BILL NUMBER: AB 1511	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 4, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Members   Perea,
    Daly,  
  and Salas   Member  
Santiago 
    (   Coauthors:  
Assembly Members   Cooley,  
  Cooper,    
Frazier,     Gipson, 
   and O'Donnell   )


                        MARCH 5, 2015

    An act to add Section 399.33 to, and to repeal and add
Sections 381.2 and 740.2 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to
energy.   An act to amend Sections 27880 and 27950 of
the Penal Code, relating to firearms. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1511, as amended,  Perea   Santiago 
.  Energy.   Firearms: lending.  
   (1) Existing law generally requires the loan of a firearm to be
conducted through a licensed firearms dealer. A violation of this
provision is a crime. Existing law exempts from this requirement a
loan of a firearm between persons who are personally known to each
other, if the loan is infrequent and does not exceed 30 days in
duration.  
   This bill would instead limit that exemption to the loan of a
firearm to a spouse or registered domestic partner, or to a parent,
child, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild, related as specified. By
expanding the application of an existing crime, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.  
   (2) Existing law exempts from the requirement to conduct the loan
of a firearm through a licensed firearms dealer a loan made to a
licensed hunter for use by that hunter for a period of time not to
exceed the duration of the hunting season for which the firearm is to
be used.  
   This bill would instead exempt from that requirement the loan of a
firearm to a person personally known to the transferor if that
person has a California hunting license and only possesses the
firearm while engaged in hunting. By expanding the application of an
existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   (1) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission (Energy Commission), by March 1, 2010, to
establish a regulatory proceeding to develop and implement a
comprehensive program to achieve greater energy savings in California'
s existing residential and nonresidential building stock. 

   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations. Existing law authorizes the PUC to fix the rates and
charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and
charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the PUC, in
consultation with the Energy Commission, to identify all potentially
achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to
establish efficiency targets for electrical corporations to achieve
pursuant to their procurement plan. Existing law requires the PUC, in
consultation with the Energy Commission, to identify all potentially
achievable cost-effective natural gas efficiency savings and to
establish efficiency targets for gas corporations to achieve, and
requires that a gas corporation first meet its unmet resource needs
through all available gas efficiency and demand reduction resources
that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. Existing law
requires the PUC, by March 1, 2010, to investigate the ability of
electrical corporations and gas corporations to provide various
energy efficiency financing options to their customers for the
purposes of implementing the comprehensive program developed by the
Energy Commission described above.  
   This bill would require the PUC to authorize electrical
corporations and gas corporations to recover in rates the reasonable
costs of a program that provides financial incentives or rebates to
customers of the utility to increase energy efficiency in existing
buildings based on all estimated energy savings and energy usage
reductions, taking into consideration overall reduction in normalized
metered energy consumption as a measure of energy savings. The bill
would require the program to include energy usage reductions
resulting from the installation of a measure or equipment required
for modifications to existing buildings to bring them into conformity
with, or exceed, existing energy efficiency building standards.
 
   (2) The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires
the PUC to implement annual procurement targets for the procurement
of eligible renewable energy resources for all retail sellers to
achieve the targets and goals of the program. Existing law requires
each electrical corporation to submit to the PUC a distribution
resources plan proposal to identify optimal locations for the
deployment of distributed resources.  
   This bill would authorize a retail seller of electricity or a
local publicly owned electric utility to include electricity
generated by, or saved as a result of the use of, distributed
resources in meeting its renewables portfolio standard procurement
obligations.  
   (3) Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy
Commission, the State Air Resources Board, electrical corporations,
and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate policies to develop
infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread
deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by
July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified matters.
 
   This bill would delete the requirement that the PUC evaluate
policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any
barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and
electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address
specified matters. The bill would require the PUC to require each
electrical corporation to file an electric vehicle infrastructure
plan to develop, own, and operate electric vehicle charging stations
and service equipment to support the widespread deployment and use of
plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. The bill would require that
the plans encourage and support the widespread deployment of electric
vehicles, protect competitive markets for electric vehicle charging
equipment, and support consumer choice in electric vehicle charging
equipment. The bill would require the PUC, by March 1, 2016, after
notice and an opportunity to comment, to approve, or modify and
approve, the electric vehicle infrastructure plan filed by each
electrical corporation and the rate changes to implement the plan, if
the PUC determines that the plan reasonably assists in achieving the
state's electric vehicle deployment goals necessary to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce the use of petroleum.
 
   (4) The Public Utilities Act makes any public utility that
violates the act, or that fails to comply with any part of any order,
decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC, guilty
of a crime.  
   Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require
action by the PUC to implement its requirements, a violation of
these provisions would impose a state-mandated local program by
creating a new crime.  
   (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 27880 of the   Penal
Code   is amended to read: 
   27880.  Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm
 between persons who are personally known to each other,
 if all of the following requirements are satisfied: 
   (a) The loan is to a spouse, registered domestic partner, or any
of the following relations, whether by consanguinity, adoption, or
steprelation:  
   (1) Parent.  
   (2) Child.  
   (3) Sibling.  
    (4) Grandparent.  
    (5) Grandchild.  
   (a) 
    (b)  The loan is infrequent, as defined in Section
16730. 
   (b) 
    (c)  The loan is for any lawful purpose. 
   (c) 
    (d)  The loan does not exceed 30 days in duration.

