BILL NUMBER: AB 849	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 849, as introduced, Gatto. Water: use efficiency.
   Existing law provides that resource conservation is of fundamental
importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of this state
and that the Legislature believes that the state must assume
leadership in formulating and putting into effect a statewide program
of water conservation.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to encourage the installation and implementation of
residential and commercial water use efficiency measures, including,
but not limited to, graywater and storm retention systems, to reduce
or eliminate regulatory barriers for water use and efficiency, and if
feasible, to provide incentives to increase investment in and use of
graywater systems.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to encourage the installation and implementation of
residential and commercial water use efficiency measures, including,
but not limited to, graywater and storm retention systems, to reduce
or eliminate regulatory barriers for water use and efficiency, and if
feasible, to provide incentives to increase investment in and use of
graywater systems.