Bill Text: CA AB1315 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: Green Collar

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-27 - In Senate. Held at Desk. [AB1315 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1315	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 14012 and 15002 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code, relating to job training.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1315, as introduced, John A. Pérez. California Green Collar
Jobs Act of 2008: Green Collar Jobs Council.
   Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
and determines the qualifications for its membership. Existing law
requires the board to establish a committee known as the Green Collar
Jobs Council, comprised of specified members. Existing law requires
the council to perform certain functions and duties, including the
development of a strategic initiative, relating to the training and
development of a skilled workforce to meet the needs of California's
emerging green economy.
   This bill would add the Speaker of the Assembly and the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate as members of the California Workforce
Investment Board and the Green Collar Jobs Council.
   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 14012 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
   14012.  The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in
the development of the State Workforce Investment Plan and to carry
out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall
be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following
categories:
   (a)  Two   (1)     The
Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro Te   mpore of
the Senate. 
    (2)     Two    members of
each house of the Legislature, appointed by the appropriate presiding
officer of each house.
   (b) A majority of board members shall be representatives of
business who:
   (1) Are owners of small and large businesses, chief executives or
operating officers of small and large businesses, and other small and
large business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or
hiring authority, including members of local workforce investment
boards.
   (2) Represent businesses with employment opportunities that
reflect the employment opportunities of the state.
   (3) Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state
business organizations and business trade associations.
   (c) Chief elected officials representing both cities and counties,
where appropriate.
   (d) Representatives of labor organizations that are appointed to
the board by the Governor shall have been nominated by state labor
federations. At least 15 percent of board members shall be
representatives of labor organizations.
   (e) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience with regard to youth activities.
   (f) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience and expertise in the delivery of workforce investment
activities, including the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, representatives of school districts, and representatives of
community-based organizations within the state.
   (g) The lead state agency officials with responsibility for the
programs, services, or activities that are mandatory participants in
the one-stop system, or, where there are no lead state agency
officials responsible for those programs, services, or activities, a
representative with expertise relating to those programs, services,
or activities.
   (h) Any other representatives and state agency officials as the
Governor may designate, such as the state agency officials
responsible for economic development and juvenile justice programs in
the state.
   (i) Members of the board that represent organizations, agencies,
or other entities shall be individuals with optimum policymaking
authority within those organizations, agencies, or entities.
   (j) In making appointments to the board, the Governor shall
consider the ethnic, race, gender, and geographic distribution of the
state's population, and members of the board shall represent diverse
regions of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.
   (k) The Governor may appoint a single member to the board to
represent multiple constituencies on the board.
   (  l  ) The Governor shall select a chairperson for the
board from the business representatives.
  SEC. 2.  Section 15002 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
   15002.  (a) The California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) shall
establish a special committee known as the Green Collar Jobs Council
(GCJC), comprised of the appropriate representatives from the CWIB
existing membership, including the K-12 representative, the
California Community Colleges representative, the Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency representative, the Employment
Development Department representative,  the Speaker of the
Assembly or his or her designated representative, the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate or his or her designated representative, 
and other appropriate members. The GCJC may consult with other state
agencies, other higher education representatives, local workforce
investment boards, and industry representatives as well as
philanthropic, nongovernmental, and environmental groups, as
appropriate, in the development of a strategic initiative. To the
extent private funds are available,  it  is the intent of
the Legislature that the GCJC will develop an annual award for
outstanding achievement for workforce training programs operated by
local or state agencies, businesses, or nongovernment organizations
to be named after Parrish R. Collins.
   (b) As part of the strategic initiative, the GCJC shall focus on
developing the framework, funding, strategies, programs, policies,
partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the growing need
for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs of
California's emerging green economy. The GCJC shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Assist in identifying and linking green collar job
opportunities with workforce development training opportunities in
local workforce investment areas (LWIAs), encouraging regional
collaboration among LWIAs to meet regional economic demands.
   (2) Align workforce development activities with regional economic
recovery and growth strategies.
   (3) Develop public, private, philanthropic, and nongovernmental
partnerships to build and expand the state's workforce development
programs, network, and infrastructure.
   (4) Provide policy guidance for job training programs for the
clean and green technology sectors to help them prepare specific
populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans,
formerly incarcerated individuals, and others facing barriers to
employment.
   (5) Develop, collect, analyze, and distribute statewide and
regional labor market data on California's new and emerging green
industries workforce needs, trends, and job growth.
   (6) Collaborate with community colleges and other educational
institutions, registered apprenticeship programs, business and labor
organizations, and community-based and philanthropic organizations to
align workforce development services with strategies for regional
economic growth.
   (7) Identify funding resources and make recommendations on how to
expand and leverage these funds.
   (8) Foster regional collaboratives in the green economic sector.
   (c) The CWIB may accept any revenues, moneys, grants, goods, or
services from federal and state entities, philanthropic
organizations, and other sources, to be used for purposes relating to
the administration and implementation of the strategic initiative,
as described in subdivision (b). The CWIB shall also ensure the
highest level of transparency and accountability and make information
available on the CWIB Internet Web site.
   (d) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may
expend the moneys and revenues received pursuant to subdivision (c)
for purposes related to the administration and implementation of the
strategic initiative, and for the award of workforce training grants
implementing the strategic initiative.