Bill Text: CA AB1056 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Air Resources Board: market-based compliance mechanism.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1056 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1056-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1056	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 39510 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1056, as introduced, Jones. State Air Resources Board.
   Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board in the
California Environmental Protection Agency and requires the state
board to consist of 12 members appointed based on certain
qualifications.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision
relating to the membership of the state board.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 39510 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39510.  (a) The State Air Resources Board is continued in
existence in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The
state board shall consist of 12 members.
   (b) The members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate, on the basis of their demonstrated interest
and proven ability in the field of air pollution control and their
understanding of the needs of the general public in connection with
air pollution problems.
   (c) Six members shall have the following qualifications:
   (1) One member shall have training and experience in automotive
engineering or closely related fields.
   (2) One member shall have training and experience in chemistry,
meteorology, or related scientific fields, including agriculture or
law.
   (3) One member shall be a physician and surgeon or an authority on
health effects of air pollution.
   (4) Two members shall be public members.
   (5) One member shall have the qualifications specified in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) or shall have experience in the field of
air pollution control.
   (d) Six members shall be board members from districts who shall
reflect the qualitative requirements of subdivision (c) to the extent
practicable. Of these members:
   (1) One shall be a board member from the south coast district.
   (2) One shall be a board member from the bay district.
   (3) One shall be a board member from the San Joaquin Valley
Unified Air Pollution Control District.
   (4) One shall be a board member from the San Diego County Air
Pollution Control District.
   (5) One shall be a board member from the Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District, the Placer County Air Pollution
Control District, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District,
the Feather River Air Quality Management District, or the El Dorado
County Air Pollution Control District.
   (6) One shall be a board member of any other district.
   (e)  Any   A  vacancy shall be filled by
the Governor within 30 days of the date on which it occurs. If the
Governor fails to make an appointment for  any  
a  vacancy within the 30-day period, the Senate Committee on
Rules may make the appointment to fill the vacancy in accordance with
this section.
   (f) While serving on the state board, all members shall exercise
their independent judgment as officers of the state on behalf of the
interests of the entire state in furthering the purposes of this
division. A member of the state board shall not be precluded from
voting or otherwise acting upon  any   a 
matter solely because that member has voted or acted upon the matter
in his or her capacity as a member of a district board, except that a
member of the state board who is also a member of a district board
shall not participate in  any   an  action
regarding his or her district taken by the state board pursuant to
Sections 41503 to 41505, inclusive.