BILL NUMBER: AB 2071	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section 13521.1 to the Water Code, relating to
recycled water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2071, as introduced, Levine. Recycled water: pasture animals.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type
of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of
public health.
   This bill would require the department to approve the use of
tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of providing water to
pasture animals, by January 1, 2016, unless the department
determines that this use would harm public health. This bill would
require the department to establish uniform statewide recycling
criteria for the use of recycled water for the purpose of providing
water to pasture animals if the department determines that the use of
tertiary treated recycled water for this purpose would harm public
health.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13521.1 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13521.1.  Prior to January 1, 2016, the State Department of Public
Health shall approve the use of tertiary treated recycled water for
the purpose of providing water to pasture animals unless the State
Department of Public Health determines that this use would harm
public health. If the State Department of Public Health determines
that the use of tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of
providing water to pasture animals would harm public health, the
State Department of Public Health shall establish uniform statewide
recycling criteria for the use of recycled water for the purpose of
providing water to pasture animals.