BILL NUMBER: AB 2282 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 5, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 2, 2014
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. systems.
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 submit for adoption by the
commission, of commission of, mandatory building
standards for the installation of recycled water
infrastructure systems 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
systems within residential buildings and building site landscaped
areas 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. conditions. The bill would require the
department to develop the application provisions in consultation with
specified entities. The bill would define the term "recycled water"
for these purposes.
This 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 sy stems 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) For purposes of this section, "recycled water" has
the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (n) of
Section 13050 of the Water Code, and is consistent with the recycled
water use criteria specified in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations.
(b) (1) The department shall conduct research to assist in the
development of mandatory building standards for the installation of
recycled water infrastructure systems
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 and
other rental property owners, certified
California licensed contractors, and the building industry.
(2) In researching, developing, and proposing mandatory building
standards under this section, the department may
is authorized to 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, consistent
with the recycled water use criteria specified in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations.
(B) Potential indoor applications for recycled water, consistent
with the recycled water use criteria specified in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations. With respect to indoor applications,
the department shall consider whether to adopt or recommend measures
in addition to the current standards adopted in the Californi
a Plumbing Code in Title 24 of the California Code of
Regulations to ensure that the safe
installation of indoor recycled water piping is safely
installed, or systems, 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. systems.
(D) The estimated quantity of water savings under varying levels
of application of recycled water in residential buildings and
adjacent landscaping. building site
landscaped areas.
(4) The department may research standards for different types of
water recycling systems, including noncentralized systems, to the
extent that they meet all of the health and safety standards
specified in this section.
(c) (1) The department shall propose the
submit for 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 recycled water
infrastructure systems for newly constructed
single-family residential and multifamily residential buildings. The
department shall submit these the
proposed mandatory building standards to the commission
California Building Standards Commission for
consideration in the next regularly scheduled Intervening
Code Cycle adopted after January 1, 2017. during the
2016 Intervening Code Adoption Cycle, and may amend these mandatory
standards as necessary in future code adoption cycles, consistent
with the recycled water use criteria specified in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations.
(2) When developing the application provisions for the mandatory
building standards, the department shall limit the mandate to install
recycled water piping systems within
residential buildings and building site landscaped areas 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 mandate to install recycled water piping shall not apply
to service areas in which the only recycled water use is for potable
purposes, or in which net nonpotable deliveries are anticipated to
remain level or decrease as a result of the potable reuse project.
(4) The department shall consider whether a service area plans to
provide potable water prior to mandating the use of recycled water
piping.
(5)
(4) The department shall develop the application
provisions for the mandatory building standards required under
paragraph (1), in consultation with the State Water Resources Control
Board, public water systems, recycled water producers, and water
research associations.
(6)
(5) 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) For purposes of this section, "recycled water" has
the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (n) of
Section 13050 of the Water Code, and is consistent with the recycled
water use criteria specified in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations.
(b) (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 systems for newly constructed
commercial and public buildings, in consultation with the State Water
Resources Control Board and other interested parties, including, but
not limited to, public water systems, recycled water producers,
product manufacturers, local building officials, apartment and
other rental property owners, certified
California licensed contractors, and the building industry.
(2) In researching, developing, and proposing mandatory building
standards under this section, the commission may
is authorized to 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, consistent
with the recycled water use criteria specified in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations.
(B) Potential indoor applications for recycled water, consistent
with the recycled water use criteria specified in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations. With respect to indoor applications,
the commission shall consider whether to adopt or recommend measures
in addition to the c urrent standards adopted in the
California Plumbing Code in Title 24 of the California Code of
Regulations, to ensure that the safe
installation of indoor recycled water piping is safely
installed, or systems, including, but not
limited to, requiring purple pipe or special markings on recycled
water piping or systems 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. systems.
(D) The estimated quantity of water savings under varying levels
of application of recycled water in commercial and public buildings
and adjacent landscaping. building site
landscaped areas.
(4) The department may research standards for different types of
water recycling systems, including noncentralized systems, to the
extent that they meet all of the health and safety standards
specified in this section.
(c) (1) The commission shall develop and adopt
mandatory building standards for the installation of recycled water
infrastructure systems for newly
constructed commercial and public buildings in the next
regularly scheduled buildings. The commission shall
consider the proposed mandatory building standards during the 2016
Intervening Code Cycle adopted after January 1, 2017.
Adoption Cycle and may amend these mandatory standards
as necessary in future code adoption cycles, consistent with the
recycled water use criteria specified in Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 60301.100) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the California Code
of Regulations.
(2) When developing the application provisions for the mandatory
building standards, the commission shall limit the mandate to install
recycled water piping systems within
residential buildings and building site landscaped areas 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 mandate to install recycled water piping shall not apply
to service areas in which the only recycled water use is for potable
purposes, or in which net nonpotable deliveries are anticipated to
remain level or decrease as a result of the potable reuse project.
(4) The commission shall consider whether a service area plans to
provide potable water prior to mandating the use of recycled water
piping.
(5)
(4) The commission shall develop the application
provisions for the mandatory building standards required under
paragraph (1) in consultation with the State Water Resources Control
Board, public water systems, recycled water producers, and water
research associations.
(6)
(5) 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.