BILL NUMBER: AB 2098	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Migden

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act relating to fuel supplies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2098, as amended, Migden.  State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to develop contingency plans to deal with
possible shortages of electrical energy or fuel supplies to protect
public health, safety, and welfare.
   This bill would require the commission to study the feasibility of
financing, constructing, and maintaining a new pipeline or expanding
the capacity of existing pipelines to transport motor vehicle fuel
 and its components  from the Gulf Coast to California.  The
bill would require the study to be submitted to the Legislature and
the Attorney General by  January   July  1,
 2002   2001  .
   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.  The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, shall study
the feasibility of financing, constructing, and maintaining a new
pipeline, or utilizing or expanding the capacity of existing
pipelines, to transport motor vehicle fuel  or its components
 from the Gulf Coast to California.  The study shall assess the
viability of pipeline transportation to directly or indirectly
increase California's supply of gasoline that complies with
California's fuel specification regulations and the potential impact
on gasoline prices , the environment, and other issues identified by
the commission.  The study shall include a discussion of the ways in
which the state may facilitate the use of a pipeline to transport
motor vehicle fuel  or its components  into California,
including any federal or state funds or tax credits that could be
used to assist in constructing the new pipeline or expanding the
capacity of existing pipelines.  The study  shall be conducted in
conjunction with any other studies required by acts enacted during
the 2000 portion of the 1999-2000 Regular Session dealing with
gasoline prices, and  shall be submitted to the Legislature and
the Attorney General by  January 1, 2002   July
1, 2001  .