BILL NUMBER: AB 2098	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 7, 2000
	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  July 1, 2001   January 31,
2002  .
   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  July 1, 2001
  January 31, 2002  .