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 yearsbegin delete andend deletebegin insert.
The billend insert would require the Office of Public School Constructionbegin insert, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Public Utilities Commission,end insert to expend moneys in thebegin delete fundend deletebegin insert California Clean Energy School Fundend insert, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund a zero-interest revolving loan programbegin insert and a grant programend insert for school districts to perform energy efficiency retrofit or clean energy installation projects at public schools. 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 26230) is
2added to Division 16.3 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
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(a) The California Clean Energy School Fund is hereby
7established in the State Treasury.
8(b) For fiscal years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, and
92017-18, 50 percent of the moneys deposited into the Clean Energy
10Job Creation Fund established pursuant to Section 26205 is hereby
11transferred to the California Clean Energy School Fund.
12(c) Moneys in the California Clean Energy School Fund shall,
13upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by the Office
14of Public School Constructionbegin insert, in consultation with the State
15Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission
16and the Public Utilities Commission,end insert to fund a zero-interest
17revolving loan programbegin insert and a grant programend insert for school districts
18to perform energy efficiency retrofit or clean energy installation
19projects at public schools.
20(d) (1) A school district receiving an allocation from the Office
21of Public School Construction shall provide to the office an
22inventory of the school district’s facilities, and basic site and
23energy-related information for the facilities.
P3 1(2) (A) The office shall compile the information provided
2pursuant to paragraph (1) into a database that will assist the office
3in achieving the
purposes in subdivision (i) of Sectionbegin delete 26205.end delete
4begin insert 26206.end insert
5(B) The office may, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
6expend moneys from the California Clean Energy School Fund
7for the purpose of subparagraph (A).
8(e) Excluding the moneys appropriated pursuant to
9subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), the Office
10of Public School Construction shall expend moneys appropriated
11from the Clean Energy School Fund as follows:
12(1) Sixty percent for zero-interest revolving loans.
end insertbegin insert13(2) Forty percent for grants.
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