BILL NUMBER: AB 306	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Blumenfield,  Gordon,   and Williams 
 ) 

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2011

   An act to add and repeal Section 25325 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 306, as amended, Gatto. Energy: piezoelectric transducers:
study.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission  (Energy Commission)  , on a biennial
basis beginning in 2003, to adopt an integrated energy policy report
providing information on specified  matter  related
to energy. Existing law creates the  Alternative and
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology   Public Interest
Research, Development, and Demonstration  Program, to be
administered by the Energy Commission, and requires the Energy
Commission to expend the moneys in the  Alternative and
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology   Publ  
ic Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration  Fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to implement that program.
   This bill would require the Energy Commission to conduct research
on  the feasibility of  generating electricity using
piezoelectric transducers under  major  roadways
 as a renewable resource, by collaborating with 
 or railways. The bill would require the Energy Commission to
collaborate with  the Department of Transportation to establish
 a  pilot  project   projects
 that would employ  piezo-based  
piezoelectric-based  energy harvesting technology  , if the
Energy Commission determines that doing so is appropriate  . The
bill would  allow   authorize  the Energy
Commission to expend the moneys in the  Alternative and
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology   Public Interest
Research, Development, and   Demonstration  Fund 
or the Energy Resources Program Account  , upon appropriation by
the Legislature, to implement this research  as part of the
Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program
 . The Energy Commission would be required to report its
findings in the integrated energy policy report adopted in 2013.
These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2015.
   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 25325 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25325.  (a) The commission shall conduct research on  the
feasibility of generating electricity using piezoelectric transducers
under major roadways as a renewable resource pursuant to this
section.   generating electricity using piezoelectric
technology under roadways and railways pursuant to this chapter or
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 25600). 

   (b) For purposes of conducting the research required by this
section, the commission shall collaborate with the Department of
Transportation to establish a pilot project  or projects 
that would employ  piezo-based energy harvesting technology
on two 100 meter strips of road, one of which shall be located in
northen California and one in southern California. The commission
shall allow local public agencies that provide transportation or
energy services to submit bids for these pilot projects. 
 piezoelectric-based energy harvesting technology if the
commission finds, based on initial research, that a pilot project is
appropriate. 
   (c) The commission may expend the moneys in the 
Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this section as part
of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program
created pursuant to Section 44272 of the Health and Safety Code.
  Public Interest Research, Development, and
Demonstration Fund established pursuant to Section 384 of the Public
Utilities Code or the Energy Resources Program Account established
pursuant to Section 25801, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to
implement this section. 
   (d) As a part of the integrated energy policy report that is
adopted in 2013, the commission shall report the findings of the
research performed pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends
that date.