BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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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