California Assembly Bill AB1132 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1132INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ting FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 26001 of the Public Resources Code, relating to alternative energy and advanced transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1132, as introduced, Ting. Alternative energy and advanced transportation: financing. The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide financial assistance for projects that promote the use of alternative energies. The act makes various findings and declarations. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations. 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. Section 26001 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 26001. The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following: (a) It is essential that  the state,   California,  in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical and commercially feasible means to promote the prompt and efficient development of energy sources  which   that  are renewable or  which   that  more efficiently utilize and conserve scarce energy resources. (b) The promotion of sustainable and renewable energy sources, implementation of measures that increase the efficiency of the use of energy, and advanced transportation technologies that reduce the degradation of the  environment and   environment,  lessen the state's dependence  of   on  fossil fuels, and protect the health, welfare, and safety of the people of  this state   California  are in the public interest and serve a public purpose.