BILL NUMBER: SB 1198	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 27, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff
   (Coauthors: Senators Cogdill, Denham, Dutton, Harman,
Hollingsworth, and Runner)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gilmore, Jeffries, Knight, Silva, and
Smyth)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 25213 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1198, as amended, Huff. Energy: State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission: regulations.
   The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to adopt those regulations that are necessary
to carry out the act.
   The act also requires the commission, after one or more public
hearings, to prescribe, by regulation, standards for minimum levels
of operating efficiency and prescribe other measures, such as energy
and water consumption labeling not preempted by federal labeling law,
to promote the use of energy and water efficient appliances that do
not result in any added total costs for consumers over the designed
life of the appliances concerned.
   This bill would provide that the television product labeling
regulations adopted by the commission would not be effective until
July 1, 2011, and  would be effective on that date only  if
 the   a  United States Federal Trade
Commission  fails to issue a final  labeling rule
for those products  as of   is not effective on
or before  July 1, 2011. The bill  further provides
  also would provide  that those regulations would
remain in effect only until  the   a 
Federal Trade Commission  issues a final  labeling
rule for television products  becomes effective  .
   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 25213 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25213.  (a) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations, as
necessary, to carry out the provisions of this division in conformity
with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340)
of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The
commission shall make available to a person upon request copies of
proposed regulations, together with summaries of reasons supporting
their adoption.
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the television product
labeling regulations adopted by the commission shall not take effect,
and the commission shall not enforce those regulations, before July
1, 2011.
   (2) On and after July 1, 2011, the television product labeling
regulations shall be effective if  the   a 
Federal Trade Commission  fails to issue a final 
labeling rule for television products  is not effective on or
 before July 1, 2011, and shall remain in effect until 
the   a  Federal Trade Commission  issues a
 final labeling rule  is effective  for television
products.