BILL NUMBER: AB 2282	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Sections 17921.5 and 18940.6 to the Health and
Safety Code, relating to building standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2282, as introduced, Gatto. Building standards: recycled water
infrastructure.
   The California Building Standards Law provides for the adoption of
building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies
that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit
the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission
for approval and adoption. In the absence of a designated state
agency, the commission is required to adopt specific building
standards, as prescribed. Existing law requires the commission to
publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its
entirety once every 3 years. Existing law requires the Department of
Housing and Community Development to propose the adoption, amendment,
or repeal of building standards to the California Building Standards
Commission and to adopt, amend, and repeal other rules and
regulations for the protection of the public health, safety, and
general welfare of the occupants and the public involving buildings
and building construction.
   This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development, in consultation with other designated entities, to
conduct research to assist in the development of, and to propose,
adoption, amendment or repeal by the California Building Standards
Commission, of mandatory building standards for the installation of
future recycled water infrastructure for single-family and
multifamily residential buildings. The bill would authorize the
department to expend funds from the existing Building Standards
Administration Special Revolving Fund for this purpose upon
appropriation. The bill would require the department to consider
requiring local governments to adopt a recycled water service plan,
with specified components. This bill would require the State Building
Standards Commission to undertake identical research and activities
with respect to development of mandatory green building standards for
the installation of future recycled water infrastructure for
commercial and public buildings.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 17921.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   17921.5.  (a) (1) The department shall conduct research to assist
in the development of mandatory building standards for the
installation of future recycled water infrastructure for
single-family and multifamily residential buildings. In conducting
this research, the department shall actively consult with the State
Water Resources Control Board and other interested parties,
including, but not limited to, local water utility companies, product
manufacturers, local building officials, apartment owners, certified
contractors, and the building industry.
   (2) In researching, developing, and proposing mandatory building
standards under this section, the department may expend funds from
the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund upon
appropriation pursuant to Section 18931.7.
   (3) Research conducted in order to propose building standards
pursuant to this section shall include, but is not limited to, the
following:
   (A) Potential outdoor applications for recycled water, including
drip and sprinkler irrigation and use in certain aesthetic water
features.
   (B) Potential indoor applications for recycled water, including
use in toilets, washing machines, or both. With respect to indoor
application, the department shall consider restrictions on purchasing
recycled water piping.
   (C) The cost of various recycled water systems and infrastructure.

   (D) The estimated quantity of water savings under varying levels
of application of recycled water in residential buildings and
adjacent landscaping.
   (b) (1) The department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or
repeal by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5, of mandatory
building standards for the installation of future recycled water
infrastructure for single-family residential and multifamily
residential buildings. The department shall submit these proposed
mandatory building standards to the commission for consideration in
the next regularly scheduled Intervening Code Cycle adopted after
January 1, 2017.
   (2) When developing and proposing mandatory building standards for
the installation of recycled water infrastructure, the department
shall consider requiring local governments to adopt a recycled water
service plan, outlining the planned service area of a recycled water
provider, if the local government meets any of the following
requirements:
   (A) The local government has a recycled water facility in their
territory.
   (B) The local government has readily available access to a
recycled water facility outside their territory.
   (C) The local government has a general plan or an integrated
regional water management plan that includes the use of recycled
water.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18940.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   18940.6.  (a) (1) The California Building Standards Commission
shall conduct research to assist in the development of mandatory
green building standards for the installation of future recycled
water infrastructure for commercial and public buildings. In
conducting this research, the commission shall actively consult with
the State Water Resources Control Board and other interested parties,
including, but not limited to, local water utility companies,
product manufacturers, local building officials, apartment owners,
certified contractors, and the building industry.
   (2) In researching, developing, and proposing mandatory building
standards under this section, the commission may expend funds from
the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund upon
appropriation pursuant to Section 18931.7.
   (3) Research conducted in order to propose building standards
pursuant to this section shall include, but is not limited to, the
following:
   (A) Potential outdoor applications for recycled water, including
drip and sprinkler irrigation and use in certain aesthetic water
features.
   (B) Potential indoor applications for recycled water, including
use in toilets, washing machines, or both. With relationship to
indoor application, commission shall consider restrictions on who can
purchase recycled water piping.
   (C) The cost of various recycled water systems and infrastructure.

   (D) The estimated quantity of water savings under varying levels
of application of recycled water in commercial and public buildings
and adjacent landscaping.
   (b) (1) The Building Standards Commission shall develop and adopt
mandatory building standards for the installation of future recycled
water infrastructure for commercial and public buildings in the next
regularly scheduled Intervening Code Cycle adopted after January 1,
2017.
   (2) When developing and adopting mandatory building standards for
the installation of recycled water infrastructure, the Building
Standards Commission shall consider requiring local governments to
adopt a recycled water service plan, outlining the planned service
area of a recycled water provider, if the local government meets any
of the following requirements:
   (A) The local government has a recycled water facility in their
territory.
   (B) The local government has readily available access to recycled
water facility outside their territory.
   (C) The local government has a general plan or an integrated
regional water management plan which includes the use of recycled
water.