Bill Text: CA AB2351 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Solar shade control: notice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-17 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. [AB2351 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2351-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2351

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Introduced by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia

February 16, 2022

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An act to amend Section 25982.1 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2351, as introduced, Cristina Garcia. Solar shade control: notice.

Existing law prohibits a person owning or in control of a property from allowing a tree or shrub to be placed or to grow on the property subsequent to the installation of a solar collector on the property of another, if the tree or shrub casts a shadow of a specified size on the collector absorption area during specified times. Existing law authorizes the owner of a property where the solar collector is to be installed to provide, prior to its installation, a written notice by certified mail containing specified information to owners of affected property.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision authorizing a property owner to provide the written notice.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 25982.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

25982.1.

 (a) An owner of a building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed may provide written notice by certified mail to a person owning property that may be affected by the requirements of this chapter prior to before the installation of the solar collector. If a notice is mailed, the notice shall be mailed no more than 60 days prior to before installation of the solar collector and shall read as follows:

SOLAR SHADE CONTROL NOTICE

Under the Solar Shade Control Act (California Public Resources Code §25980 et seq.) a tree or shrub cannot cast a shadow greater than 10 percent of a solar collector absorption area upon that solar collector surface at any one time between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local standard time if the tree or shrub is placed after installation of a solar collector. The owner of the building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed is providing this written notice to persons owning property that may be affected by the requirements of the act no more than 60 days prior to the installation of a solar collector. The building owner is providing the following information:

Name and address of building owner:

Telephone number of building owner:

Address of building and specific location where a solar collector will be installed (including street number and name, city/county, ZIP Code, and assessor’s book, page, and parcel number):

Installation date of solar collector:

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Building Owner, Date

(b) If the owner of the building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed provided the notice pursuant to subdivision (a), and the installation date is later than the date specified in that notice, the later date shall be specified in a subsequent notice to persons receiving the initial notice.

(c) (1) A transferor of the building where the solar collector is installed may provide a record of persons receiving the notice pursuant to subdivision (a) to a transferee of the building.

(2) A transferor receiving a notice pursuant to subdivision (a) may provide the notice to a transferee of the property.