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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 1928 (Campos) - Water efficiency:  landscape irrigation  
          equipment
          
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          |Version: February 12, 2016      |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 6 - 2    |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 1, 2016    |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar    |
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          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 1928 revises the due dates for the California  
          Energy Commission (CEC) to develop and adopt performance  
          standards and labeling requirements for landscape irrigation  
          equipment.  


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Increased staff costs of approximately $150,000 and contract  
            costs of approximately $200,000 for the CEC to establish  
            performance standards and labeling requirements (General Fund  
            or special fund). (See staff comments)




          Background:  In 2006, AB 1881 (Laird), among other things, directed the  
          CEC, in consultation with the Department of Water Resources  
          (DWR) to adopt performance standards and labeling requirements  







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          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.  

          The CEC was further required to:
           Adopt the performance standards and labeling requirements by  
            January 1, 2010.
           Consider the Irrigation Association's Smart Water Application  
            Technology Program testing protocols when adopting performance  
            standards for landscape irrigation equipment.

          The bill further established that on and after January 1, 2012,  
          no irrigation controller or moisture sensor for landscape  
          irrigation uses could be sold or installed in the state unless  
          the controller or sensor meets the performance standards and  
          labeling requirements established by the CEC.

          All these requirements were contingent upon the availability of  
          funds.  Funds were not made available for these purposes and so  
          the CEC has not established performance standards for landscape  
          irrigation equipment.


          Proposed Law:  
            This bill:
           Requires the CEC to adopt performance standards and labeling  
            requirements for landscape irrigation controllers and moisture  
            sensors on or before January 1, 2018.


           Requires the CEC, in adopting the performance standards and  
            labeling requirements, to consider developments in landscape  
            irrigation efficiency occurring on and after January 1, 2010.


           Ban, on and after January 1, 2020, the sale or installation of  
            an irrigation controller or moisture sensor for landscape  
            irrigation uses unless the controller or sensor meets the  
            CEC's adopted performance standards and labeling requirements.











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          Staff  
          Comments:  Similar to AB 1881, this bill is subject to available  
          funding.  The deadlines originally outlined in AB 1881 were not  
          met because funding was never made available.  This bill extends  
          those deadlines, without providing a funding source. 





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