BILL NUMBER: SB 768	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 1101.1 of the Civil Code, relating to
water conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 768, as introduced, Wieckowski. Water-conserving plumbing
fixtures.
   Existing law requires the replacement of plumbing fixtures that
are not water conserving, as defined as noncompliant plumbing
fixtures, in residential and commercial real property built and
available for use on or before January 1, 1994, as specified.
Existing law provides findings and declarations regarding these
requirements, including that there is a pressing need to address
water supply reliability issues caused by growing urban areas.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
findings and declarations.
   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 1101.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1101.1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) Adequate water supply reliability for all uses is essential to
the future economic and environmental health of California.
   (b) Environmentally sound strategies to meet future water supply
and wastewater treatment needs are key to protecting and restoring
aquatic resources in California.
   (c) There is a pressing need to address water supply reliability
issues  raised   caused  by growing urban
areas.
   (d) Economic analysis by urban water agencies has identified urban
water conservation as a cost-effective approach to addressing water
supply needs.
   (e) There are many water conservation practices that produce
significant energy and other resource savings that should be
encouraged as a matter of state policy.
   (f) Since the 1991 signing of the "Memorandum of Understanding
Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California," many urban water
and wastewater treatment agencies have gained valuable experience
that can be applied to produce significant statewide savings of
water, energy, and associated infrastructure costs. This experience
indicates a need to regularly revise and update water conservation
methodologies and practices.
   (g) To address these concerns, it is the intent of the Legislature
to require that residential and commercial real property built and
available for use or occupancy on or before January 1, 1994, be
equipped with water-conserving plumbing fixtures.
   (h) It is further the intent of the Legislature  that
  to encourage  retail water suppliers  are
encouraged  to provide incentives, financing mechanisms,
and funding to assist property owners with these retrofit
obligations.