Amended in Senate June 20, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2543

Introduced by Assembly Member Gordon

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Sections 15814.22 and 15814.28 of the Government Code, relating to state buildings.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2543, as amended, Gordon. State buildings: begin delete efficiency. end delete begin insert efficiency and conservation. end insert

Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with other state entities that include the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to develop a plan to exploit cost-effective energy efficiency measures in state facilities. Existing law requires the department to update the plan biennially, coordinate implementation efforts, and make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature to achieve energy goals for state facilities. Existing law requires the department to make these recommendations no later than March 1, 2009, and biennially thereafter. Existing law also requires the department to report on projects under its jurisdiction, as specified.

This bill would instead require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the department, to develop a plan to exploit cost-effective energy efficiency and water conservation measures in state facilities. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the commission, to submit recommendations on energy efficiency and water conservation goals to the Governor and the Legislature. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the commission, to make these recommendations no later than January 1, 2018.

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.  

(a) In enacting this act, the Legislature recognizes
the following:

(1) The significant energy savings and greenhouse gas emission
reductions inherent in the state’s existing state-owned building
stock.

(2) It is the policy of the state to promote conservation and
efficient use of water.

(3) The need to establish a comprehensive energy efficiency
begin insert and conservation end insert program to capture these reductions.

(b) The Legislature further recognizes that state government
should lead by example and demonstrate to the public the cost and
environmental benefits of implementing energy efficient
technology into daily life.

SEC. 2.  

Section 15814.22 of the Government Code is amended
to read:

15814.22.  

(a) The State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, in consultation with the Department
of General Services and other state agencies and departments, shall
develop a multiyear plan, to be updated biennially, with the goal
of exploiting all practicable and cost-effective energy efficiency
and water conservation measures in state facilities. The commission
shall solicit input from both public and private entities. The
department shall coordinate plan implementation efforts, and make
recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature to achieve
energy efficiency and water conservation goals for state facilities.

(b) The plan shall not prohibit, limit, or supersede more stringent
green building requirements for state facilities.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “state facility” means any
public building, as defined in Section 15802, but does not include
any building leased by the state, unless that building is financed
through the issuance of lease-revenue bonds.

SEC. 3.  

Section 15814.28 of the Government Code is amended
to read:

15814.28.  

The Department of General Services, in consultation
with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission, shall, no later than January 1, 2018, and biennially
thereafter, make the recommendations required in Section
15814.22, and report on all of the following for projects under its
jurisdiction:

(a) The progress made toward implementing energy efficiency
begin insert and water conservation end insert measures in state facilities.

(b) The most common energy efficiency begin insert and water conservation end insert
measures being implemented.

(c) The obstacles preventing further implementation of energy
efficiency begin insert and water conservation end insert measures.

(d) How current efforts and ideas can be incorporated into the
Governor’s five-year infrastructure plan described in Section
13102.