BILL NUMBER: AB 523INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Valadao FEBRUARY 15, 2011 An act relating to ethanol. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 523, as introduced, Valadao. Ethanol: subsidies. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in partnership with the State Air Resources Board, and in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and other relevant state agencies, to develop and adopt a state plan to increase the use of alternative transportation fuels, including ethanol. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to eliminate all subsidies in California for ethanol. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to eliminate all subsidies in California for ethanol.