding both water-bottling plant and private water source licenses.

Establishes annual license fees ranging from $40 for water-vending machines to $875 for Category 2 water-bottling plants, with fees adjusted annually to fund enforcement.

Specifies that water-vending machine operators must display a department-provided decal or seal indicating license payment in a prominent location on each machine.