Bill Text: CA AB2282 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Building standards: recycled water systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 606, Statutes of 2014. [AB2282 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2282-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2282 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 606
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 21, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 22, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2014
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, Gatto. Building standards: recycled water 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 submit for adoption by the commission of,
mandatory building standards for the installation of recycled water
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 systems within residential buildings and building site
landscaped areas to areas within a local jurisdiction that meet
specified 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, and would
require the commission to adopt, mandatory green building standards
for the installation of recycled water systems for newly constructed
commercial and public buildings.
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 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,
California-licensed contractors, and the building industry.
(2) In researching, developing, and proposing mandatory building
standards under this section, the department 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 California
Plumbing Code in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations to
ensure the safe installation of indoor recycled water piping 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.
(D) The estimated quantity of water savings under varying levels
of application of recycled water in residential buildings and
building site landscaped areas.
(4) The department may research standards for different types of
water recycling systems, including noncentralized systems, but shall
only mandate systems to the extent that they meet all of the health
and safety standards specified in this section.
(c) (1) The department shall submit for adoption mandatory
building standards for the installation of recycled water systems for
newly constructed single-family residential and multifamily
residential buildings. The department shall submit the proposed
mandatory building standards to the California Building Standards
Commission for consideration during the 2016 Intervening Code
Adoption Cycle, and may propose the amendment or repeal of 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 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 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.
(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 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, California-licensed contractors,
and the building industry.
(2) In researching, developing, and proposing mandatory building
standards under this section, the commission 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 current standards adopted in the California
Plumbing Code in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, to
ensure the safe installation of indoor recycled water piping 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.
(D) The estimated quantity of water savings under varying levels
of application of recycled water in commercial and public buildings
and building site landscaped areas.
(4) The commission may research standards for different types of
water recycling systems, including noncentralized systems, but shall
only mandate systems to the extent that they meet all of the health
and safety standards specified in this section.
(c) (1) The commission shall adopt mandatory building standards
for the installation of recycled water systems for newly constructed
commercial and public buildings. The commission shall consider the
proposed mandatory building standards 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 commission shall limit the mandate to install
recycled water systems within commercial and public 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 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.
(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.
