BILL NUMBER: SB 245	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2011

   An act relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 245, as introduced, Rubio. Energy: transmission projects:
expedited permitting.
   Existing law requires energy and transmission projects to obtain
specified certification or permits or both certification and permits
from various state and local agencies.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish a new program to ease and expedite the state
permitting process for transmission projects within 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.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish a new program to ease and expedite the state
permitting process for transmission projects within the state.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that this new
program require appropriate state agencies to establish one program
under which qualified transmission projects would have expedited,
coordinated, and knowledgeable processing of all necessary state
permits, and would have a defined timeframe within which all permits
would be issued after all documents required pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with
Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) have been certified.