Amended in Senate May 4, 2016

Amended in Senate May 18, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1511


Introduced by Assemblybegin delete Members Perea, Daly, and Salasend deletebegin insert Member Santiagoend insert

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooley, Cooper, Frazier, Gipson, and O’Donnell)

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March 5, 2015


begin deleteAn act to add Section 399.33 to, and to repeal and add Sections 381.2 and 740.2 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. end deletebegin insertAn act to amend Sections 27880 and 27950 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1511, as amended, begin deletePereaend delete begin insertSantiagoend insert. begin deleteEnergy. end deletebegin insertFirearms: lending.end insert

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(1) Existing law generally requires the loan of a firearm to be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer. A violation of this provision is a crime. Existing law exempts from this requirement a loan of a firearm between persons who are personally known to each other, if the loan is infrequent and does not exceed 30 days in duration.

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This bill would instead limit that exemption to the loan of a firearm to a spouse or registered domestic partner, or to a parent, child, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild, related as specified. By expanding the application of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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(2) Existing law exempts from the requirement to conduct the loan of a firearm through a licensed firearms dealer a loan made to a licensed hunter for use by that hunter for a period of time not to exceed the duration of the hunting season for which the firearm is to be used.

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This bill would instead exempt from that requirement the loan of a firearm to a person personally known to the transferor if that person has a California hunting license and only possesses the firearm while engaged in hunting. By expanding the application of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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(1) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), by March 1, 2010, to establish a regulatory proceeding to develop and implement a comprehensive program to achieve greater energy savings in California’s existing residential and nonresidential building stock.

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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the PUC to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for electrical corporations to achieve pursuant to their procurement plan. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective natural gas efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for gas corporations to achieve, and requires that a gas corporation first meet its unmet resource needs through all available gas efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Existing law requires the PUC, by March 1, 2010, to investigate the ability of electrical corporations and gas corporations to provide various energy efficiency financing options to their customers for the purposes of implementing the comprehensive program developed by the Energy Commission described above.

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This bill would require the PUC to authorize electrical corporations and gas corporations to recover in rates the reasonable costs of a program that provides financial incentives or rebates to customers of the utility to increase energy efficiency in existing buildings based on all estimated energy savings and energy usage reductions, taking into consideration overall reduction in normalized metered energy consumption as a measure of energy savings. The bill would require the program to include energy usage reductions resulting from the installation of a measure or equipment required for modifications to existing buildings to bring them into conformity with, or exceed, existing energy efficiency building standards.

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(2) The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the PUC to implement annual procurement targets for the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources for all retail sellers to achieve the targets and goals of the program. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to submit to the PUC a distribution resources plan proposal to identify optimal locations for the deployment of distributed resources.

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This bill would authorize a retail seller of electricity or a local publicly owned electric utility to include electricity generated by, or saved as a result of the use of, distributed resources in meeting its renewables portfolio standard procurement obligations.

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(3) Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, electrical corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified matters.

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This bill would delete the requirement that the PUC evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified matters. The bill would require the PUC to require each electrical corporation to file an electric vehicle infrastructure plan to develop, own, and operate electric vehicle charging stations and service equipment to support the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. The bill would require that the plans encourage and support the widespread deployment of electric vehicles, protect competitive markets for electric vehicle charging equipment, and support consumer choice in electric vehicle charging equipment. The bill would require the PUC, by March 1, 2016, after notice and an opportunity to comment, to approve, or modify and approve, the electric vehicle infrastructure plan filed by each electrical corporation and the rate changes to implement the plan, if the PUC determines that the plan reasonably assists in achieving the state’s electric vehicle deployment goals necessary to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce the use of petroleum.

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(4) The Public Utilities Act makes any public utility that violates the act, or that fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC, guilty of a crime.

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Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require action by the PUC to implement its requirements, a violation of these provisions would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime.

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(5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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

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

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 27880 of the end insertbegin insertPenal Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
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27880.  

Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm
4begin delete between persons who are personally known to each other,end delete if all of
5the following requirements are satisfied:

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(a) The loan is to a spouse, registered domestic partner, or any
7of the following relations, whether by consanguinity, adoption, or
8steprelation:

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(1) Parent.

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(2) Child.

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(3) Sibling.

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(4) Grandparent.

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(5) Grandchild.

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14(a)

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15begin insert(b)end insert The loan is infrequent, as defined in Section 16730.

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16(b)

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17begin insert(c)end insert The loan is for any lawful purpose.

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18(c)

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19begin insert(d)end insert The loan does not exceed 30 days in duration.

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20(d)

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P5    1begin insert(e)end insert Until January 1, 2015, if the firearm is a handgun, the
2individual being loaned the firearm shall have a valid handgun
3safety certificate. Commencing January 1, 2015, for any firearm,
4the individual being loaned the firearm shall have a valid firearm
5safety certificate, except that in the case of a handgun, an unexpired
6handgun safety certificate may be used.

