BILL NUMBER: AB 289	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2009

   An act to amend Section 3800 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to public resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 289, as introduced, Galgiani. Public resources: geothermal
resources: disposition.
   Existing law allocates revenues, distributed to the state by the
federal government, resulting from statutory activities of certain
federal agencies with regard to the development of geothermal
resources. The revenues are allocated for certain purposes,
including, but not limited to, reduction of dependence on fossil
fuels, mitigation of certain adverse consequences of geothermal
development, and maintenance of the productivity of renewable
resources.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   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 3800 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3800.  The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the
allocation of revenues distributed to the state pursuant to Section
35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C.
Sec. 191), with respect to  activities of  
actions taken by  the United States Bureau of Land Management,
the United States Forest Service, and other federal agencies 
undertaken  pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 1001) of Title 30 of
the United States Code)   (30 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et seq.)
 in order to accomplish the following general objectives:
   (a) Reduction of dependence on fossil fuels and stimulation of the
state's economy through development of geothermal resources.
   (b) Mitigation of the adverse social, economic, and environmental
impacts caused by geothermal development.
   (c) Financial assistance to cities, counties, and districts to
offset the costs of providing public services and facilities 
necessitated   required  by the development of
geothermal resources within their jurisdictions.
   (d) Maintenance of the productivity of renewable resources through
the investment of the proceeds of a depleting resource.