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Water Usage at State-owned Facilities Amendments GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor:

Stephanie Pitcher House Sponsor:Jill Koford 3 LONG TITLE General Description:

None S Utah Code Sections Affected:

B AMENDS:

263A-5b-1108, 63A-5b-1108 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 50 5 SB0252 compared with SB0252S01 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

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(b) "Grounds" means the real property, whether fenced or unfenced, of the parcel of land on which is located a state government facility, including a public or private driveway,S.B. street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, or parking garage on the property.

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(c)(i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), "lawn or turf" means nonagricultural land planted in closely mowed, managed grasses.

(e)(e)(i) (i) "State agency" means a department, division, office, entity, agency, or other unit of state government.

(f)(f)(i) (i) "State government facility" means a building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed on property owned by the state, the state's departments, commissions, institutions, or other state agency.

(2)(2)(a) - 2 - SB0252 compared with SB0252S01 (a) Unless exempted under Subsection (2)(b), a state agency that owns or occupies a state government facility that is built or reconstructed on or after May 4, 2022, may not have more than 20% of the grounds of the state government facility be lawn or turf.

(3)(3)(a) (a) A state agency shall reduce the state agency's outdoor water use as compared to the state agency's outdoor water use for fiscal year 2020:

(ii)- by2 no- laterEnrolled thanCopy OctoberS.B. 1, 2023, the state agency's water use for fiscal year 2023;

252 (ii) by no later than October 1, 2023, the state agency's water use for fiscal year 2023;

(d) coordinate with the division to implement water efficient methods, technologies, and practices;[ {[} and] (e) at least annually:

- 3 - SB0252 compared with SB0252S01 (i) evaluate opportunities to update irrigation technology with devices that:

and (iii) audit and repair a landscape irrigation system so that the landscape irrigation system is operating at maximum acceptable efficiency[.] , except that for a landscape irrigation system installed on or after May 6, 2026, the minimum {efficiency } distribution uniformity of the landscape irrigation system shall equal or exceed 75%;

(f) select low-water turf grass when replacing or installing lawn or turf except that the division- may3 exempt- aS.B. state agency from this requirement if use of low-water turf is not practical due to the existing slope, erosion, stoniness, or other features of the landscape;

252 Enrolled Copy division may exempt a state agency from this requirement if use of low-water turf is not practical due to the existing slope, erosion, stoniness, or other features of the landscape;

(6)(6)(a) (a) The Division of Facilities Construction and Management shall routinely audit state government facilities toto: {determine the efficiency of a landscape irrigation system used at a state government facility, except that for a landscape irrigation system installed on or after May 6, 2026, the Division of Facilities Construction and Management shall determine whether the efficiency at which the landscape irrigation system operates equals or exceeds 75%.} :

(b) The director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to incorporate an audit - 4 - SB0252 compared with SB0252S01 under this Subsection (6) with a facility condition audit conducted by the Division of Facilities Construction and Management.

Effective date.

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