BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair 2015 - 2016 Regular Session AB 1928 (Campos) - Water efficiency: landscape irrigation equipment ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Version: February 12, 2016 |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 6 - 2 | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Urgency: No |Mandate: No | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Hearing Date: August 1, 2016 |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 1928 (Campos) Page 1 of ? 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. AB 1928 (Campos) Page 2 of ? 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. -- END --