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                                                                  AB 2408
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          Date of Hearing:   April 25, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                AB 2408 (Skinner) - As Introduced:  February 24, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Natural 
          ResourcesVote:6-3

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill deletes the requirement in current law that the Energy 
          Commissions AB 758 Program be funded from nonstate funds.

           FISCAL EFFECT 

          1)No direct state costs.

          2)Cost pressure of an unknown amount, but potentially in the 
            millions of dollars, to fund AB 758 Program activities from 
            state funds.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale.   The author intends this bill to allow the AB 758 
            Program to be funded from sources other than federal sources, 
            such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

           2)Background.   Recently enacted legislation (Chapter 470, 
            Statutes of 2009 (AB 758, Skinner)) required the Energy 
            Commission to develop an energy efficiency program for 
            existing residential and commercial buildings.  The statute 
            limited program funding to ARRA and other non-state funds.  As 
            AB 758 was chaptered, the author submitted a letter indicating 
            her intent that Chapter 470 be an ongoing program funded by 
            any available source.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 











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