Property Assessed Clean Energy program: program administrator.
Existing law, known commonly as a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, authorizes a public agency, by making specified findings, to authorize public agency officials and property owners to enter into voluntary contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements that are permanently fixed to real property. Existing law similarly authorizes a community facilities district to be formed pursuant to an alternative procedure under which the district initially consists solely of territory proposed for annexation to the community facilities district in the future and territory is annexed and subjected to special taxes only upon unanimous approval of the owners, to finance and refinance the acquisition, installation, and improvement of energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy improvements. Existing law authorizes a public agency, or an entity that administers a PACE financing program on behalf of and with the written consent of a public agency, to issue PACE bonds that are secured by voluntary contractual assessments, voluntary special taxes, or special taxes on property to assist property owners in financing the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements.
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California Legislature
20172018
SB 242
California SB 242 (20172018)
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Property Assessed Clean Energy program: program administrator.
California SB 242 (20172018) — Property Assessed Clean Energy program: program administrator.
Existing law, known commonly as a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, authorizes a public agency, by making specified findings, to authorize public agency officials and property owners to enter into voluntary contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements that are permanently fixed to real property. Existing law similarly authorizes a community facilities district to be formed pursuant to an alternative procedure under which the district initially consists solely of territory proposed for annexation to the community facilities district in the future and territory is annexed and subjected to special taxes only upon unanimous approval of the owners, to finance and refinance the acquisition, installation, and improvement of energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy improvements. Existing law authorizes a public agency, or an entity that administers a PACE financing program on behalf of and with the written consent of a public agency, to issue PACE bonds that are secured by voluntary contractual assessments, voluntary special taxes, or special taxes on property to assist property owners in financing the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB242 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 35–4 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Dababneh — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
2017-02-16 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and RLS. referral-committee
2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 19.
2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 744.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-04-27 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-04 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-05-04 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-05-18 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-18 Published May 18 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1258.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-22 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and B. & F. referral-committee
2017-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-28 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3033.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2692.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2017-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 484, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/178a3308-e0db-4601-9239-a6cad86b2965. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).