Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2017 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2017 Amended IN Senate April 04, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 541Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman)February 16, 2017 An act to add Section 17255.5 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 541, as amended, Allen. School facilities: school facility water capture practices.Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, to recommend best design practices that include energy efficiency measures for all new public schools, and to report the recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2003.This bill would require the State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, to consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility water capture practices storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices, as defined, that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds. The bill would require these recommendations to be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019. The bill would define school facility water capture practices for these purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 17255.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds.(b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019.(c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest.(d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2017 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2017 Amended IN Senate April 04, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 541Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman)February 16, 2017 An act to add Section 17255.5 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 541, as amended, Allen. School facilities: school facility water capture practices.Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, to recommend best design practices that include energy efficiency measures for all new public schools, and to report the recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2003.This bill would require the State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, to consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility water capture practices storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices, as defined, that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds. The bill would require these recommendations to be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019. The bill would define school facility water capture practices for these purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2017 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2017 Amended IN Senate April 04, 2017 Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2017 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2017 Amended IN Senate April 04, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 541 Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman)February 16, 2017 Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman) February 16, 2017 An act to add Section 17255.5 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 541, as amended, Allen. School facilities: school facility water capture practices. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, to recommend best design practices that include energy efficiency measures for all new public schools, and to report the recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2003.This bill would require the State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, to consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility water capture practices storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices, as defined, that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds. The bill would require these recommendations to be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019. The bill would define school facility water capture practices for these purposes. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, to recommend best design practices that include energy efficiency measures for all new public schools, and to report the recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2003. This bill would require the State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, to consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility water capture practices storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices, as defined, that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds. The bill would require these recommendations to be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019. The bill would define school facility water capture practices for these purposes. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 17255.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds.(b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019.(c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest.(d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 17255.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds.(b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019.(c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest.(d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. SECTION 1. Section 17255.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: ### SECTION 1. 17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds.(b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019.(c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest.(d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. 17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds.(b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019.(c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest.(d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. 17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds.(b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019.(c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest.(d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. 17255.5. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General Services, services shall consult and recommend best design and use practices that include school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices that can generally be applied to all new, reconstructed, or altered public schools, including school grounds. (b) These recommendations shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019. (c) For purposes of this section section, school facility storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bio-retention, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest. (d) (1) The reporting requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. (2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.