Bill Text: CA SB283 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Department of Water Resources: recycled water systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 178, Statutes of 2009. [SB283 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB283-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 283	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

    An act to add Section 18934.1 to the Health and Safety
Code, and to repeal Section 13557 of the Water Code, relating to
building standards.   An act to   amend
Sections 18931.6 and 18931.7 of the Health and Safety Code, and to
amend Section 13557 of the Water Code, relating to building
standards. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 283, as amended, DeSaulnier. Building standards: recycled water
systems. 
   (1) Existing law requires each city, county, or city and county to
collect a fee from any applicant for a building permit, assessed at
the rate of $4 per $100,000 in valuation, as determined by the local
building official, with appropriate fractions thereof, but not less
than $1. Existing law authorizes the city, county, or city and county
to retain not more than 10% of the fees collected for related
administrative costs and for code enforcement education. Existing law
requires the city, county, or city and county to transmit the
remainder to the California Building Standards Commission for deposit
in the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund,
which is established in the State Treasury.  
   This bill would require that moneys in the fund be available, upon
appropriation, to the Department of Water Resources to carry out a
specified provision of law relating to design standards for potable
and recycled water systems. The bill would also make a technical
change to existing law.  
   (1) 
    (2) Existing law, the Water Recycling Act of 2006,
requires the Department of Water Resources, in consultation with the
State Department of Health Services, on or before July 1, 2008, to
adopt and submit to the California Building Standards Commission
regulations to establish a state version of Appendix J of the Uniform
Plumbing Code to provide design standards to safely plumb buildings
with both potable and recycled water systems.
   This bill would  repeal these provisions of law 
 revise the date the Department of Water Resources is required to
adopt and submit regulations to the commission to July 1, 2010 
. 
   (2) The California Building Standards Law requires any building
standard adopted or approved by a state agency to be submitted to,
and approved or adopted by, the California Building Standards
Commission prior to codification.  
   This bill would require the commission, on or before July 1, 2010,
to adopt building standards governing recycled water systems. The
bill would require that the standards be based upon Chapter 16 of the
Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of Plumbing
and Mechanical Officials, with any amendments, deletions, or
additions deemed appropriate by the commission. The bill would
require the building standards adopted by the commission to apply to
specified occupancies and be consistent with certain requirements of
existing law. 
   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 18931.6 of the  
Health and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   18931.6.  (a) Each city, county, or city and county shall collect
a fee from any applicant for a building permit, assessed at the rate
of four dollars ($4) per one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in
valuation, as determined by the local building official, with
appropriate fractions thereof, but not less than one dollar ($1).
   (b) The city, county, or city and county may retain not more than
10 percent of the fees collected under this section for related
administrative costs and for code enforcement education, including,
but not limited to, certifications in the voluntary construction
inspector certification program, and shall transmit the remainder to
the commission for deposit in the Building Standards Administration
Special Revolving Fund established under Section  19831.7
  18931.7  .
   (c) The commission may reduce the rate of the fee upon determining
that a lesser amount is sufficient to maintain the programs
established under this part.
   SEC. 2.    Section 18931.7 of the  Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   18931.7.  (a) All funds received by the commission under this part
shall be deposited in the Building Standards Administration Special
Revolving Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury.
   (b) Moneys deposited in the fund shall be available, upon
appropriation, to the commission  ,  the department, and the
Office of the State Fire Marshal for expenditure in carrying out the
provisions of this part, and the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing
with Section 17910) that relate to building standards, as defined in
Section 18909, with emphasis placed on the development, adoption,
publication, updating, and educational efforts associated with green
building standards. 
   (c) Moneys in the fund shall also be available, upon
appropriation, to the Department of Water Resources for purposes of
Section 13357 of the Water Code. 
   SEC. 3.    Section 13557 of the   Water Code
  is amended to read: 
   13557.  (a) On or before July 1,  2008   2010
 , the department, in consultation with the State Department of
Public Health, shall adopt and submit to the California Building
Standards Commission regulations to establish a state version of
Appendix J of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by the International
Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials to provide design
standards to safely plumb buildings with both potable and recycled
water systems.
   (b) The department shall adopt regulations pursuant to subdivision
(a) only if the Legislature appropriates funds for that purpose.

  SECTION 1.    Section 18934.1 is added to the
Health and Safety Code, to read:
   18934.1.  (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the commission shall
adopt, approve, codify, and publish in the California Building
Standards Code building standards governing recycled water systems.
The building standards adopted by the commission shall be based upon
Chapter 16 of the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International
Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, with any
amendments, deletions, or additions deemed appropriate by the
commission. In developing building standards for recycled water
systems pursuant to this section, the commission shall consider the
recommendations of the Recycled Water Task Force of 2002. The
commission may also consult with the Department of Water Resources,
the State Department of Public Health, or any other agency it deems
appropriate in developing the standards. The building standards for
recycled water systems developed pursuant to this section shall be
consistent with the requirements of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality
Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water
Code).
   (b) (1) The building standards adopted by the commission pursuant
to subdivision (a) shall apply to both of the following:
   (A) Occupancies over which no other state agency has building
standards jurisdiction.
   (B) Any occupancy where another state agency has building
standards jurisdiction but has not proposed or adopted building
standards governing recycled water systems for that occupancy. The
building standards adopted by the commission shall apply to the
subject occupancy until the state agency with building standards
jurisdiction proposes or adopts building standards governing recycled
water systems for the subject occupancy, and the standards have
become effective.
   (2) Building standards for recycled water systems proposed by
other agencies shall be based upon the same considerations set forth
in subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, consistency with
the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing
with Section 13000) of the Water Code).
   (c) The commission or any appropriate state agency may revise or
update the standards adopted under this section at any time.
 
  SEC. 2.    Section 13557 of the Water Code is
repealed.