BILL NUMBER: SJRX1 1	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        JANUARY 24, 2001

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 1, as amended, 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   greater flexibility to use daylight saving
time or other useful time configurations to combat the current
energy crisis facing western states  .
   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   
 and double daylight saving time were  widely used 20th
century energy reduction  tool   tools 
that can be expanded to meet 21st century energy shortages; and
   WHEREAS, Federal government studies have shown that 
Daylight Saving Time   daylight saving time  can
reduce energy consumption by approximately 1 percent annually; and
   WHEREAS, Other federal  studies have   data
has  shown that daylight saving time provides benefits in
addition to energy use reduction, such as safer streets  and
highways during evening commute hours   , a net
reduction in highway accidents,  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  
could greatly benefit from the advantages  of year-round
daylight saving time  in return   or double
daylight saving time  ; 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  
   WHEREAS, California enjoys a  temperate climate that 
would   could  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,  or by
limiting the amount of clock changes to mirror the current system,
 the State of California could avoid any inconsistencies in time
application that would otherwise impact  and  
or  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  , such as H.R. 704,  that allows a state
 to uniformly apply daylight saving time year-round 
 greater flexibility to use daylight saving time or other useful
time configurations to combat the current energy crisis facing
western states  ; 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   State  Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission, and the California Public Utilities
Commission.