Assembly Bill 1953 No-Lead Law

Assembly Bill 1953 No-Lead Law

Building Owners an Managers Association of California, Buttes Pipe & Supply Company,California Building Industry Association, California Business Properties Association,California Chamber of Commerce,California Home Builders,California Professional Association of Specialty ,Contractors,California Retailers Association,Center State Pipe & Supply Co.,Copper Development Association,Delta Faucet Company, Dornbracht USA, Inc. ELKAY Manufacturing Company,Haws Corporation,Kohler Company, Los Angeles Unified School District,Moen, Non-Ferrous Founders' Society

, Pacific Water Quality Association,Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association,Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors National Association,Plumbing Manufacturers Institute,Sloan Valve Company, Southern California Water Committee,Symmons Industries,Tempress Ltd.T&S Brass and Bronze Works, Inc.
Water Quality Association

ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : Proponents contend that the gradual phase-out of the use of lead-containing products within the drinking water system will help to alleviate this ongoing public health risk and that lead-free alternatives will reduce in price as the market expands andmanufacturers develop new products as a consequence of the phase-in of lead-free materials.

ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : The opponents' arguments are largely contained in the following points:

1.No provision exists for testing or certifying according to a standard.

2.No method is in place for effectively restrictingtransshipping of nonconforming products into the state.

3.The bill ignores issues with respect to machining, metal finishing, and durability of products utilizing the
prescribed alloys:

4.The enactment of AB 1953 would force manufacturers who wish to comply with the letter and spirit of the bill to nationally standardize all products to the California requirements. The more general source of opposition, however, focuses on the financial impacts of this bill.The Copper Development Association, for example, states, "?AB 1953 proposes an unprecedented, artificially low standard that would prohibit virtually all faucets, valves, and backflow preventers currently on the market.Although low-lead brass casting alloys have been introduced in very limited plumbing applications?they are not widely utilized in most plumbing products."

ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
          AYES:Arambula, Baca, Bass, Berg, Bermudez, Chan, Chu, Coto, De La Torre, Dymally, Evans, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Jerome Horton, Jones, Karnette, Klehs, Koretz,Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Lieu, Liu, Montanez, Mullin, Nation, Nava, Oropeza, Pavley, Ridley-Thomas, Ruskin, Saldana, Salinas, Torrico, Umberg, Vargas, Wolk, Yee, Nunez
          NOES:Aghazarian, Benoit, Blakeslee, Bogh, Canciamilla, Chavez, Cogdill, Daucher, DeVore, Emmerson, Garcia,Harman, Haynes, Shirley Horton, Houston, Huff, Keene, La Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Matthews, Maze, McCarthy, Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Negrete McLeod, Niello, Parra,Plescia, Richman, Sharon Runner, Spitzer, Strickland,Tran, Villines, Walters, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:Calderon, Cohn

CTW:do8/18/06 Senate Floor Analyses

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