BILL NUMBER: AB 627	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gorell

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 627, as introduced, Gorell. State government.
   Existing law generally regulates energy conservation and
efficiency in state buildings.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to require
state agencies, departments, and commissions, when they are
evaluating the construction of a new building or facility, or the
transfer or renewal of a lease for a building or facility, to
consider as a top priority in making that decision whether a net-zero
energy consumption building or facility, also know as an
energy-independent building or facility, can be constructed or
occupied, as specified.
   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 require state
agencies, departments, and commissions, when they are evaluating the
construction of a new building or facility, or the transfer or
renewal of a lease for a building or facility, to consider as a top
priority in making that decision whether a net-zero energy
consumption building or facility, also know as an energy-independent
building or facility, can be constructed or occupied if that
construction or occupancy can be accomplished at or at about the same
market rate as a traditional building or facility, and the building
or facility meets all of the location, size, and logistical
requirements set forth in the agency's, department's, or commission's
site selection process.