(a)
The department, in consultation with the state board, shall report to the Legislature as part of the annual budget process, in each year from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, on the progress towards developing and adopting uniform water recycling criteria for surface water augmentation and its investigation of the feasibility of developing uniform water recycling criteria for direct potable reuse.
(b)
(1)A written report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2)
Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2017.