BILL NUMBER: AB 1192	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 25401.9 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy and water conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1192, as introduced, Quirk. Landscape irrigation equipment:
performance standards and labeling requirements.
   Existing law requires, to the extent that funds are available, the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in
consultation with the Department of Water Resources, to adopt by
regulation, after holding one or more public hearings, performance
standards and labeling requirements for landscape irrigation
equipment, including, but not limited to, irrigation controllers,
moisture sensors, emission devices, and valves, for the purpose of
reducing the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary
consumption of energy or water.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these landscape
irrigation equipment 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 25401.9 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25401.9.  (a) To the extent that funds are available, the
commission, in consultation with the Department of Water Resources,
shall adopt by regulation, after holding one or more public hearings,
performance standards and labeling requirements for landscape
irrigation equipment, including, but not limited to, irrigation
controllers, moisture sensors, emission devices, and valves, for the
purpose of reducing the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or
unnecessary consumption of energy or water.
   (b) For the  purposes   purpose  of
complying with subdivision (a), the commission shall do both of the
following:
   (1) Adopt performance standards and labeling requirements for
landscape irrigation controllers and moisture sensors on or before
January 1, 2010.
   (2) Consider the Irrigation Association's Smart Water Application
Technology Program testing protocols when adopting performance
standards for landscape irrigation equipment, including, but not
limited to, irrigation controllers, moisture sensors, emission
devices, and valves.
   (c)  On and after January 1, 2012, an   An
 irrigation controller or moisture sensor for landscape
irrigation uses  may   shall  not be sold
or installed in the state unless the controller or sensor meets the
performance standards and labeling requirements established pursuant
to this section.