BILL NUMBER: AB 796	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Muratsuchi

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 25525.5 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 796, as introduced, Muratsuchi. Energy: thermal powerplants:
certification: sea level rise.
   Existing law vests the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission with the exclusive jurisdiction to certify
sites for thermal powerplants with a generation capacity of 50 or
more megawatts and related facilities. Existing law requires the
commission to make certain findings before issuing a certification
for the site.
   This bill would require the commission to consider the effects of
sea level rise on the proposed site and related facility during the
certification process.
   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 25525.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   25525.5.  In the issuance of a certification pursuant to this
chapter, the commission shall consider the effects of sea level rise
on the proposed site and related facility.