Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.

Contracts

• Water Rights Leases: Immediately amend leases to include a Regulatory Adjustment Clause. If a GCD’s new "interim value" report triggers a permit reduction, your lease payments should automatically prorate downward.
• Supply Agreements: Update Force Majeure clauses in water supply contracts. Explicitly list "curtailments resulting from failure to meet Desired Future Conditions or Interim Values" as a qualifying event to shield you from breach of contract liability.
• Real Estate Acquisitions: Update due diligence checklists. You must now review the specific GCD’s most recent "Explanatory Report" and performance history before acquiring land dependent on groundwater.

Hiring/Training

• Technical Consultants: Your hydrogeologists or engineering consultants must be directed to monitor and model the proposed "interim values" during the joint planning process, not just the 50-year endpoint.
• Legal/Compliance: Staff must attend GMA joint planning meetings. The law now mandates a review of the "effectiveness" of conservation measures; silence during these meetings will be interpreted as consent to stricter regulations.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Internal Auditing: While the GCD files the state report, you must maintain an internal comparison of your actual metered usage against the District’s "modeled available groundwater."
• Plain Language Defense: Prepare a "plain language" summary of your own conservation efforts. You will need this to counter the GCD’s mandatory plain language report if they attempt to shift the blame for aquifer depletion onto industrial users.

Fees & Costs

• Direct Costs: No statutory fee increases are included in the bill.
• Indirect Risks: If a GCD reports failure to meet interim values, anticipate the introduction of "sustainability fees" or "export fees" in subsequent local rulemaking to fund aggressive conservation efforts.