Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 239

Introduced by Assembly Member Hagman

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez and Maienschein)

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(Coauthor: Senator Walters)

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February 5, 2013

An act to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 26230) to Division 16.3 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 239, as amended, Hagman. Energy: school facilities: energy efficiency upgrade projects.

The California Clean Energy Jobs Act, an initiative measure enacted by voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, establishes the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund and requires moneys in the fund to be available for appropriation during specified fiscal years for, among other things, the purposes of funding energy efficiency retrofit and clean energy installation projects in schools and other public facilities.

This bill would establish the California Clean Energy School Fund in the State Treasury. The bill would transfer 50% of the moneys deposited into the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund to the California Clean Energy School Fund during specified fiscal years and would require the Office of Public School Construction to expend moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund a zero-interest revolving loan program for school districts to perform energy efficiency retrofit or clean energy installation projects at public schools. begin insert The bill would require a school district receiving an allocation from the office to provide to the office an inventory of the school district’s facilities, and basic site and energy-related information for the facilities, which the office would be required to compile into a specified database. The bill would authorize the office, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to expend moneys in the California Clean Energy School Fund to develop the database. end insert

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.  

Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 26230) is
added to Division 16.3 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

 

Chapter  5. Implementation

 

26230.  

(a) The California Clean Energy School Fund is hereby
established in the State Treasury.

(b) For fiscal years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, and
2017-18, 50 percent of the moneys deposited into the Clean Energy
Job Creation Fund established pursuant to Section 26205 is hereby
transferred to the California Clean Energy School Fund.

(c) Moneys in the California Clean Energy School Fund shall,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by the Office
of Public School Construction to fund a zero-interest revolving
loan program for school districts to perform energy efficiency
retrofit or clean energy installation projects at public schools.

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(d) (1) A school district receiving an allocation from the Office
of Public School Construction shall provide to the office an
inventory of the school district’s facilities, and basic site and
energy-related information for the facilities.

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(2) (A) The office shall compile the information provided
pursuant to paragraph (1) into a database that will assist the office
in achieving the purposes in subdivision (i) of Section 26205.

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(B) The office may, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
expend moneys from the California Clean Energy School Fund
for the purpose of subparagraph (A).

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