Amended in Assembly March 14, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 846

Introduced by Assembly Member Achadjian

February 21, 2013

An act to begin delete amend Section 27421 of the Government end delete begin insert add Section 26065 to the Public Resources end insert Code, relating to begin delete county assessors end delete begin insert energy end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 846, as amended, Achadjian. begin delete County assessors: duties. end delete begin insert Energy: property assessed clean energy. end insert

Existing law begin delete requires the county assessor in each county who is designated to perform the duty of assessing property for a local taxing jurisdiction to provide an estimate of the assessed valuation of property within the jurisdiction, as specified. end delete begin insert authorizes a public agency, as defined, and as part of a property assessed clean energy (PACE) program, to issue a PACE bond that is secured by a voluntary contractual assessment or voluntary special tax on property to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements, if the public agency receives approval from the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, as specified. end insert

This bill would begin delete make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. end delete begin insert authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter school to voluntarily enter into an agreement with a PACE program to finance, refinance, or lease the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 26065 is added to the end insert begin insert Public Resources
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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begin insert 26065. end insert   

Notwithstanding Section 26061, and subject to the
limitations of Section 18 of Article XVI of the California
Constitution, a school district, county office of education, or
charter school may voluntarily enter into an agreement with a
PACE program to finance, refinance, or lease the installation of
distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle
charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency
improvements.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 27421 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

27421.  

The county assessor in each county who is designated
to perform the duty of assessing property for a local taxing
jurisdiction shall, upon request of the governing body of that
jurisdiction, excluding a school district, provide not later than May
15th of each year an estimate of the assessed valuation of property
within that jurisdiction for the next fiscal year. Such request shall
be made on or before February 20th of each year. The estimate
shall contain estimates of the total of each of the items contained
on the assessment roll as well as the estimated total valuation.

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