BILL NUMBER: AB 606	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2015

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 amended, Levine. Water conservation.
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services to
provide planning, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state
buildings and  property.   property, and
maintain a statewide property inventory of all real property held by
the state.  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   would, when 
the Department of General Services  replaces landscaping or
irrigation on public property or when new public property is added to
the department's statewide property inventory, require the
department  to  identify each public property added to
the department's state property inventory beginning January 1, 2015,
where it is feasible for   reduce  water
consumption  to be reduced  and  increase 
water efficiencies  to be achieved   for that
property, where feasible,  through replacement of landscaping,
irrigation timers, or spray sprinkler heads,  implementation of
recycled water irrigation, or any combination  thereof,
and would require the appropriate replacements where feasible, except
as specified.   thereof. 
   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   When the  department
 shall identify each   replaces landscaping or
irrigation on public property or when new  public property
 that  is added to the department's  state
  statewide  property  inventory beginning
January 1, 2016, including, but not limited to, property managed by
the Department of Transportation,   inventory, the
department shall reduce water consumption and increase water
efficiencies for that property,  where  it is feasible
for water consumption to be reduced and water efficiencies to be
achieved   feasible,  through any or all of the
following:
   (1) Replacement of landscaping with  drought tolerant
  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 

   (4) Implementation of recycled water irrigation. 
    (b)     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" 
 the following terms have the following meanings: 
    (1)     "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,  historical,  and technological
factors. 
   (2) "Public property" means property managed by the department or
the Department of Transportation.