BILL NUMBER: AB 2267	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2008

   An act to add Section 39618.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2267, as introduced, Fuentes. Greenhouse gas emissions: energy
efficiency.
   Existing law gives the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public
Utilities Commission responsibilities relating to reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and increasing energy efficiency.
   This bill would require these 3 agencies to provide additional
consideration, priority, or preference to projects that result in job
creation and economic benefits in California in administering
incentive programs for energy efficiency, including renewable energy,
or the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature that California's
leadership in energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission
reductions translate into economic benefits for California through
job creation, workforce training and retraining, manufacturing
retention and development, and the development of a green technology
industry in the state by using the state's existing investments,
incentives, and support for clean and greenhouse gas emission
reducing technologies and applications that assist the state in
meeting its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
  SEC. 2.  Section 39618.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   39618.5.  The state board, the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission
shall provide additional consideration, priority, or preference to
projects that result in job creation and economic benefits in
California in administering incentive programs for energy efficiency,
including renewable energy, and the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions, to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the
provisions of law governing these incentive programs.