25449-25449.4
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 25449-25449.4
25449. The commission shall enter into an agreement with the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the expenditure of petroleum violation escrow funds to supplement, and not supplant, other available funds to improve energy efficiency at state-supported universities and colleges under their respective jurisdictions by funding projects involving any of the following: (a) Data collection. (b) Establishment of operations and maintenance standards. (c) Staff training. (d) Ongoing energy equipment maintenance. (e) Projects involving heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and lighting equipment. 25449.1. The commission shall enter into an agreement with the State Department of Education to expend petroleum violation escrow funds to supplement, and not supplant, other available funds in order to provide loans to school districts to purchase, maintain, and evaluate energy efficient equipment and small power production systems. 25449.2. Not later than three years after the imposition of any fees pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall report to the Legislature in the biennial energy conservation report required by Section 25401.1, on the effect of those fees on alternative public and private financing for public sector programs. 25449.3. (a) The Local Jurisdiction Energy Assistance Account is hereby created in the General Fund. All money appropriated for purposes of this chapter and all money received from local jurisdictions from loan repayments shall be deposited in the account and disbursed by the Controller as authorized by the commission. (b) The commission may charge a fee for the services provided under this chapter. (c) The commission may contract for services to be performed by eligible institutions, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 25411. Those services may include, but are not limited to, performance of a feasibility analysis, and providing project design, field evaluation, and operation and training assistance. The amount expended for contract services may not exceed 10 percent of the annual scheduled loan repayment to the Local Jurisdiction Energy Assistance Account, as determined by the commission not later than July 1 of each fiscal year. 25449.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall remain in effect until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute which is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date. (b) All loans outstanding as of January 1, 2016, shall continue to be repaid in accordance with a schedule established by the commission pursuant to Section 25442.7, until paid in full. All unexpended funds in the Local Jurisdiction Energy Assistance Account on January 1, 2016, and thereafter, except to the extent that those funds are encumbered pursuant to Section 25443.5, shall be deposited in the Federal Trust Fund and be available for the purposes for which federal oil overcharge funds are available pursuant to court judgment or federal agency order.