California Government Code

§ 65850.8

GOV § 65850.8 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 1 · Title 7 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) On or before September 30, 2018, every city, including a charter city, county, or city and county with a population of 200,000 or more residents, and on or before January 31, 2019, every city, including a charter city, county, or city and county with a population of less than 200,000 residents, shall make all documentation and forms associated with the permitting of advanced energy storage available on a publicly accessible Internet Web site, if the city, county, or city and county has an Internet Web site.

(2)The city, county, or city and county shall allow for electronic submission of a permit application and associated documentation. The city, county, or city and county shall also authorize the electronic signature on all forms, applications, and other documentation in lieu of a wet signature by an applicant, unless the city, county, or city and county determines that it is unable to accept an electronic signature on all forms, applications, and other documents and makes a finding that states the reasons for that inability.

(b)The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research may, in consultation with local building officials, the State Fire Marshal, the storage industry, labor representatives from the utility and construction industries, licensed electrical contractors, electrical corporations, publicly owned utilities, the Public Utilities Commission, and other stakeholders, provide guidance on energy storage permitting, including streamlining, best practices, and potential factors for consideration by local government in establishing fees for permitting and inspection.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 380, Sec. 2. (AB 546) Effective January 1, 2018.