BILL NUMBER: AB 2071	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	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   Water Resources Control Board  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 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  , as
defined,  would  be safe for   not pose a
significant risk to  public and animal health. This bill would
require the 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 state board
determines that the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for this purpose would  harm   pose a
significant risk to  public or animal health. The bill would
authorize the state board to approve the use of disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water for this purpose if the state board determines
that its use would not  harm   pose a
significant risk to  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 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   not pose a
significant risk to  public and animal health. If the state
board determines that the use of disinfected tertiary treated
recycled water for the purpose of providing water to  pasture
 animals would  harm   pose a
significant risk to  public or animal health, the state board
shall establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for the use of
disinfected tertiary  treated  recycled water for the
purpose of providing water to  pasture  animals.
Except as provided in subdivision (c), if the state board determines
that the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the
purpose of providing water to  pasture  animals
would not  harm   pose a significant risk to
 public or animal health, the 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 board shall 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, "animal" includes any
domesticated bird, bovine animal, horse, mule, burro, sheep, goat, or
swine.