LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1100, as amended, Duvall. Potable reuse demonstration water.
Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses
and regulates water bottlers, distributors, and vendors. Existing
law prescribes various quality and labeling standards for bottled
water and limits the levels of certain contaminants that may be
contained in those water products. Violation of these provisions is a
crime.
This bill would allow the bottling of potable reuse demonstration
water, as defined, to be distributed, free of charge, for educational
purposes or to promote water recycling. The bill would establish
specific bottling, labeling, and sanitation requirements
for potable reuse demonstration water and would require an
operator seeking to bottle potable reuse demonstration water to
establish a collection and recycling program for
distributed bottles . Because this bill would create a new
crime, it imposes a state-mandated local program.
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.