BILL NUMBER: AB 1966	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campbell

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2004

   An act  relating to energy resources   to add
Section 43830.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air
pollution  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1966, as amended, Campbell.   Energy resources:
hydrogen   Air pollution:  hydrogen refueling stations
 . 
   Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the
entity with the responsibility for the control of air pollution from
vehicular sources.  Existing law authorizes the state board to adopt
and implement motor vehicle emission standards and motor vehicle fuel
specifications, and existing state board regulations establish
specifications for alternative motor vehicle fuels, including
hydrogen.  Provisions of law that were repealed January 1, 2003,
required the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation,
the Public Utilities Commission, and the state board, to develop a
consumer recharging and refueling infrastructure master plan to
support development, production, and operation of alternative fuel.
   This bill would require the state board to adopt regulations
establishing statewide guidelines for the production and licensing of
hydrogen fuel cell refueling stations in the state, in collaboration
with the department, the Public Utilities Commission, and the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.  The bill
would require those agencies to perform those activities utilizing
existing funding resources.  
   Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state to
establish and consolidate the state's responsibility for energy
resources and for encouraging, developing, and coordinating research
and development into energy supply.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to develop
incentives for the use of distributive generation to produce
hydrogen. 
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  
no   yes  . 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 develop
incentives for the use of distributive generation to produce
hydrogen.  
  SECTION 1.  Section 43830.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   43830.5.  (a) The state board, in collaboration with the
Department of Transportation, the Public Utilities Commission, and
the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission,
shall adopt regulations establishing statewide guidelines for the
production and licensing of hydrogen fuel cell consumer refueling
stations in the state.
   (b) The activities required by this section shall be performed
utilizing existing funding resources of the affected state agencies.