Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 698Introduced by Assembly Member EssayliFebruary 13, 2023An act to amend Section 3270.3 of add Section 25969 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas. energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 698, as amended, Essayli. Oil and gas: production facility: cease and desist order. Energy: gas stoves.Existing law prohibits new residential-type gas appliances that are equipped with a pilot light from being sold in the state 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been demonstrated and certified by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.This bill would prohibit state agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.Existing law requires the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation to prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards, as described, for all production facilities, as defined, in the state. Existing law authorizes the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of those standards, to issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that authorization.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 25969 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.SECTION 1.Section 3270.3 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:3270.3.In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of the standards prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 3270, may issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.
Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 698Introduced by Assembly Member EssayliFebruary 13, 2023An act to amend Section 3270.3 of add Section 25969 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas. energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 698, as amended, Essayli. Oil and gas: production facility: cease and desist order. Energy: gas stoves.Existing law prohibits new residential-type gas appliances that are equipped with a pilot light from being sold in the state 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been demonstrated and certified by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.This bill would prohibit state agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.Existing law requires the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation to prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards, as described, for all production facilities, as defined, in the state. Existing law authorizes the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of those standards, to issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that authorization.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 698
Introduced by Assembly Member EssayliFebruary 13, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Essayli
February 13, 2023
An act to amend Section 3270.3 of add Section 25969 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas. energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 698, as amended, Essayli. Oil and gas: production facility: cease and desist order. Energy: gas stoves.
Existing law prohibits new residential-type gas appliances that are equipped with a pilot light from being sold in the state 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been demonstrated and certified by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.This bill would prohibit state agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.Existing law requires the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation to prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards, as described, for all production facilities, as defined, in the state. Existing law authorizes the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of those standards, to issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that authorization.
Existing law prohibits new residential-type gas appliances that are equipped with a pilot light from being sold in the state 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been demonstrated and certified by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
This bill would prohibit state agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
Existing law requires the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation to prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards, as described, for all production facilities, as defined, in the state. Existing law authorizes the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of those standards, to issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that authorization.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 25969 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.SECTION 1.Section 3270.3 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:3270.3.In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of the standards prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 3270, may issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 25969 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
SECTION 1. Section 25969 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
25969. (a) A state agency or local government, including a charter city, shall not adopt or enforce a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance, including an ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups for new buildings, that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon the supervisors determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of the standards prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 3270, may issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.