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ASSEMBLY BILL 819 (DUFFY – 1981)

CHAPTER 546, STATUTES OF 1981, AB 819

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Public Resources Code sections 25402 and 25402.1 were amended in 1981 following legislative passage of Assembly Bill 819, which affected these two sections only.  (See Exhibit #1c)  This bill was introduced on March 5, 1981 by Assembly member Gordon W. Duffy for the California Building Industry Association.  (See Exhibits #1a and #14, document PE-2)

Assembly Bill 819 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Public Utilities where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3 and #7)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance.  (See Exhibits #2)  One amendment was made to Assembly Bill 819.  (See Exhibits #1c and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., signed the bill on September 17, 1981, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 18, 1981 as Chapter 546 of the Statutes of 1981.  (See Exhibits #1c and #2)

The Concurrence in Senate Amendments analysis of Assembly Bill 819 as last amended on August 13, 1981 that was prepared by the Assembly Office of Research described this bill as follows:

As passed by the Assembly, this bill required that:

1)New energy conservation standards take effect six months after the Energy Commission “certifies” an energy conservation manual which explains how to meet the new standards.

2)The Energy Commission certify the energy conservation manual no later than 180 days after the new standards are approved by the State Building Standards Commission.

The Senate amendments specify that the energy conservation manual shall be for the use of designers, builders, and contractors of residential as well as nonresidential buildings.  (The Assembly bill makes no direct reference to residential buildings.)
(See Exhibit #12, page 1)