(a)
For purposes of this part, neither any entity described in Section 10927, nor the department, shall have the authority to do either of the following:
(1)
To enter private property without the consent of the property owner.
(2)
To require a private property owner to submit groundwater monitoring information to the entity.
(b)
This section does not apply to a county or an entity described in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 10927 that assumed responsibility for monitoring and reporting groundwater elevations prior to the effective date of this
part.