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AB 2188 Assembly Bill-Bill Analysis Page 5 of 7 <br /> agency. <br /> 5. Electronic submittal . AB 2188 requires cities and <br /> counties that maintain a website to post their checklist <br /> requirements on their website. The bill also requires each <br /> city and county to accept materials through either email, <br /> the Internet or fax. AB 2188 also requires each local <br /> agency to accept electronic signatures. It is not clear if <br /> the bill requires the acceptance of electronic signatures, <br /> only if local agencies accept documents by email or <br /> Internet. The Committee may wish to consider an amendment <br /> that would clarify that electronic signatures shall be <br /> accepted on electronic documents when local agencies have <br /> the capacity to accept electronic documents. <br /> 6. Heating water . AB 2188 references standards for <br /> certifying solar energy systems used for heating water. It <br /> is unclear if the language in the bill recognizes the <br /> availability of independent certification systems for solar <br /> water heaters. <br /> 7. Technical amendment . Recent amendments to AB 2188 <br /> removed language regarding a follow-up inspection should a <br /> project fail the initial inspection. The language in the <br /> bill suggests that a follow-up inspection is prohibited and <br /> thus a project would need to be re-permitted. The <br /> Committee may wish to consider amendments to clarify that a <br /> AB 2188 -- 6/18/14 -- Page 7 <br /> follow-up inspection is allowed, under the terms of the <br /> local agency's ordinance. <br /> 8. Related Legislation AB 2188 is not the only bill that <br /> addresses solar energy systems: <br /> AB 1801 (Campos) , Chapter 538, Statutes of 2012, <br /> prohibited a city or county from basing the <br /> calculation of a permit fee for the installation of a <br /> solar energy system on the valuation of the system, or <br /> any other factor rnot directly associated with the cost <br /> to issue the permit, and required the city or county <br /> to separately identify each fee assessed on the <br /> applicant for the installation of the system on the <br /> invoice provided to the applicant. <br /> SB 1222 (Leno) , Chapter 614, Statutes of 2012, <br /> placed a cap on the amount of permit fees charged by a <br /> city or county for both residential and commercial <br /> rooftop solar energy systems, unless a city or county <br /> makes written findings and adopts a resolution or <br /> ordinance providing substantial evidence of the <br /> reasonable cost to issue the permit and why the cost <br /> exceeds the specified caps. <br /> AB 1892 (Smyth), Chapter 40, Statutes of 2008, <br /> provided that a prohibition or restriction on the <br /> installation or use of a solar energy system in any of <br /> the governing documents of a CID is void and <br /> unenforceable. <br /> AB 2180 (Lieu), Chapter 539, Statutes of 2008, <br /> required an HOA in a CID to respond to a request from <br /> a member to install a solar energy system in his/her <br /> separate interest within 60 days. <br /> AB 2473 (Wolk) , Chapter 798, Statutes of 2004, <br /> required cities and counties to permit the <br /> installation of solar energy systems if the system <br /> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bi 1 Wasadab_2151-2200/ab_2188_c fa_20140620_155953_sen_comm.htnl 7/3/2014 <br />