BILL NUMBER: AB 306	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 13, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins, Blumenfield, Galgiani,
Gordon, Nestande, Wagner, and Williams)
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Pavley
  and Strickland   ) 

                        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 related to energy. Existing law
establishes the Renewable Resources Trust Fund, a continuously
appropriated fund appropriated to the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, for the purposes of funding
programs designed to foster the development of new in-state renewable
electricity generation technology facilities.
   This bill would require the Energy Commission to conduct research
on generating electricity using piezoelectric transducers under
roadways or railways. The bill would require the Energy Commission
 to collaborate with the Department of Transportation
 to establish pilot projects that would employ
piezoelectric-based energy-harvesting technology, if the Energy
Commission determines that the technology has the potential to
generate electricity with performance, reliability, and cost
projections that are comparable to existing  renewable
 or emerging renewable energy sources. The bill would
require  the Energy Commission to collaborate with  the
Department of Transportation  and would require the department
 to conduct research on the piezoelectric-based
energy-harvesting technology  prior to the establishment of a
pilot project   according to the department's usual
research protocol if the pilot project is conducted in a facility
that is part of the state highway or rail system under the department'
s jurisdiction  . The bill would authorize the Energy Commission
to expend the moneys in the Renewable Resource Trust Fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this research. 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 generating
electricity using piezoelectric technology under roadways and
railways. The commission shall award the research projects under this
section through competitive solicitations, interagency agreements,
or agreements with other governmental entities.
   (b) (1) If the commission finds, based on initial research, that
the piezoelectric-based energy-harvesting technology has the
potential to generate electricity with the performance, reliability,
and cost projections that are comparable to existing 
renewable and emerging   or emerging  renewable
energy sources, then the commission shall  collaborate with
the Department of Transportation to  establish a pilot
project or projects  that would   to 
employ piezoelectric-based energy-harvesting technology.  The
commission shall collaborate with the Department of Transportation if
the pilot project is conducted in a facility that is part of the
state highway or rail system under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Transportation.  
   (2) Prior to establishing a pilot project pursuant to paragraph
(1), the 
    (2)     The  Department of
Transportation shall conduct research on the piezoelectric-based
energy-harvesting technology according to its usual research protocol
 if the pilot project established pursuant to paragraph (1) is
conducted in a facility that is part of the state highway or rail
system under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation
 .
   (c) The commission may expend the moneys in the Renewable
Resources Trust Fund, 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.