Bill Text: CA AB2555 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2555 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Building standards: water conserving plumbing fixtures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2555 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2555-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2555	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife
  (   Assembly Members Levine
(Chair), Dodd, Cristina Garcia, Gomez, Lopez, Mathis, Medina, and
Williams   )   Assembly Member 
 Levine 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to  amend Sections 2115.5 and 2301 of, and to amend
and repeal Sections 2074.2, 2074.6, 2074.8, and 2075.5 of, the Fish
and Game Code, relating to fish and wildlife.   add
Section 18940.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to building
standards. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2555, as amended,  Committee on Water, Parks, and
Wildlife   Levine .  Fish and wildlife.
  Building standards: water conserving plumbing
fixtures.  
   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 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 California Building Standards Commission to, among
other things, research and assist in the development of mandatory
green building standards for the installation of recycled water
systems for newly constructed commercial and public buildings, as
specified.  
   This bill would require the California Building Standards
Commission to develop regulations and mandatory building standards
for the installation of water conserving plumbing fixtures, as
defined, in existing nonresidential and public buildings, including
installation in all nonresidential buildings by January 1, 2022.
 
   (1) The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and
Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list
of threatened species, and requires the department to recommend, and
the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is
endangered or threatened. Under the act, an interested person may
petition the commission to add a species to, or remove a species
from, either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened
species, and existing law requires the commission to consider the
petition at a meeting, as prescribed. Existing law, until January 1,
2017, establishes additional procedures for the review of a petition,
including public hearings and public comment.  
   This bill would extend those procedures indefinitely. 

   (2) Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to
develop and implement a recovery strategy pilot program for coho
salmon. Existing law repeals the authority for the pilot program on
January 1, 2017, but requires any recovery strategy that has been
approved or implemented prior to that date to remain in effect.
 
   The bill would extend these provisions until January 1, 2020.
 
   (3) Existing law generally prohibits a person from possessing,
importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or from placing,
planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the
state, dreissenid mussels, and authorizes the Director of Fish and
Game or his or her designee to engage in various enforcement
activities. Existing law provides that a person who violates or
resists, delays, obstructs, or interferes with the implementation of
these provisions is subject to a penalty, in an amount not to exceed
$1,000, that is imposed administratively by the department. Existing
law exempts certain entities from enforcement activities, or from
civil or criminal liability, under prescribed circumstances. These
provisions are repealed on January 1, 2017.  
   This bill would extend these provisions to January 1, 2020.
 
   Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime. By
extending the operation of these provisions, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program.  
   (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes   no  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 18940.7 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   18940.7.  (a) (1) The commission shall adopt regulations and
mandatory building standards for the installation of water conserving
plumbing fixtures in existing nonresidential and public buildings.
   (2) The regulations and standards adopted pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall require all nonresidential buildings to have water
conserving fixtures installed by January 1, 2022.
   (3) The regulations and standards adopted pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall not require the retrofit of existing toilets, urinals, and
faucets unless the replacement water conserving fixture is 50 percent
or more water efficient, or require the retrofit of toilets,
urinals, and faucets less than five years old.
   (4) For purposes of this section, the term "water conserving
plumbing fixtures" means toilets, urinals, and faucets that comply
with the Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Article 4 (commencing with
Section 1601) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of Title 20 of the
California Code of Regulations).
   (b) In developing and adopting the regulations and standards
pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission may, upon appropriation,
expend funds from the Building Standards Administration Special
Revolving Fund established by Section 18931.7.
   (c) The regulations and standards adopted pursuant to subdivision
(a) may be more stringent than those provided for in Article 1.4
(commencing with Section 1101.1) of Chapter 2 of Title 4 of Part 4 of
Division 2 of the Civil Code and, in the event of any conflict,
shall supersede that article.  All matter omitted in this
version of the bill appears in the bill as introduced in the
Assembly, February 19, 2016. (JR11)