BILL NUMBER: AB 697	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chu

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 1101.5 of the Civil Code, relating to
water conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 697, as introduced, Chu. Water-conserving plumbing fixtures.
   Existing law requires the replacement of plumbing fixtures that
are not water conserving, as defined as noncompliant plumbing
fixtures, in residential and commercial real property built and
available for use on or before January 1, 1994, as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1101.5 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1101.5.  (a) On or before January 1, 2019, all noncompliant
plumbing fixtures in  any   a  multifamily
residential real property and in  any   a 
commercial real property shall be replaced with water-conserving
plumbing fixtures.
   (b) An owner or the owner's agent may enter the owner's property
for the purpose of installing, repairing, testing, and maintaining
water-conserving plumbing fixtures required by this section,
consistent with  the  notice requirements of Section 1954.
   (c) On and after January 1, 2019, the water-conserving plumbing
fixtures required by this section shall be operating at the
manufacturer's rated water consumption at the time that the tenant
takes possession. A tenant shall be responsible for notifying the
owner or owner's agent if the tenant becomes aware that a
water-conserving plumbing fixture within his or her unit is not
operating at the manufacturer's rated water consumption. The owner or
owner's agent shall correct an inoperability in a water-conserving
plumbing fixture upon notice by the tenant or if detected by the
owner or the owner's agent.
   (d) (1) On and after January 1, 2014, all noncompliant plumbing
fixtures in  any   a  multifamily
residential real property and  any   in a 
commercial real property shall be replaced with water-conserving
plumbing fixtures in the following circumstances:
   (A) For building additions in which the sum of concurrent building
permits by the same permit applicant would increase the floor area
of the space in a building by more than 10 percent, the building
permit applicant shall replace all noncompliant plumbing fixtures in
the building.
   (B) For building alterations or improvements in which the total
construction cost estimated in the building permit is greater than
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), the building permit
applicant shall replace all noncompliant plumbing fixtures that
service the specific area of the improvement.
   (C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) or (B), for any alterations
or improvements to a room in a building that require a building
permit and that room contains any noncompliant plumbing fixtures, the
building permit applicant shall replace all noncompliant plumbing
fixtures in that room.
   (2) Replacement of all noncompliant plumbing fixtures with
water-conserving plumbing fixtures, as described in paragraph (1),
shall be a condition for issuance of a certificate of final
completion and occupancy or final permit approval by the local
building department.
   (e) On and after January 1, 2019, a seller or transferor of
multifamily residential real property or of commercial real property
shall disclose to the prospective purchaser or transferee, in
writing, the requirements of subdivision (a) and whether the property
includes any noncompliant plumbing fixtures. This disclosure may be
included in other transactional documents.