BILL NUMBER: AB 606	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to add Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 14714) to
Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, relating to state property.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 606, as introduced, Levine. Water conservation.
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services to
provide planning, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state
buildings and property. Existing law requires the department, in
consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, and with the concurrence of the Department of
Finance, to identify each public building in the department's state
property inventory where it is feasible for that building to reduce
energy consumption and achieve energy efficiencies, as specified, and
make retrofits, as specified.
   This bill would require the Department of General Services to
identify each public property added to the department's state
property inventory beginning January 1, 2015, where it is feasible
for water consumption to be reduced and water efficiencies to be
achieved through replacement of landscaping, irrigation timers, or
spray sprinkler heads, or any combination thereof, and would require
the appropriate replacements where feasible, except as specified.
   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.  Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 14714) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, to read:

      Article 6.5.  State Property Water Use


   14714.  (a) The department shall identify each public property
that is added to the department's state property inventory beginning
January 1, 2016, including, but not limited to, property managed by
the Department of Transportation, where it is feasible for water
consumption to be reduced and water efficiencies to be achieved
through any or all of the following:
   (1) Replacement of landscaping with drought tolerant plants with
an emphasis on native plant species.
   (2) Replacement of irrigation timers to permit efficient watering
schedules.
   (3) Replacement of spray sprinkler heads with bubblers, drip
irrigation, and soaker hoses.
   (b) The department shall make the appropriate replacements for
each public property identified pursuant to subdivision (a) to reduce
overall water consumption where feasible, except that work on public
property of the California State University shall be subject to the
consent of the California State University.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "feasible" means capable of
being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period
of time, taking into account life-cycle cost analyses, and
environmental, social, and technological factors.