BILL NUMBER: AB 2309	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2008

   An act relating to energy conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2309, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Energy systems.
   The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Act authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission (Energy Commission), for the purpose of
reducing electrical and natural gas energy consumption, to develop
and disseminate measures that would enhance energy efficiency for
single-family residential dwellings that were built prior to the
development of the current energy efficiency standards.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to encourage the assessment and reduction of the carbon
footprint of existing homes by applying feasible, cost-effective
measures in a manner beneficial to homeowners and the state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
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 enact
legislation to encourage the assessment and reduction of the carbon
footprint of existing homes by applying feasible, cost-effective
measures in a manner beneficial to homeowners and the state.