BILL NUMBER: AB 796	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2013

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 amended, 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   in the context of
protecting  the proposed site and related facility  from
damage caused by sea level rise  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   in the context of protecting  the
proposed site and related facility  from potential damage caused
by sea level rise, such as storm surges and flooding. In assessing
the sea level rise, the commission may rely on floodplain maps
published by the Department of Water Resources  .