BILL NUMBER: AB 2071	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gatto)

                        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 amended, 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.  Existing law transfers these duties to the State
Water Resources Control Board on July 1, 2014. 
   This bill would require, by December 31, 2016, the 
department   state board , in consultation with
impacted state agencies, to determine whether the use of disinfected
tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of providing water to
pasture animals would be safe for public and animal health. This
bill would require the  department   state board
 to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for the use
of recycled water for the purpose of providing water to pasture
animals if the  department   state board 
determines that the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for this purpose would harm public or animal health. The bill
would authorize the  department   state board
 to approve the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for this purpose if the  department  
state board  determines that its use would not harm public or
animal health but would prohibit the use of disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water in the water supply for dairy animals that are
currently producing dairy products for human consumption.
   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.  (a) By December 31, 2016, the  State Department
of Public Health   state board  , in consultation
with impacted state agencies, shall determine whether the use of
disinfected tertiary treated recycled water, as defined by Section
60301.230 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, for the
purpose of providing water to pasture animals, would be safe for
public and animal health. If the  State Department of Public
Health   state board  determines that the use of
disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of
providing water to pasture animals would harm public or animal
health, the  State Department of Public Health  
state board  shall establish uniform statewide recycling
criteria for the use of disinfected tertiary recycled water for the
purpose of providing water to pasture animals. Except as provided in
subdivision (c), if the  State Department of Public Health
  state board  determines that the use of
disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of
providing water to pasture animals would not harm public or animal
health, the  State Department of Public Health  
state board  may approve the use of disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water for these purposes.
   (b) In evaluating the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals, the
 State Department of Public Health   state board
 shall  consider   consider, at minimum,
 all of the following:
   (1) Recommendations from the existing Advisory Panel on
Constituents of Emerging Concerns in Recycled Water.
   (2) State-funded research performed pursuant to Section 79144 and
subdivision (b) of Section 79145.
   (3) Research by the state board relating to unregulated
pollutants.
   (c) Disinfected tertiary treated recycled water shall not be used
in the water supply for dairy animals that are currently producing
dairy products for human consumption.
   (d) A person shall not be required to use disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water for the purposes described in this section.
   (e) The adoption of uniform statewide recycling criteria pursuant
to this section shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code. 
   (f) For purposes of this section, the State Department of Public
Health shall also mean any successor agency.