California Senate Bill SB1398 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1398AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Senator Leyva FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to  amend Section 39713 of   add Section 116885 to  the Health and Safety Code, relating to  greenhouse gases.   drinking water.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1398, as amended, Leyva.  Greenhouse gases: investment plan.   Public water systems: lead pipes.   Existing law requires public water systems to take specified actions to test for and remediate certain contaminants in drinking water, including lead and copper. Existing law prohibits the use of any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing in a facility providing water for human consumption, except as specified.   This bill would require a public water system to compile an inventory of lead pipes in use by July 1, 2018, and, after completing the inventory, to provide a timeline for replacement of lead pipes in the system to the board. This bill would require the board to establish best practices to ensure that chemicals introduced into public water systems do not create corrosion or contamination within the system.   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires the board to adopt greenhouse gas emission limits and emission reduction measures by regulation, and authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms to comply with the regulations. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law requires the investment plan to allocate a minimum of 25% of the available moneys in the fund to projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged communities and a minimum of 10% to projects located in disadvantaged communities. Existing law provides that the allocation of 10% for projects located in disadvantaged communities may be used for projects included in the minimum allocation of 25% for projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged communities.   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provisions.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 116885 is added to the   Health and Safety Code   , to read:   116885. (a) By July 1, 2018, a public water system shall compile an inventory of lead pipes in use. (b) After completing the inventory required pursuant to subdivision (a), a public water system shall provide a timeline for replacement of lead pipes in the system to the State Water Resources Control Board. (c) The State Water Resources Control Board shall establish best practices to ensure that chemicals introduced into public water systems do not create corrosion or contamination within the system. (d) For the purposes of this section, "public water system" has the meaning provided in Section 116275.   SECTION 1.   Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 39713. (a) The investment plan developed and submitted to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 39716, shall allocate at least 25 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects that provide benefits to communities described in Section 39711. (b) The investment plan shall allocate at least 10 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects located within communities described in Section 39711. (c) The allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) may be, but need not be, for projects included, in whole or in part, in the set of projects supported by the allocation described in subdivision (a).