BILL NUMBER: AB 549	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Longville
   (Coauthor:  Senator Brulte)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2001

   An act to add Sections 25402.6 and 25402.7 to the Public Resources
Code, relating to energy resources, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 549, as amended, Longville.  California Energy Commission:
building standards.
   (1) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, various
energy efficiency design standards for residential and nonresidential
buildings.
   This bill would require the commission to investigate options and
develop a plan to decrease wasteful  peak load 
energy consumption in existing residential and nonresidential
buildings.  The bill would require the commission to report its
findings, on or before January 1, 2003, to the Legislature.
   This bill would require electric and gas utilities to provide
support for building standards in consultation with the 
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
  commission   , to the extent that funds are
made available to the utilities for that purpose  .
   (2) The bill would appropriate $500,000 from the General Fund to
the commission, to be expended for the purposes of the report
required by the bill.
   Vote:  2/3.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 25402.6 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   25402.6.  The commission shall investigate options and develop a
plan to decrease wasteful peak load energy consumption in existing
residential and nonresidential buildings.  On or before January 1,
2003, the commission shall report its findings to the Legislature,
including, but not limited to, any changes in law necessary to
implement the plan to decrease wasteful peak load energy consumption
in existing residential and nonresidential  buildings.
  SEC. 2.  Section 25402.7 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25402.7.   (a) In consultation with the  State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission 
 commission  , electric and gas utilities shall provide
support for building standards and other regulations pursuant to
Section 25402 and subdivision (b) of Section 25553 including
appropriate research, development, and training to implement those
standards and other regulations.  
   (b) The electric and gas utilities shall provide support pursuant
to subdivision (a) only to the extent that funds are made available
to the utilities for that purpose. 
  SEC. 3.  The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to be expended for
the purposes of Section 25402.6 of the Public Resources Code.