BILL NUMBER: AB 394	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

    An act relating to energy.   An act to add
Section 12019.5 to the Government Code, relating to the census. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 394, as amended, Fuentes.  Solar energy systems.
  Census.  
   Existing law specifies various duties of government agencies in
connection with conducting the decennial census and maintaining
population data.  
   This bill would require the Governor to appoint a task force to
make recommendations on how to maximize the number of Californians
counted in the 2010 census and to implement a census outreach
program.  
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations, as defined. A decision of the PUC adopted the
California Solar Initiative. Existing law requires the PUC to
undertake certain steps in implementing the California Solar
Initiative. Existing law requires the governing body of a local
publicly owned electric utility that sells electricity at retail to
adopt, implement, and finance a solar initiative program for the
purpose of investing in, and encouraging the increased installation
of, residential and commercial solar energy systems. 

   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to further
facilitate the efforts of local publicly owned electric utilities to
increase the installation of residential and commercial solar energy
systems. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 12019.5 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   12019.5.  The Governor shall appoint a task force to make
recommendations on how to maximize the number of Californians counted
in the 2010 census and to implement a census outreach program,
taking into account the successes and problems with the 2000
California Complete Count Campaign.  
  SECTION 1.    In order to further the state goal
of encouraging the installation of 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic
solar energy generation in 10 years, it is the intent of the
Legislature to enact legislation that would further facilitate the
efforts of local publicly owned electric utilities to increase the
installation of residential and commercial solar energy systems.