BILL NUMBER: AB 606	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 12, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to add  Section 14107 to, and to add  Article 6.5
(commencing with Section 14714) to Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of Division
3 of Title 2  of   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, 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. 
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of all state highways and associated
property. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to
perform work required to alleviate or repair damage to property
during declared emergencies, as specified. 
   This bill 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
reduce water consumption and increase water efficiencies for that
property, where feasible, through replacement of landscaping,
irrigation timers, or spray sprinkler heads, implementation of
recycled water irrigation, or any combination thereof.  The bill
also would impose similar water conservation requirements on the
Department of Transportation. 
   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 14107 is added to the 
 Government Code   , to read:  
   14107.  (a) When the department replaces landscaping or irrigation
on property or acquires new property, the department shall reduce
water consumption and increase water efficiencies for that property,
where feasible, 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.
   (4) Implementation of recycled water irrigation.
   (b) 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, historical, and technological factors. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   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) When the department replaces landscaping or irrigation
on  public  property or when new  public
 property is added to the department's statewide property
inventory, the department shall reduce water consumption and increase
water efficiencies for that property, where feasible, 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.
   (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,  the following terms
have the following meanings: 
    (1)     "Feasible"
    "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.