BILL NUMBER: AB 1128	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 10608.4 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1128, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. Water conservation.
   Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to, among
other things, promote urban water conservation standards that are
consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation Council's
adopted best management practices and specified requirements for
demand management.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these findings and
declarations.
   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 10608.4 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10608.4.  It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of
this part, to do all of the following:
   (a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use
of this essential resource.
   (b) Establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban
water conservation identified in this part and called for by the
Governor.
   (c) Measure increased efficiency of urban water use on a per
capita basis.
   (d) Establish a method or methods for urban retail water suppliers
to determine targets for achieving increased water use efficiency by
the year 2020, in accordance with the Governor's goal of a
20-percent reduction.
   (e) Establish consistent water use efficiency planning and
implementation standards for urban water suppliers and agricultural
water suppliers.
   (f) Promote urban water conservation standards  that are
 consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation
Council's adopted best management practices and the requirements for
demand management in Section 10631.
   (g) Establish standards that recognize and provide credit to water
suppliers that made substantial capital investments in urban water
conservation since the drought of the early 1990s.
   (h) Recognize and account for the investment of urban retail water
suppliers in providing recycled water for beneficial uses.
   (i) Require implementation of specified efficient water management
practices for agricultural water suppliers.
   (j) Support the economic productivity of California's
agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors.
   (k) Advance regional water resources management.