California Senate Bill SB1198 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1198INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff (Coauthors: Senators Cogdill, Denham, Dutton, Harman, Hollingsworth, and Runner) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gilmore, Jeffries, Knight, Silva, and Smyth) FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to amend Section 25213 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1198, as introduced, Huff. Energy: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: regulations. The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to adopt those regulations that are necessary to carry out the act. This bill would require the commission to submit a regulation that is adopted by the commission and which is not implemented on or before January 1, 2011, to the Legislature before the regulation may be implemented. The bill would authorize the commission to implement the regulation only if both houses of the Legislature approve the regulation by a majority vote. The bill would prohibit a regulation that is adopted, but not implemented, on or before January 1, 2011, from being implemented until the state's unemployment rate remains below 5.1% for 3 consecutive months. A subsequent rise in the unemployment rate after that consecutive 3-month period would not prevent the commission from implementing new regulations. 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 25213 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 25213.  (a)    The commission shall adopt rules and regulations, as necessary, to carry out the provisions of this division in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The commission shall make available to  any   a person upon request copies of proposed regulations, together with summaries of reasons supporting their adoption.  (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a regulation that is adopted by the commission and which is not implemented on or before January 1, 2011, shall not be implemented until the commission submits the regulation to the Legislature and both houses of the Legislature approve the regulation by a majority vote.   (c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a regulation of the commission that is adopted, but not implemented, on or before January 1, 2011, shall not be implemented until the state's unemployment rate remains below 5.1 percent for three consecutive months. A subsequent rise in the unemployment rate after that consecutive three-month period shall not prevent the commission from implementing new regulations.