BILL NUMBER: SBX2 82	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  10
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 17, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Murray
   (Coauthors:  Senators Battin, Bowen, Brulte, Chesbro, Escutia,
Figueroa, Karnette, Kuehl, McPherson, Ortiz, Romero, Scott, Soto,
Speier, and Torlakson)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Chu, Florez, and Pavley)

                        JUNE 4, 2001

   An act to add Section 14684 to the Government Code, relating to
solar energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 82, Murray.  Solar energy systems.
   (1) The California Small Business Financial Development
Corporation Law provides for the creation of small business financial
development corporations by the Technology, Trade, and Commerce
Agency.  These corporations are authorized to make loans and loan
guarantees to small businesses for various purposes, including loans
for energy efficiency improvement.  Existing law continuously
appropriates the money in the California Small Business Expansion
Fund.
   This bill would specifically identify solar energy systems as
energy efficiency improvements for which these corporations may grant
loans.  The bill would specify the minimum and maximum amounts for a
loan, and would require the Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, in cooperation with the California Office of
Small Business Development, to establish criteria and procedures
applicable to loans for solar energy systems made under these
provisions.
   (2) Existing law establishes in state government the Department of
General Services, which has various responsibilities related to
planning, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state
buildings and property.  Existing law also establishes in the
Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, which has various responsibilities related to
energy conservation.
   This bill would require the department, in consultation with the
commission, to ensure that solar energy equipment is installed, no
later than January 1, 2007, on all state buildings and state parking
facilities where feasible, as specified.  It also would require solar
energy equipment to be installed where feasible as part of the
construction of all state buildings and state parking facilities that
commences after December 31, 2002.
   This bill would authorize the Director of General Services to
exempt such a solar energy equipment project from specified
advertising and competitive bidding requirements.  The bill would
declare that solar energy equipment installation on state buildings
and state parking facilities is a state energy project within the
meaning of specified provisions of the Government Code, and would
authorize the department to expend specified funds for these
purposes.


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


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California is experiencing severe electrical shortages, which
endanger the health, safety, and economic development opportunity of
its citizens.
   (b) Immediate measures are needed to increase the electrical
generation capacity within California, including energy from solar
energy systems.
   (c) California has been a leader in the development of solar
energy systems.
   (d) California must take all reasonable actions necessary to
encourage the use of solar energy systems at state buildings and
facilities.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14684 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   14684.  (a) The department, in consultation with the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall ensure that
solar energy equipment is installed, no later than January 1, 2007,
on all state buildings and state parking facilities, where feasible.
The department shall establish a schedule designating when solar
energy equipment will be installed on each building and facility,
with priority given to buildings and facilities where installation is
most feasible, both for state building and facility use and
consumption and local publicly owned electric utility use, where
feasible.
   (b) Solar energy equipment shall be installed where feasible as
part of the construction of all state buildings and state parking
facilities that commences after December 31, 2002.
   (c) For purposes of this section, it is feasible to install solar
energy equipment if adequate space on a building is available, and if
the solar energy equipment is cost-effective. funding is available.

   (d) No part of this section shall be construed to exempt the state
from any applicable fee or requirement imposed by the Public
Utilities Commission.
   (e) The department may adopt regulations for the purposes of this
section as emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1.  For purposes of Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1, including, but not
limited to, Section 11349.6, the adoption of the regulations shall be
considered by the Office of Administrative Law to be necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and
general welfare.  Notwithstanding the 120-day limit specified in
subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1, the regulations shall be repealed
180 days after their effective date, unless the department complies
with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 as
provided in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1.
   (f) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Cost-effective" means that the present value of the savings
generated over the life of the solar energy system, including
consideration of the value of the energy produced during peak and
off-peak demand periods and the value of a reliable energy supply not
subject to price volatility, shall exceed the present value cost of
the solar energy equipment by not less than 10 percent.  The present
value cost of the solar energy equipment does not include the cost of
unrelated building components.  The department, in making the
present value assessment, shall obtain interest rates, discount
rates, and consumer price index figures from the Treasurer, and shall
take into consideration air emission reduction benefits.
   (2) "Local publicly owned electric utility" means a local publicly
owned electric utility as defined in Section 9604 of the Public
Utilities Code.
   (3) "Solar energy equipment" means equipment whose primary purpose
is to provide for the collection, conversion, storage, or control of
solar energy for electricity generation.