BILL NUMBER: AB 2282	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2014

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 amended, 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 California
Building Standards 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 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  ,  in
consultation with other designated entities, to conduct research to
assist in the development of, and to propose the adoption, amendment,
or repeal by the commission, of mandatory building standards for the
installation of recycled water infrastructure for newly constructed
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 limit
the mandate to install recycled water piping to areas within a local
jurisdiction that meet specified conditions, and to consider whether
a service area plans to provide potable water prior to mandating the
use of recycled water piping. The bill would require the 
department   commission  to seek advice from
specified entities when developing the application provisions for the
mandatory building standards. The bill would require the commission
to undertake identical research and activities with respect to
development of mandatory green building standards for the
installation of recycled water infrastructure for newly constructed
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 recycled water infrastructure for newly constructed
single-family and multifamily residential buildings. In conducting
this research, the department shall actively consult with the State
Water Resources Control Board, the State Department of Public Health,
and other interested parties, including, but not limited to, public
water systems, recycled water producers, 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 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
applications, the department shall consider whether to adopt or
recommend measures to ensure that indoor recycled water piping is
safely installed, including, but not limited to, requiring purple
pipe  or    special markings on recycled water
piping that states clearly whether it is approved for indoor use, or
recommending restrictions on who may purchase or install recycled
water piping for indoor use.
   (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  newly constructed 
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 the application provisions for the mandatory
building standards, the department shall limit the mandate to install
recycled water piping to only those areas within a local
jurisdiction that have feasible and cost-efficient access to a water
recycling facility, or that have been identified by the local
jurisdiction within a planned service area for the provision of
recycled water for which a specific implementation timeline has been
identified by the public water system in its most recent urban water
management plan.
   (3) The department shall consider whether a service area plans to
provide potable water prior to mandating the use of recycled water
piping.
   (4) In developing the mandatory building standards required under
paragraph (1), the department shall consider the definition for
recycled water as established in  Section 60301 
 Article 1 (commencing with Section 60301.100) of Chapter 3 of
Division 4  of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (5) The department shall seek advice from the State Department of
Public Health, the Department of Water Resources, the State Water
Resources Control Board, public water systems, recycled water
producers, and water research associations when developing the
application provisions for the mandatory building standards required
under paragraph (1).
   (6) A city, county, or city and county, in consultation with the
public water system and recycled water producer, may further reduce
the area for which the mandate to install recycled water piping
applies, if the local public water system or recycled water producer
finds that providing recycled water to an area is not feasible or
cost effective.
  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 recycled water
infrastructure for newly constructed commercial and public buildings.
In conducting this research, the commission shall actively consult
with the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Department of
Public Health, and other interested parties, including, but not
limited to, public water systems, recycled water producers, 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 respect to indoor
applications, the commission shall consider whether to adopt or
recommend measures to ensure that indoor recycled water piping is
safely installed, including, but not limited to, requiring purple
pipe or special markings on recycled water piping that states clearly
whether it is approved for indoor use, or recommending restrictions
on who may purchase or install recycled water piping for indoor use.
   (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  
commission  shall develop and adopt mandatory building standards
for the installation of  future  recycled water
infrastructure for  newly constructed  commercial and public
buildings in the next regularly scheduled Intervening Code Cycle
adopted after January 1, 2017.
   (2) When developing the application provisions for the mandatory
building standards, the commission shall limit the mandate to install
recycled water piping to only those areas within a local
jurisdiction that have feasible and cost-efficient access to a water
recycling facility, or that have been identified by the local
jurisdiction within a planned service area for the provision of
recycled water for which a specific implementation timeline has been
identified by the public water system in its most recent urban water
management plan.
   (3) The commission shall consider whether a service area plans to
provide potable water prior to mandating the use of recycled water
piping.
   (4) In developing the mandatory building standards required under
paragraph (1), the department shall consider the definition for
recycled water as established in  Section 60301 
 Article 1 (commencing with Section 60301.100) of Chapter 3 of
Division 4  of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (5) The  department   commission  shall
seek advice from the State Department of Public Health, the
Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control
Board, public water systems, recycled water producers, and water
research associations when developing the application provisions for
the mandatory building standards required under paragraph (1).
   (6) A city, county, or city and county, in consultation with the
public water system and recycled water producer, may further reduce
the area for which the mandate to install recycled water piping
applies, if the local public water system or recycled water producer
finds that providing recycled water to an area is not feasible or
cost effective.