BILL NUMBER: AB 2715	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, Alejo, and Dodd
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Roger Hernández and Salas)
   (Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 12087.6 to the Government Code, relating to
energy efficiency.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2715, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. Agricultural Working Poor
Energy Efficient Housing Program.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based
compliance mechanisms in its regulation of greenhouse gases.
Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances
as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation
by the Legislature.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Community Services and
Development and requires the department to administer, among other
things, the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Existing law requires the department to develop and administer the
Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program and to expend
moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the
program.
   This bill would require the department to develop and administer
the Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program and to
expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature from the Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund for the purposes of the program to improve energy
efficiency in farmworker-owned housing.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to
supervise certain low-income targeted energy efficiency programs
administered by electrical corporations, gas corporations, or
3rd-party administrators, and requires the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to
undertake various activities and administer various programs to
promote energy efficiency.
   This bill would require the department, in developing the
Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program, to
consult with the PUC and the Energy Commission in order to avoid
duplication with the energy efficiency programs supervised by those
commissions.
   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.  Section 12087.6 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12087.6.  (a) The department shall develop and administer the
Agricultural Working Poor Energy Efficient Housing Program and expend
moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the
program.  It is the intent of the Legislature that not less
than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be appropriated
annually to the department from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund,
created pursuant to Section 16428.8, for these purposes. 
   (b) (1) Moneys appropriated for the program shall be used,
consistent with the requirements of Section 39712 of the Health and
Safety Code, to improve energy efficiency in farmworker-owned
housing, including for all of the following:
   (A) Weatherization of homes and other residences.
   (B) Replacement of energy inefficient appliances with Energy
Star-certified appliances.
   (C) Replacement of lighting with light-emitting diode, commonly
known as LED, lighting.
   (D) Installation of photovoltaic solar panels and solar water
heating systems.
   (E) Installation of battery backups.
   (2) When distributing moneys appropriated for the program, the
department shall give preference to an association of federally
designated farmworker organizations and other organizations that have
a proven track record of assisting farmworkers.
   (c) (1) The department may develop requirements, guidelines, and
subgrantee contract provisions for the program.
   (2) The department shall do all of the following:
   (A) Consult with the Public Utilities Commission and the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in
developing the program in order to avoid duplication with the energy
efficiency programs supervised by those commissions.
   (B) Not less than 30 days before finalization of the program
guidelines, post the draft program guidelines on the department's
Internet Web site.
   (C) Hold a public hearing to obtain public input on the draft
program guidelines with notice of the hearing published prominently
on the department's Internet Web site no less than 15 days before the
hearing.