BILL NUMBER: SB 1170	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Sher

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 25722) to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy
resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1170, as introduced, Sher.  State vehicle fleet.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to acquire and analyze information to
ascertain future energy problems and uncertainties, including impacts
of petroleum price increases and projected conservation measures on
the demand for energy.
   This bill would require the commission to conduct a study, jointly
with the Department of General Services, to examine state vehicle
purchasing patterns and to analyze the costs and benefits of reducing
the energy consumption of the state fleet by no less than 10% on or
before January 1, 2005.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 25722) is added to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 8.3.  STATE VEHICLE FLEET.

   25722.  (a) On or before January 31, 2003, the commission and the
Department of General Services shall jointly conduct a study to
examine state vehicle purchasing patterns, including the purchase of
after market tires, and to analyze the costs and benefits of reducing
the energy consumption of the state vehicle fleet by no less than 10
percent on or before January 1, 2005.
   (b) The study shall include an analysis of all of the following
topics:
   (1) Use of fuel-efficient vehicles.
   (2) Use of alternative fuels.
   (3) Costs and benefits of decreasing the size of the state vehicle
fleet.
   (4) Reduction in vehicle trips and increase in use of alternative
means of transportation.
   (5) Improved vehicle maintenance.
   (6) Use of fuel-efficient tires.