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                                    CONSENT


          Bill No:  AB 2277
          Author:   Fletcher (R)
          Amended:  7/15/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 6/29/10
          AYES:  Pavley, Cogdill, Hollingsworth, Huff, Kehoe,  
            Lowenthal, Padilla, Simitian, Wolk

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 74-0, 4/22/10 (Consent) - See last page for  
          vote


           SUBJECT  :    Water conservation:  urban retail water  
          suppliers

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill corrects a reference to a federal  
          executive order on how the military should be treated  
          regarding water conservation legislation.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          1. Directs the state to achieve a 20 percent reduction in  
             urban per capita water use in California by December 31,  
             2020.

          2. Requires urban retail water suppliers to develop urban  
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             water use targets that will cumulatively result in the  
             20 percent reduction referenced above.

          3. Directs an urban retail water supplier that supplies  
             water to a military installation to consider that  
             installation's requirements under federal Executive  
             Order 13423.

          This bill corrects a reference to a federal executive order  
          on how the military should be treated regarding water  
          conservation legislation.

           Background

           Executive Order 13423, signed by President Bush on January  
          26, 2007, required federal agencies to reduce water  
          consumption intensity, relative to the baseline of the  
          agency's water consumption in fiscal year 2007, by two  
          percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2015 or 16  
          percent by the end of fiscal year 2015.  

          Executive Order 13514, signed by President Obama on October  
          8, 2009, requires federal agencies to reduce their potable  
          water consumption intensity by two percent annually through  
          fiscal year 2020, or 26 percent by the end of fiscal year  
          2020 relative to a baseline of the agency's water  
          consumption in fiscal year 2007.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/3/10)

          Department of the Navy
          San Diego County Water Authority

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    The San Diego County Water  
          Authority supports the bill and writes, "SB2277 corrects a  
          provision in SBx7-7 that cited an outdated federal  
          executive order regarding water conservation on military  
          installations.  The new executive order requires even more  
          stringent water conservation measures than the previous  
          executive orders.  Military installations in San Diego  
          County use a significant portion of the region's water  







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          supply, and increased water conservation has a significant  
          effect."

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Bradford,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,  
            Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,  
            Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,  
            Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore,  
            Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Jeffries,  
            Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,  
            Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,  
            Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,  
            Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,  
            Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Blumenfield, Caballero, Huber, Huffman,  
            Norby, Vacancy


          CTW:do  8/3/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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