| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Energy and Climate |
| 3 | Commission; requiring the commission to prepare a report |
| 4 | on energy efficiency with respect to low-income households |
| 5 | and rental housing properties to be submitted to the |
| 6 | Legislature by a specified date; providing report |
| 7 | requirements; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. (1) The Florida Energy and Climate Commission |
| 12 | shall prepare a report that: |
| 13 | (a) Identifies methods of increasing energy-efficiency |
| 14 | practices among low-income households as described in ss. |
| 15 | 420.9071 and 421.03, Florida Statutes. The commission shall, at |
| 16 | a minimum, identify energy-efficiency programs currently offered |
| 17 | to low-income households by community action agencies, |
| 18 | community-based organizations, and utility companies in this |
| 19 | state and similar programs offered to low-income households in |
| 20 | other states. |
| 21 | (b) Determines the statewide impact of improving the level |
| 22 | of energy efficiency of rental housing properties, including, |
| 23 | but not limited to, the environmental benefits of the |
| 24 | improvements and the potential fiscal impact on property |
| 25 | tenants, owners, and landlords and the economy. The commission |
| 26 | shall consider the relative equity and economic efficiency of |
| 27 | the cost share for such energy-efficiency improvements. |
| 28 | (c) Provides recommendations to effect more energy- |
| 29 | efficiency practices among low-income household residents. |
| 30 | (2) The commission shall submit the report to the |
| 31 | President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
| 32 | Representatives by December 1, 2010. |
| 33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |