Bill Text: CA AB1928 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Water efficiency: landscape irrigation equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 326, Statutes of 2016. [AB1928 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1928-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1928	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  326
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gordon)

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   An act to amend Section 25401.9 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1928, Campos. Water efficiency: landscape irrigation equipment.

   Existing law requires, to the extent that funds are available, the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in
consultation with the Department of Water Resources, to adopt, by
January 1, 2010, performance standards and labeling requirements for
landscape irrigation equipment and, on or after January 1, 2012,
prohibits that equipment from being sold unless it meets the
performance standards and labeling requirements.
   This bill would postpone the date by which the commission is to
adopt the performance standards and labeling requirements to January
1, 2019, and would prohibit the sale or the offer for sale of that
equipment manufactured on or after the effective date of the
performance standards and labeling requirements unless the equipment
meets the performance standards and labeling requirements and is
certified by the manufacturer as meeting the performance standards.
The bill would additionally require the commission, in adopting those
standards and requirements, to consider developments in landscape
irrigation efficiency occurring on or after January 1, 2010.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25401.9 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25401.9.  (a) Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25402, to the
extent that funds are available, the commission, in consultation
with the Department of Water Resources and in consideration of
developments in landscape irrigation efficiency occurring on or after
January 1, 2010, shall adopt by regulation, performance standards
and labeling requirements for landscape irrigation equipment,
including, but not limited to, irrigation controllers, moisture
sensors, emission devices, and valves.
   (b) For the purposes of complying with subdivision (a), the
commission shall do both of the following:
   (1) Adopt performance standards and labeling requirements for
landscape irrigation equipment on or before January 1, 2019.
   (2) Consider the Irrigation Association's Smart Water Application
Technology Program testing protocols when adopting performance
standards for landscape irrigation equipment, including, but not
limited to, irrigation controllers, moisture sensors, emission
devices, and valves.
   (c) No new irrigation equipment for landscape irrigation uses that
is manufactured on or after the effective date of the regulations
adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be sold or offered for sale
in the state unless the irrigation equipment meets the performance
standards and labeling requirements established pursuant to this
section and is certified by the manufacturer as in compliance with
those standards.