BILL NUMBER: SB 730 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 11, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 22, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to amend Section 44272 of, and to add Section
19830 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to energy.
An act to add and repeal Article 2.5 (commencing with Section
44273.5) of Chapter 8.9 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to air resources.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 730, as amended, Kehoe. Local government: building
permits: electric vehicle charging. Plug-In Electric
Vehicle Readiness Pilot Program.
(1) Existing law sets forth the powers and duties common to cities
and counties.
This bill would require a city, county, or city and county to
approve a building permit application to install vehicle charging
equipment within one business day. The bill would also require the
home building inspector of each city, county, or city and county that
approves a building permit to review the work completed under the
permit within 7 days of completion of the work. By adding to the
duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.
(2) Existing
Existing law establishes the Alternative and Renewable
Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, administered by the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy
Commission), to provide to specified entities, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, grants, loans, loan guarantees, revolving loans, or
other appropriate measures, for the development and deployment of
innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle
types to help attain the state's climate change goals. Existing law
specifies that only certain projects or programs are eligible for
funding, including a program to provide funding for homeowners who
purchase an electric vehicle to offset costs associated with
modifying electrical sources to include a residential plug-in
electric vehicle charging station.
This bill would , additionally, specify projects eligible
for funding under the program to include a program provide funding
to local governments that accept building permit applications for the
installation of vehicle charging equipment online
establish the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness Pilot Program to be
administered by the commission. The bill would require that the
program include, but not be limited to, strategies that address
several objectives relating to the permitting and planning of plug-in
electric vehicle residential charging. The bill would also require
the commission to solicit statewide the involvement of cities and
counties for participation in the program. The bill would repeal
these provisions on January 1, 2015 .
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes no .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.5 (commencing with Section
44273.5) is added to Chapter 8.9 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
Article 2.5. Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness Pilot Program
44273.5. (a) The Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness Pilot Program
is hereby created. The program shall be administered by the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The
commission shall implement the program by regulation pursuant to the
requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1
of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The commission
shall solicit the involvement of cities and counties statewide for
participation in the program. The program shall include, but not be
limited to, strategies that address all of the following:
(1) The development of expedited and streamlined permitting of
plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) residential charging.
(2) Customer PEV education and outreach.
(3) The provision of information to PEV owners concerning a point
of contact with the appropriate local government entity.
(4) Public and workplace infrastructure PEV planning, including,
but not limited to, planning relating to compliance with the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et
seq.).
(5) Ensuring utility notification of residential level 2 PEV
chargers.
(b) The commission, in consultation with participating cities and
counties, shall develop a process for evaluating the effectiveness of
the pilot program. The evaluation shall measure the progress of the
elements specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of
subdivision (a) and include an evaluation of best practices.
(c) (1) The commission shall report the findings of the evaluation
specified in subdivision (b) to the Legislature for the periods
covering January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012, inclusive, and
January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2014, inclusive.
(2) The report required to be submitted pursuant to this Section
shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.
(d) 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.
SECTION 1. Section 19830 is added to the Health
and Safety Code, to read:
19830. (a) Any city, county, or city and county that requires the
issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction,
alteration, improvement, demolition, or repair of any building or
structure shall approve a building permit application to install
vehicle charging equipment within one business day.
(b) The building inspector of each city, county, or city and
county that approves a building permit shall review the work
completed under the permit within seven days of completion of the
work.
SEC. 2. Section 44272 of the Health and Safety
Code is amended to read:
44272. (a) The Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle
Technology Program is hereby created. The program shall be
administered by the commission. The commission shall implement the
program by regulation pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code. The program shall provide, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, competitive grants, revolving loans, loan
guarantees, loans, or other appropriate funding measures, to public
agencies, vehicle and technology entities, businesses and projects,
public-private partnerships, workforce training partnerships and
collaboratives, fleet owners, consumers, recreational boaters, and
academic institutions to develop and deploy innovative technologies
that transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the
state's climate change policies. The emphasis of this program shall
be to develop and deploy technology and alternative and renewable
fuels in the marketplace, without adopting any one preferred fuel or
technology.
(b) A project funded by the commission shall be approved at a
noticed public hearing of the commission and shall be consistent with
the priorities established by the investment plan adopted pursuant
to Section 44272.5.
(c) The commission shall provide preferences to those projects
that maximize the goals of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and
Vehicle Technology Program, based on the following criteria, as
applicable:
(1) The project's ability to provide a measurable transition from
the nearly exclusive use of petroleum fuels to a diverse portfolio of
viable alternative fuels that meet petroleum reduction and
alternative fuel use goals.
(2) The project's consistency with existing and future state
climate change policy and low-carbon fuel standards.
(3) The project's ability to reduce criteria air pollutants and
air toxics and reduce or avoid multimedia environmental impacts.
(4) The project's ability to decrease, on a life cycle basis, the
discharge of water pollutants or any other substances known to damage
human health or the environment, in comparison to the production and
use of California Phase 2 Reformulated Gasoline or diesel fuel
produced and sold pursuant to California diesel fuel regulations set
forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2280) of Chapter 5 of
Division 3 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.
