BILL NUMBER: AB 2715	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	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.
   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 for the purposes of
the program to improve energy efficiency in farmworker-owned housing.
 The bill would require the department to report to the
Legislature on the program with respect to   balances and
expenditures, households reached, demographics of the households
reached, measures funded, and energy savings. 
   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 
ensure compatibility with the state's energy policies and goals and
to  avoid duplication  with   of  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.
   (b) (1) Moneys appropriated for the program shall be used to
improve energy efficiency in  farmworker-owned  
farmworker  housing,  including  
including, but not limited to,  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   shall develop program requirements and
guidelines, including income-based program eligibility limits, and
may develop  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  ensure compatibility with the
state's energy policies and goals and to  avoid duplication
 with   of  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. 
   (D) By January 1 of the third calendar year following receipt of
funding for the program, report to the budget committees and
appropriate policy committees of each house of the Legislature on
program balances and expenditures, the number of households reached
by the program, the demographics of households reached, including
whether the household is owner occupied or occupant rented, a list of
measures funded by the program, and an estimate of the energy saved
by the program.