Bill Text: CA AB1683 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Alternative energy financing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB1683 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1683-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1683	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 8, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        JANUARY 20, 2016

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 26004 and
 26011.8 of the Public Resources Code, relating to alternative
 energy, to take effect immediately, tax levy.  
energy. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1683, as amended, Eggman. Alternative energy financing.
   The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy
and Advanced Transportation Financing  Authority. 
 Authority, consisting of 5 specified state officials.  The
act authorizes, until January 1, 2021, the authority to provide
financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion for
projects, including those that promote California-based
manufacturing, California-based jobs, advanced manufacturing, the
reduction of greenhouse gases, or the reduction in air and water
pollution or energy consumption. The act prohibits the sales and use
tax exclusions  for these projects  from exceeding
$100,000,000 for each calendar year.
   This  bill would instead prohibit the sales and use tax
exclusions from exceeding $200,000,000 for each calendar year. The
 bill would specify that if less than  $200,000,000
  $100,000,000  is granted in a calendar year, the
unallocated amount may roll over to the following calendar year. 
The bill woul   d increase the membership of the authority
to 7, with the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the
Assembly each appointing one state legislator as a nonvoting member.
The bill would   declare the intent of the Legislature that
the authority approve these project applications on a competitive
basis.  
   This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy. 
   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.    It is the intent of the Legislature
that the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority approve project applications pursuant to Section
26011.8 of the Public Resources Code on a competitive basis. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 26004 of the   Public
Resources Code   is amended to read: 
   26004.  (a) There is in the state government the California
Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
The authority constitutes a public instrumentality and the exercise
by the authority of powers conferred by this division is the
performance of an essential public function.
   (b) The authority shall consist of  five  
seven  members, as follows:
   (1) The Director of Finance.
   (2) The Chairperson of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission.
   (3) The President of the Public Utilities Commission.
   (4) The Controller.
   (5) The Treasurer, who shall serve as the chairperson of the
authority. 
   (6) One state legislator appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules who shall serve as a nonvoting member.  
   (7) One state legislator appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly
who shall serve as a nonvoting member. 
   (c) The members listed in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of
subdivision (b) may each designate a deputy or clerk in his or her
agency to act for and represent the member at all meetings of the
authority.
   (d) The first meeting of the authority shall be convened by the
Treasurer.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 3.   Section 26011.8
of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:
   26011.8.  (a) The purpose of this section is to promote the
creation of California-based manufacturing, California-based jobs,
advanced manufacturing, the reduction of greenhouse gases, or
reductions in air and water pollution or energy consumption. In
furtherance of this purpose, the authority may approve a project for
financial assistance in the form of the sales and use tax exclusion
established in Section 6010.8 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Project" means tangible personal property if at least 50
percent of its use is either to process recycled feedstock that is
intended to be reused in the production of another product or using
recycled feedstock in the production of another product or soil
amendment, or tangible personal property that is used in the state
for the design, manufacture, production, or assembly of advanced
manufacturing, advanced transportation technologies, or alternative
source products, components, or systems, as defined in Section 26003.
"Project" does not include tangible personal property that processes
or uses recycled feedstock in a manner that would constitute
disposal as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 40192.
   (2) "Recycled feedstock" means materials that would otherwise be
destined for disposal, having completed their intended end use and
product lifecycle.
   (3) "Soil amendments" may include "compost," as defined in Section
14525 of the Food and Agricultural Code, "fertilizing material," as
defined in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code, "gypsum"
or "phosphatic sulfate gypsum," as those terms are defined in Section
14537 of the Food and Agricultural Code, or a substance distributed
for the purpose of promoting plant growth or improving the quality of
crops by conditioning soils through physical means.
   (c) The authority shall publish notice of the availability of
project applications and deadlines for submission of project
applications to the authority.
   (d) The authority shall evaluate project applications based upon
all of the following criteria:
   (1) The extent to which the project develops manufacturing
facilities, or purchases equipment for manufacturing facilities,
located in California.
   (2) The extent to which the anticipated benefit to the state from
the project equals or exceeds the projected benefit to the
participating party from the sales and use tax exclusion.
   (3) The extent to which the project will create new, permanent
jobs in California.
   (4) To the extent feasible, the extent to which the project, or
the product produced by the project, results in a reduction of
greenhouse gases, a reduction in air or water pollution, an increase
in energy efficiency, or a reduction in energy consumption, beyond
what is required by federal or state law or regulation.
   (5) The extent of unemployment in the area in which the project is
proposed to be located.
   (6) Any other factors the authority deems appropriate in
accordance with this section.
   (e) At a duly noticed public hearing, the authority shall approve,
by resolution, project applications for financial assistance.
   (f) Notwithstanding subdivision (j), and without regard to the
actual date of any transaction between a participating party and the
authority, any project approved by the authority by resolution for
the sales and use tax exclusion pursuant to Section 6010.8 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code before March 24, 2010, shall not be subject
to this section.
   (g) The Legislative Analyst's Office shall report to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee on the effectiveness of this program, on
or before January 1, 2019, by evaluating factors, including, but not
limited to, the following:
   (1) The number of jobs created by the program in California.
   (2) The number of businesses that have remained in California or
relocated to California as a result of this program.
   (3) The amount of state and local revenue and economic activity
generated by the program.
   (4) The types of advanced manufacturing, as defined in paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a) of Section 26003, utilized.
   (5) The amount of reduction in greenhouse gases, air pollution,
water pollution, or energy consumption.
   (h) (1) The exclusions granted pursuant to Section 6010.8 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code for projects approved by the authority
pursuant to this section shall not exceed  two  
one  hundred million dollars  ($200,000,000) 
 ($100,000,000)  for each calendar year.
   (2) If less than  two   one  hundred
million dollars  ($200,000,000)   ($100,000,000)
 is excluded pursuant to Section 6010.8 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code in a calendar year, the unallocated portion of that
 two   one  hundred million dollars
 ($200,000,000)   ($100,000,000)  may be
granted the following calendar year, in excess of the following year'
s  two-hundred-million-dollar ($200,000,000)  
one-hundred-million-dollar ($100,000,000)  maximum. The
unallocated amount for a particular calendar year shall not roll over
more than one calendar year.
   (i) (1) The authority shall study the efficacy and cost benefit of
the sales and use tax exemption as it relates to advanced
manufacturing projects. The study shall include the number of jobs
created, the costs of each job, and the annual salary of each job.
The study shall also consider a dynamic analysis of the economic
output to the state that would occur without the sales and use tax
exemption. Before January 1, 2017, the authority shall submit to the
Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, the
result of the study.
   (2) Before January 1, 2015, the authority shall, consistent with
Section 9795 of the Government Code, submit to the Legislature an
interim report on the efficacy of the program conducted pursuant to
this section. The study shall include recommendations on program
changes that would increase the program's efficacy in creating
permanent and temporary jobs, and whether eligibility for the program
should be extended or narrowed to other manufacturing types. The
authority may work with the Legislative Analyst's Office in preparing
the report and its recommendations.
   (j) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2021, deletes
or extends that date. The sale or purchase of tangible personal
property of a project approved before January 1, 2021, shall continue
to be excluded from sales and use taxes pursuant to Section 6010.8
of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the period of time set forth in
the authority's resolution approving the project pursuant to this
section. 
  SEC. 2.    This act provides for a tax levy within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.                                   
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