BILL NUMBER: AB 1928	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1928, as introduced, Campos. Water efficiency: landscape
irrigation equipment.
   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
January 1, 2010, performance standards and labeling requirements for
landscape irrigation controllers and moisture sensors and, on or
after January 1, 2012, prohibits that equipment from being sold
unless it meets the performance standards and labeling requirements.
   This bill would postpone the date by which the commission is to
adopt the performance standards and labeling requirements to January
1, 2018, and would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2020, the sale
of that equipment unless it meets the performance standards and
labeling requirements. The bill would additionally require the
commission, in adopting those standards and requirements, to consider
developments in landscape irrigation efficiency occurring on or
after January 1, 2010.
   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 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,   Resources and in consideration of
developments in landscape irrigation efficiency occurring on and
after January 1, 2010,  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 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.   2018. 
   (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,   2020,
 an irrigation controller or moisture sensor for landscape
irrigation uses may 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.