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begin insertSEC. 2.end insert  

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begin insertSection 27950 of the end insertbegin insertPenal Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert

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27950.  

Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm,
9other than a handgun, to abegin delete licensed hunter for use by that hunter
10for a period of time not to exceed the duration of the hunting season
11for which the firearm is to be used.end delete
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12the transferor if that person has a California hunting license and
13only possesses the firearm while engaged in hunting.end insert

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
15Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
16the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
17district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
18infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
19for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
20the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
21the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
22Constitution.

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SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
24following:

25(a) In January of 2013, Governor Brown issued a zero-emission
26vehicle action plan calling for one and one-half million
27zero-emission vehicles in California by 2025 and the infrastructure
28to support one million zero-emission vehicles by 2020.

29(b) In Decision 14-12-079 (December 18, 2014), Phase 1
30Decision Establishing Policy to Expand the Utilities’ Role in
31Development of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, the Public Utilities
32 Commission set aside that part of Decision 11-07-029 that had
33required electrical corporations to demonstrate a “market failure”
34or “underserved market” as part of any request for authority to
35own plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

36(c) In January of 2015, Governor Brown proposed a plan to
37reduce petroleum use in cars and trucks by 50 percent by 2030.

38(d) A significant barrier still exists relative to the availability
39of electric vehicle charging stations and service equipment to
40support electric vehicle charging needed in public locations,
P6    1multifamily dwellings, workplaces, and fleet locations to support
2California’s goals for reducing the use of petroleum.

3(e) It is estimated that in order to support the need for electric
4vehicle charging stations and service equipment, at least one
5electric vehicle charging station and related service equipment is
6needed for every four electric vehicles, compared to the current
7ratio of twenty to one.

8(f) If California is to achieve its aggressive goals for reducing
9emissions of greenhouse gases, as well as its goals for reducing
10the use of petroleum, significant electric vehicle and service
11equipment infrastructure investments will need to be made by
12electrical corporations.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 381.2 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.

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SEC. 3.  

Section 381.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
15read:

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381.2.  

(a) (1) In coordination with the program approved
17pursuant to Section 25943 of the Public Resources Code to achieve
18greater energy savings in California’s existing residential and
19nonresidential building stock, the commission shall authorize
20electrical corporations and gas corporations to recover in their
21rates the reasonable costs of a program that provides financial
22incentives or rebates to customers of those corporations to increase
23energy efficiency in existing buildings based on all estimated
24energy savings and energy usage reductions, taking into
25consideration overall reduction in normalized metered energy
26consumption as a measure of energy savings.

27(2) The program shall include energy usage reductions resulting
28 from the installation of a measure or equipment required for
29modifications to existing buildings to bring them into conformity
30with, or exceed, the standards in Part 6 (commencing with Section
31100.0) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.

32(3) The commission shall authorize electrical corporations and
33gas corporations to count all energy savings achieved toward
34overall energy efficiency goals or targets established by the
35commission.

36(b) (1) By December 31, 2018, the commission shall, in
37compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, report to
38the Legislature summarizing the energy efficiency savings achieved
39pursuant to subdivision (a).

P7    1(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code,
2paragraph (1) is inoperative on December 31, 2022.

3(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that, until January 1, 2020,
4the implementation of the program described in subdivision (a)
5would not result in an increase in rates for the support of the energy
6efficiency programs of electrical corporations or gas corporations.

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SEC. 4.  

Section 399.33 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
8to read:

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399.33.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a
10retail seller or a local publicly owned electric utility may include
11electricity generated by, or saved as a result of the use of,
12distributed resources, as defined in Section 769, in meeting its
13renewables portfolio standard procurement obligations.

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SEC. 5.  

Section 740.2 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.

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SEC. 6.  

Section 740.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
16read:

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740.2.  

(a) The commission shall require each electrical
18corporation to file an electric vehicle infrastructure plan to develop,
19own, and operate electric vehicle charging stations and service
20equipment to support the widespread deployment and use of plug-in
21hybrid and electric vehicles. The plan shall encourage and support
22the widespread deployment of electric vehicles, protect competitive
23markets for electric vehicle charging equipment, and support
24consumer choice in electric vehicle charging equipment.
25Applications filed by an electrical corporation prior to January 1,
262016, for approval of electric vehicle infrastructure investments
27shall be considered as having been filed pursuant to this section.

28(b) By March 1, 2016, after notice and an opportunity to
29comment, the commission shall approve, or modify and approve,
30the electric vehicle infrastructure plan filed by each electrical
31corporation and the rate changes to implement the plan, if the
32commission determines that the plan reasonably assists in achieving
33the state’s electric vehicle deployment goals necessary to reduce
34emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce the use of petroleum.
35The commission shall not require individual electrical corporation
36plans to be consistent, but shall encourage flexibility and innovation
37by each electrical corporation in seeking to achieve California’s
38overall electric vehicle deployment goals.

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SEC. 7.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
40Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
P8    1the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
2district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
3infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
4for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
5the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
6the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
7Constitution.

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