Bill Text: CA AB567 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School facilities: drinking water fountains: spigot for filling water bottles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB567 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB567-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 14, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 567 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva |
February 14, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (the Greene Act), requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, including hardship funding, and supplemental funding for site development and acquisition.
This bill, on and after July 1, 2018, would require all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to the Greene Act to include drinking water fountains equipped with both a water fountain and a spigot for filling water bottles.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17660) is added to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:CHAPTER 8. Drinking Water Fountains
17660.
On and after July 1, 2018, a school district shall ensure that every drinking water fountain at each school under its jurisdiction is equipped with both a water fountain and a spigot, or a combination water fountain and spigot, for filling water bottles.SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.On and after July 1, 2018, all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to this chapter shall include drinking water fountains equipped with both a water fountain and a spigot for filling water bottles.