   (d) 
    (e)  Until January 1, 2015, if the firearm is a handgun,
the individual being loaned the firearm shall have a valid handgun
safety certificate. Commencing January 1, 2015, for any firearm, the
individual being loaned the firearm shall have a valid firearm safety
certificate, except that in the case of a handgun, an unexpired
handgun safety certificate may be used.
   SEC. 2.    Section 27950 of the   Penal Code
  is amended to read: 
   27950.  Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm,
other than a handgun, to a  licensed hunter for use by that
hunter for a period of time not to exceed the duration of the hunting
season for which the firearm is to be used.   person
personally known to the transferor if that person has a California
hunting license and only possesses the firearm while engaged in
hunting. 
   SEC. 3.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.  
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:
   (a) In January of 2013, Governor Brown issued a zero-emission
vehicle action plan calling for one and one-half million
zero-emission vehicles in California by 2025 and the infrastructure
to support one million zero-emission vehicles by 2020.
   (b) In Decision 14-12-079 (December 18, 2014), Phase 1 Decision
Establishing Policy to Expand the Utilities' Role in Development of
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, the Public Utilities Commission set
aside that part of Decision 11-07-029 that had required electrical
corporations to demonstrate a "market failure" or "underserved market"
as part of any request for authority to own plug-in electric vehicle
charging infrastructure.
   (c) In January of 2015, Governor Brown proposed a plan to reduce
petroleum use in cars and trucks by 50 percent by 2030.
   (d) A significant barrier still exists relative to the
availability of electric vehicle charging stations and service
equipment to support electric vehicle charging needed in public
locations, multifamily dwellings, workplaces, and fleet locations to
support California's goals for reducing the use of petroleum.
   (e) It is estimated that in order to support the need for electric
vehicle charging stations and service equipment, at least one
electric vehicle charging station and related service equipment is
needed for every four electric vehicles, compared to the current
ratio of twenty to one.
   (f) If California is to achieve its aggressive goals for reducing
emissions of greenhouse gases, as well as its goals for reducing the
use of petroleum, significant electric vehicle and service equipment
infrastructure investments will need to be made by electrical
corporations.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 381.2 of the Public Utilities
Code is repealed.  
  SEC. 3.    Section 381.2 is added to the Public
Utilities Code, to read:
   381.2.  (a) (1) In coordination with the program approved pursuant
to Section 25943 of the Public Resources Code to achieve greater
energy savings in California's existing residential and
nonresidential building stock, the commission shall authorize
electrical corporations and gas corporations to recover in their
rates the reasonable costs of a program that provides financial
incentives or rebates to customers of those corporations to increase
energy efficiency in existing buildings based on all estimated energy
savings and energy usage reductions, taking into consideration
overall reduction in normalized metered energy consumption as a
measure of energy savings.
   (2) The program shall include energy usage reductions resulting
from the installation of a measure or equipment required for
modifications to existing buildings to bring them into conformity
with, or exceed, the standards in Part 6 (commencing with Section
100.0) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (3) The commission shall authorize electrical corporations and gas
corporations to count all energy savings achieved toward overall
energy efficiency goals or targets established by the commission.
   (b) (1) By December 31, 2018, the commission shall, in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code, report to the Legislature
summarizing the energy efficiency savings achieved pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, paragraph
(1) is inoperative on December 31, 2022.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that, until January 1,
2020, the implementation of the program described in subdivision (a)
would not result in an increase in rates for the support of the
energy efficiency programs of electrical corporations or gas
corporations.  
  SEC. 4.    Section 399.33 is added to the Public
Utilities Code, to read:
   399.33.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a
retail seller or a local publicly owned electric utility may include
electricity generated by, or saved as a result of the use of,
distributed resources, as defined in Section 769, in meeting its
renewables portfolio standard procurement obligations. 

  SEC. 5.    Section 740.2 of the Public Utilities
Code is repealed.  
  SEC. 6.    Section 740.2 is added to the Public
Utilities Code, to read:
   740.2.  (a) The commission shall require each electrical
corporation to file an electric vehicle infrastructure plan to
develop, own, and operate electric vehicle charging stations and
service equipment to support the widespread deployment and use of
plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. The plan shall encourage and
support the widespread deployment of electric vehicles, protect
competitive markets for electric vehicle charging equipment, and
support consumer choice in electric vehicle charging equipment.
Applications filed by an electrical corporation prior to January 1,
2016, for approval of electric vehicle infrastructure investments
shall be considered as having been filed pursuant to this section.
   (b) By March 1, 2016, after notice and an opportunity to comment,
the commission shall approve, or modify and approve, the electric
vehicle infrastructure plan filed by each electrical corporation and
the rate changes to implement the plan, if the commission determines
that the plan reasonably assists in achieving the state's electric
vehicle deployment goals necessary to reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases and reduce the use of petroleum. The commission shall not
require individual electrical corporation plans to be consistent, but
shall encourage flexibility and innovation by each electrical
corporation in seeking to achieve California's overall electric
vehicle deployment goals.  
  SEC. 7.    No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.