BILL NUMBER: SB 870	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 12, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 25217.5 of, and to repeal the heading of
Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25550) of Division 15 of, the
Public Resources Code, relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 870, as amended, Padilla.  Energy: State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission.
   (1) Existing law requires the chair of the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission to direct the various
personnel within the commission to conform the performance of their
duties with the policies and guidelines established by the
commission.
   This bill would require the chair of the commission to appear
annually before the  Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities
and Communications and the Assembly Committee on Utilities and
Commerce   appropriate policy committees of the Senate
and the Assembly  to report on the activities of the commission.

   (2) The bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
   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.  Section 25217.5 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25217.5.  The chair of the commission shall do both of the
following:
    (a) Direct the adviser, the executive director, and other staff
in the performance of their duties in conformance with the policies
and guidelines established by the commission.
   (b) Annually appear before the  Senate Committee on
Energy, Utilities and Communications and the Assembly Committee on
Utilities and Commerce   appropriate policy committees
of the Senate and the Assembly  to report on the activities of
the commission.
  SEC. 2.  The heading of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25550)
of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code is repealed.