Bill Text: CA AB2475 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2475 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: State-owned property: sustainable landscaping.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-24 - Referred to Com. on G.O. [AB2475 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2475-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2475

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

February 14, 2018

An act ~~relating to building standards.~~ to add Section 11011.30 to the Government Code, relating to state-owned property.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2475, as amended, Ting. ~~Green building standards.~~ State-owned property: sustainable landscaping.

Existing law requires the Department of General Services to provide planning, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state buildings and property, and maintain a statewide property inventory of all real property held by the state. Existing law, when a state agency builds upon state-owned real property, purchases real property, or replaces landscaping or irrigation, except as specified, requires the state agency to reduce water consumption and increase water efficiencies for that property where feasible, as defined, through specified water efficiency measures.
This bill would require the Department of General Services to review a certain SITES v2 Rating System to determine appropriate sustainability recommendations for use when installing or renovating a landscape of more than 5,000 square feet on state-owned real property and adopt regulations consistent with those sustainability recommendations in order to promote sustainable practices for landscapes on state-owned real property.
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. Existing law provides that if no agency has the authority or expertise to propose green building standards applicable to a particular occupancy, the commission shall adopt, approve, codify, update, and publish green building standards. Existing law requires the commission and any state agency that proposes green building standards to comply with specified procedural requirements, including allowing input from other state agencies that have expertise in that area and requirements relating to the publication of those standards.
~~This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to green building standards.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 11011.30 is added to the Government Code, to read:

11011.30.
The Department of General Services shall review the SITES v2 Rating System published by Green Business Certification, Inc. in 2014 to determine appropriate sustainability recommendations for use when installing or renovating a landscape of more than 5,000 square feet on state-owned real property and adopt regulations consistent with those sustainability recommendations in order to promote sustainable practices for landscapes on state-owned real property.

SECTION 1.
~~It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to green building standards.~~