Bill Text: CA AB1059 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Communities Environmental Health Screening.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2015. [AB1059 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1059	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 71090) to Division
34 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental justice.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1059, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. California Communities
Environmental Health Screening.
   Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection
to convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice to assist the
secretary in developing an agencywide strategy for identifying and
addressing gaps in existing programs, policies, or activities of the
agency's boards, departments, and offices that may impede the
achievement of environmental justice.
   Existing law requires the California Environmental Protection
Agency to identify disadvantaged communities as part of a 3-year
investment plan developed by the Department of Finance for the moneys
collected by the State Air Resources Board resulting from a
market-based compliance mechanism.
   This bill would require the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment to update the California Communities Environmental Health
Screening, developed by the agency and the office to implement the
above requirements, by using any relevant environmental data relating
to known impacts on the environmental quality of the communities in
the California-Mexico border region. The bill would require the
office to make a report to the Legislature on any barriers to
accessing that data.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 71090) is added to
Division 34 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

      PART 2.1.  California Communities Environmental Health
Screening


   71090.  (a) For purposes of this part, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "Office" means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment.
   (2) "Tool" means the California Communities Environmental Health
Screening, also known as CalEnviroScreen, that is used to identify
disadvantaged communities pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and
Safety Code.
   (b) The office shall update the tool by using any relevant
environmental data relating to known impacts on the environmental
quality of the communities in the California-Mexico border region,
including, but not limited to, air pollution, water pollution, and
toxic sites.
   (c) (1) The office shall report to the Legislature on any barriers
in accessing the data described in subdivision (b) in the next
update of the tool or by January 1, 2017, whichever is sooner.
   (2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.