BILL NUMBER: SJRX1 1	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        JANUARY 24, 2001

   Senate Joint Resolution No. 1--Relative to daylight saving time.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 1, as introduced, Karnette.  Daylight saving time.
   This measure would memorialize the Congress to approve legislation
that allows a state to uniformly apply daylight saving time
year-round.
   Fiscal committee:  no.




   WHEREAS, The State of California is currently experiencing an
energy crisis that imperils commercial and residential energy
consumers throughout the state; and
   WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the State of California to
employ any and all means of energy reduction that will reduce
reliance and pressure on energy infrastructure in the State of
California; and
   WHEREAS, Establishing daylight saving time as a uniform,
year-round time configuration would result in significant reductions
in energy use; and
   WHEREAS, Daylight saving time was a widely used 20th century
energy reduction tool that can be expanded to meet 21st century
energy shortages; and
   WHEREAS, Federal government studies have shown that Daylight
Saving Time can reduce energy consumption by approximately 1 percent
annually; and
   WHEREAS, Other federal studies have shown that daylight saving
time provides benefits in addition to energy use reduction, such as
safer streets and highways during evening commute hours and reduction
in crime due to increased hours of light in the evenings; and
   WHEREAS, The citizens of California are being asked to make major
changes in their personal and professional lives to conserve energy
and would be grateful to receive the benefits of year-round daylight
saving time in return; and
   WHEREAS, Although neither standard time nor daylight saving time
produce much energy reduction for the coldest states during the more
frigid months of the year, California enjoys a temperate climate that
would afford greater reductions in energy use by utilizing a
year-round daylight saving time plan than could be enjoyed by the
coldest states; and
   WHEREAS, The federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 allows states to
decline application of daylight saving time and provides states with
the option of practicing standard time year-round, but does not allow
states to practice daylight saving time year-round; and
   WHEREAS, By applying daylight saving time uniformly, the State of
California could avoid any inconsistencies in time application that
would otherwise impact and confuse the broadcasting, rail, airline
and motorcoach industries; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California would greatly benefit from having
the option of extending daylight saving time year-round; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California should have at its disposal any
and every appropriate tool to triumph during this energy crisis; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California respectfully
memorializes the Congress of the United States to approve
legislation that allows a state to uniformly apply daylight saving
time year-round; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President of the United States, Members of the
United States Congress, the Secretary of the United States Department
of Energy, the Governor of the State of California, the California
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the
California Public Utilities Commission.