Bill Text: CA AB2071 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Recycled water: animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2014. [AB2071 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2071-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2071	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gatto)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section 13521.1 to the Water Code, relating to
recycled water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2071, as amended, Levine. Recycled water: pasture animals.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type
of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of
public health.
   This bill would require, by December 31, 2016, the department, in
consultation with  the Department of Food and Agriculture
  impacted state agencies  , to determine whether
the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the
purpose of providing water to pasture animals would be safe for
public and animal health. This bill would require the department to
establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for the use of
recycled water for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals
if the department determines that the use of disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water for this purpose would harm public or animal
health. The bill would authorize the department to approve the use of
disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for this purpose if the
department determines that its use would not harm public or animal
health but would prohibit the use of disinfected tertiary treated
recycled water in the water supply for dairy animals that are
currently producing dairy products for human consumption.
   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 13521.1 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13521.1.  (a) By December 31, 2016, the State Department of Public
Health, in consultation with  the Department of Food and
Agriculture   impacted state agencies  , shall
determine whether the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water, as defined by Section 60301.230 of Title 22 of the California
Code of Regulations, for the purpose of providing water to pasture
animals, would be safe for public and animal health. If the State
Department of Public Health determines that the use of disinfected
tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of providing water to
pasture animals would harm public or animal health, the State
Department of Public Health shall establish uniform statewide
recycling criteria for the use of disinfected tertiary recycled water
for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals. Except as
provided in subdivision (c), if the State Department of Public Health
determines that the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals would not
harm public or animal health, the State Department of Public Health
may approve the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water
for these purposes.
   (b) In evaluating the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled
water for the purpose of providing water to pasture animals, the
State Department of Public Health shall consider all of the
following:
   (1) Recommendations from the existing Advisory Panel on
Constituents of Emerging Concerns in Recycled Water.
   (2) State-funded research performed pursuant to Section 79144 and
subdivision (b) of Section 79145.
   (3) Research by the state board relating to unregulated
pollutants.
   (c) Disinfected tertiary treated recycled water shall not be used
in the water supply for dairy animals that are currently producing
dairy products for human consumption.
   (d) A person shall not be required to use disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water for the purposes described in this section.
   (e) The adoption of uniform statewide recycling criteria pursuant
to this section shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code. 
   (f) For purposes of this section, the State Department of Public
Health shall also mean any successor agency.