Bill Text: CA AB627 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State government.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB627 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB627-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 627	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gorell

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act  to add Section 15814.45 to the Government Code, 
relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 627, as amended, Gorell. State government.
   Existing law generally regulates energy conservation and
efficiency in state buildings  , requires that all new public
buildings in which energy costs exceed $10,000 per year be models of
energy efficiency that are designed, constructed, and equipped with
all energy efficiency measures, materials, and devices that are
feasible and cost-effective over the life of the building or the life
of the energy efficiency measure, and requires that all existing
buildings in which energy costs exceed $10,000 per year, when
renovated or remodeled, be retrofitted to meet specified standards
 .
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
 require  a  state  agencies, departments,
and commissions, when they are   agency, department, or
commission, if it is  evaluating the construction of a new
building or facility, or the transfer or renewal of a lease for a
building or facility, to consider as a top priority in making that
decision whether a net-zero energy consumption building or facility,
also  know   known  as an
energy-independent building or facility, can be constructed or
occupied, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 15814.45 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   15814.45.  A state agency, department, or commission, if it is
evaluating the construction of a new building or facility, or the
transfer or renewal of a lease for a building or facility, shall
consider as a top priority in making that decision whether a net-zero
energy consumption building or facility, also known as an
energy-independent building or facility, can be constructed or
occupied if that construction or occupancy can be accomplished at or
at about the same market rate as a traditional building or facility,
and the building or facility meets all of the location, size, and
logistical requirements set forth in the agency's, department's, or
commission's site selection process.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to require state agencies, departments, and commissions, when they
are evaluating the construction of a new building or facility, or the
transfer or renewal of a lease for a building or facility, to
consider as a top priority in making that decision whether a net-zero
energy consumption building or facility, also know as an
energy-independent building or facility, can be constructed or
occupied if that construction or occupancy can be accomplished at or
at about the same market rate as a traditional building or facility,
and the building or facility meets all of the location, size, and
logistical requirements set forth in the agency's, department's, or
commission's site selection process.