BILL NUMBER: AB 306INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto FEBRUARY 9, 2011 An act to add and repeal Section 25325 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 306, as introduced, Gatto. Energy: piezoelectric transducers: study. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, on a biennial basis beginning in 2003, to adopt an integrated energy policy report providing information on specified matter related to energy. Existing law creates the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, to be administered by the Energy Commission, and requires the Energy Commission to expend the moneys in the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement that program. This bill would require the Energy Commission to conduct research on the feasibility of generating electricity using piezoelectric transducers under major roadways as a renewable resource, by collaborating with the Department of Transportation to establish a pilot project that would employ piezo-based energy harvesting technology. The bill would allow the Energy Commission to expend the moneys in the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this research as part of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The Energy Commission would be required to report its findings in the integrated energy policy report adopted in 2013. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2015. 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 25325 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 25325. (a) The commission shall conduct research on the feasibility of generating electricity using piezoelectric transducers under major roadways as a renewable resource pursuant to this section. (b) For purposes of conducting the research required by this section, the commission shall collaborate with the Department of Transportation to establish a pilot project that would employ piezo-based energy harvesting technology on two 100 meter strips of road, one of which shall be located in Northen California and one in Southern California. The commission shall allow local public agencies that provide transportation or energy services to submit bids for these pilot projects. (c) The commission may expend the moneys in the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this section as part of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created pursuant to Section 44272 of the Health and Safety Code. (d) As a part of the integrated energy policy report that is adopted in 2013, the commission shall report the findings of the research performed pursuant to subdivision (a). (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends that date.