Bill Text: CA AB1380 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State government: California Environmental Protection

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1380 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1380-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1380	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 12812.5 of the Government Code, relating
to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1380, as introduced, Feuer. State government: California
Environmental Protection Agency.
   Existing law prescribes the powers and duties of the California
Environmental Protection Agency.
   This bill would require that the California Environmental
Protection Agency establish, through applicant fees, an environmental
technologies certification.
   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.  Section 12812.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   12812.5.  On or before March 1, 1994, the California Environmental
Protection Agency, using existing resources and in consultation with
other relevant agencies in state and local government, shall do all
of the following:
   (a) Establish an environmental technologies clearinghouse, which
shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining information on
California-based environmental technology companies and information
on funding sources for environmental technology endeavors and making
this information available to interested parties.
   (b) Make available technical assistance within the California
Environmental Protection Agency to assist California-based
environmental technology companies to improve export opportunities,
and to enhance foreign buyers' awareness of, and access to,
environmental technologies and services offered by California-based
companies. The technical assistance may include, but is not limited
to, organizing and leading trade missions, receiving reverse trade
missions, referral services, reviewing project opportunities, and
notifying California-based companies of export opportunities and
trade shows.
   (c) Perform research studies and solicit technical advice to
identify international market opportunities for California-based
environmental technology companies.
   (d) Participate in federally and other nonstate funded technical
exchange programs, when appropriate, to increase foreign buyers'
interest in California's environmental technologies.
   (e) Coordinate activities in state government, and with the
federal government and other countries' governments, to take
advantage of trade promotion and financial assistance opportunities
available to California-based environmental technology companies.

   (f) Establish, through applicant fees, an environmental
technologies certification.