BILL NUMBER: SB 1139	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 3822.2 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to geothermal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1139, as introduced, Hueso. Geothermal resources.
   Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to expend certain funds, used for grants
and loans from the Geothermal Resources Development Account, to
provide direct technical assistance to local jurisdictions, as
specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   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.  Section 3822.2 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   3822.2.  (a) Notwithstanding any  other 
provision of law, the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission may expend funds, from that portion of the
Geothermal Resources Development Account used by the commission for
grants and loans, to provide direct technical assistance to local
jurisdictions  which   that  are eligible
for grants and loans pursuant to Section 3822.
   (b) The total of all amounts expended pursuant to this section
shall not exceed 5 percent of all funds available under Section 3822
or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), whichever amount is less.

   (c) In making expenditures under this section, the commission
shall consider, but not be limited to a consideration of, all of the
following:
   (1) The availability of energy resource and technology
opportunities.
   (2) The project definition and likelihood of success.
   (3) Local needs and potential project benefits.