(5) The project does not adversely impact the sustainability of
the state's natural resources, especially state and federal lands.
(6) The project provides nonstate matching funds.
(7) The project provides economic benefits for California by
promoting California-based technology firms, jobs, and businesses.
(8) The project uses existing or proposed fueling infrastructure
to maximize the outcome of the project.
(9) The project's ability to reduce on a life cycle assessment
greenhouse gas emissions by at least 10 percent, and higher
percentages in the future, from current reformulated gasoline and
diesel fuel standards established by the state board.
(10) The project's use of alternative fuel blends of at least 20
percent, and higher blend ratios in the future, with a preference for
projects with higher blends.
(11) The project drives new technology advancement for vehicles,
vessels, engines, and other equipment, and promotes the deployment of
that technology in the marketplace.
(d) Only the following shall be eligible for funding:
(1) Alternative and renewable fuel projects to develop and improve
alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels, including electricity,
ethanol, dimethyl ether, renewable diesel, natural gas, hydrogen, and
biomethane, among others, and their feedstocks that have high
potential for long-term or short-term commercialization, including
projects that lead to sustainable feedstocks.
(2) Demonstration and deployment projects that optimize
alternative and renewable fuels for existing and developing engine
technologies.
(3) Projects to produce alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels
in California.
(4) Projects to decrease the overall impact of an alternative and
renewable fuel's life cycle carbon footprint and increase
sustainability.
(5) Alternative and renewable fuel infrastructure, fueling
stations, and equipment. The preference in paragraph (10) of
subdivision (c) shall not apply to renewable diesel or biodiesel
infrastructure, fueling stations, and equipment used solely for
renewable diesel or biodiesel fuel.
(6) Projects to develop and improve light-, medium-, and
heavy-duty vehicle technologies that provide for better fuel
efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions, alternative fuel usage
and storage, or emission reductions, including propulsion systems,
advanced internal combustion engines with a 40 percent or better
efficiency level over the current market standard, light-weight
materials, energy storage, control systems and system integration,
physical measurement and metering systems and software, development
of design standards and testing and certification protocols, battery
recycling and reuse, engine and fuel optimization electronic and
electrified components, hybrid technology, plug-in hybrid technology,
battery electric vehicle technology, fuel cell technology, and
conversions of hybrid technology to plug-in technology through the
installation of safety certified supplemental battery modules.
(7) Programs and projects that accelerate the commercialization of
vehicles and alternative and renewable fuels including buy-down
programs through near-market and market-path deployments, advanced
technology warranty or replacement insurance, development of market
niches, supply-chain development, and research related to the
pedestrian safety impacts of vehicle technologies and alternative and
renewable fuels.
(8) Programs and projects to retrofit medium- and heavy-duty
on-road and nonroad vehicle fleets with technologies that create
higher fuel efficiencies, including alternative and renewable fuel
vehicles and technologies, idle management technology, and
aerodynamic retrofits that decrease fuel consumption.
(9) Infrastructure projects that promote alternative and renewable
fuel infrastructure development connected with existing fleets,
public transit, and existing transportation corridors, including
physical measurement or metering equipment and truck stop
electrification.
(10) Workforce training programs related to alternative and
renewable fuel feedstock production and extraction, renewable fuel
production, distribution, transport, and storage, high-performance
and low-emission vehicle technology and high tower electronics,
automotive computer systems, mass transit fleet conversion,
servicing, and maintenance, and other sectors or occupations related
to the purposes of this chapter.
(11) Block grants administered by not-for-profit technology
entities for multiple projects, education and program promotion
within California, and development of alternative and renewable fuel
and vehicle technology centers.
(12) Life cycle and multimedia analyses, sustainability and
environmental impact evaluations, and market, financial, and
technology assessments performed by a state agency to determine the
impacts of increasing the use of low-carbon transportation fuels and
technologies, and to assist in the preparation of the investment plan
and program implementation.
(13) (A) A program to provide funding for homeowners who purchase
a plug-in electric vehicle to offset costs associated with modifying
electrical sources to include a residential plug-in electric vehicle
charging station. In establishing this program, the commission shall
consider funding criteria to maximize the public benefit of the
program.
(B) A program to provide funding to local governments that exceed
the requirements of Section 19830 by accepting building permit
applications for the installation of vehicle charging equipment
online.
(e) The commission may make a single source or sole source award
pursuant to this section for applied research. The same requirements
set forth in Section 25620.5 of the Public Resources Code shall apply
to awards made on a single source basis or a sole source basis. This
subdivision does not authorize the commission to make a single
source or sole source award for a project or activity other than for
applied research.
(f) The commission may do both of the following:
(1) Contract with the Treasurer to expend funds through programs
implemented by the Treasurer, if the expenditure is consistent with
all of the requirements of this article and Article 1 (commencing
with Section 44270).
(2) Contract with small business financial development
corporations established by the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency to expend funds through the Small Business Loan Guarantee
Program if the expenditure is consistent with all of the requirements
of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 44270).
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because a local agency or school district has the
authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to
pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.