BILL NUMBER: AB 114INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Salas JANUARY 14, 2013 An act to add Division 16.4 (commencing with Section 26225) to the Public Resources Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 114, as introduced, Salas. Proposition 39: implementation. The California Clean Energy Jobs Act, an initiative approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election as Proposition 39, made changes to corporate income taxes and, except as specified, provides for the transfer of $550,000,000 annually from the General Fund to the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund for 5 fiscal years beginning with the 2013-14 fiscal year. Moneys in the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of funding eligible projects that create jobs in California, improving energy efficiency and expanding clean energy generation. Existing law, among other things, provides for allocation of available funds to job training and workforce development. This bill would require the Employment Development Department, using funds made available from the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund for job training and workforce development purposes, to administer grants, no-interest loans, or other financial assistance for allocation to existing workforce development programs for the purposes of creating green energy jobs in California. The bill would require the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, YouthBuild, and other existing workforce development programs to give higher priority to disadvantaged youth and veterans who reside in an economically disadvantaged community or in a community with a higher unemployment rate than the statewide unemployment rate. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations. 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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) With the passage of Proposition 39 at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, the people of California declared their intent to provide up to five hundred fifty million dollars ($550,000,000) annually, between the 2013-14 and 2017-18 fiscal years, for purposes of funding energy efficiency projects in public schools, universities, and other public facilities, and for job training and workforce development. (b) Proposition 39 establishes funding for the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, YouthBuild, and other existing workforce development programs to train and employ disadvantaged youth, veterans, and others relative to energy efficiency and clean energy projects. (c) California's unemployment rate is 10 percent, and the California economy has not recovered since the economic recession began in 2007. (d) Workforce development programs should receive funds to train unemployed Californians for green energy jobs. (e) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish guidelines for job training and workforce development to ensure that revenue in the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund is appropriately distributed for the purposes intended by voters. SEC. 2. Division 16.4 (commencing with Section 26225) is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: DIVISION 16.4. PROPOSITION 39 IMPLEMENTATION 26225. From funds made available from the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund for job training and workforce development purposes, the Employment Development Department shall administer grants, no-interest loans, or other financial assistance for allocation to existing workforce development programs for the purposes of creating green energy jobs in California. 26230. In utilizing funds made available for job training and workforce development from the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, YouthBuild, and other existing workforce development programs shall give higher priority to disadvantaged youth and veterans who reside in an economically disadvantaged community or in a community with a higher unemployment rate than the statewide unemployment rate.