BILL NUMBER: SB 1534	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2002

   An act relating to solar energy systems.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1534, as introduced, Bowen.  Solar energy systems:  intent.
   Chapter 17 of the Statutes of the 2001-02 Second Extraordinary
Session, which will go into effect on the 91st day after the final
adjournment of the 2001-02 Second Extraordinary Session, until
January 1, 2006, will require the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to develop a grant program to offset a
portion of the cost of eligible solar energy systems.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to remove
restrictions that have the effect of inhibiting homeowners from
installing solar energy panels on their property.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact an act
that removes restrictions that have the effect of inhibiting
homeowners from installing solar energy panels on their property.