Bill Text: CA AB181 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Hazardous waste: cost reimbursement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 797, Statutes of 2019. [AB181 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB181-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  September 04, 2019

Amended  IN  Assembly  March 25, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 181

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Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez Maienschein

January 09, 2019

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An act to add Section 22228 to the Education Code, and to add Section 20136 to the Government Code, relating to public retirement systems. An act to amend Section 25205.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 181, as amended, Rodriguez Maienschein. Asset management: emerging managers. Hazardous waste: cost reimbursement.

Existing law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, requires a facility handling hazardous waste to apply for and obtain a hazardous waste facilities permit from the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Existing law requires a person who applies for, or requests, among other things, a hazardous waste facilities permit or a renewal of an existing hazardous waste facilities permit, to enter into a written agreement with the department to reimburse the department for the costs incurred by the department in processing the application or responding to the request, as provided. Existing law requires that agreement to provide for at least 25% of the reimbursement to be made in advance of the processing of the application or the response to the request.

This bill would exempt from that requirement relating to advanced reimbursement an agreement entered into by a facility owned by a federal agency.

The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the retirement fund and system.

The Public Employees’ Retirement Law creates the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund for the benefit of the members and retired members of this retirement system and their survivors and beneficiaries. The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) has the exclusive control of the administration and investment of the retirement fund.

The Teachers’ Retirement Law establishes the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) for the benefit of teachers and other persons employed in connection with the schools of this state. STRS is administered by the Teachers’ Retirement Board.

This bill would require the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement Board to each provide a report to the Legislature, commencing March 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, on the status of achieving appropriate objectives and initiatives, to be defined by the boards, regarding participation of emerging managers responsible for asset management within each system’s portfolio of investments. The bill would require that the report be based on contracts that the system enters into on and after January 1, 2020, and be based on information from the prior fiscal year. The bill would require each report to include certain elements and would require the boards to define emerging manager for purposes of these provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 25205.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

25205.7.

 (a) (1) A person who applies for, or requests, any of the following shall enter into a written agreement with the department pursuant to which that person shall reimburse the department, pursuant to Article 9.2 (commencing with Section 25206.1), for the costs incurred by the department in processing the application or responding to the request:

(A) A new hazardous waste facilities permit, including a standardized permit.

(B) A hazardous waste facilities permit for postclosure.

(C) A renewal of an existing hazardous waste facilities permit, including a standardized permit or postclosure permit.

(D) A class 2 or class 3 modification of an existing hazardous waste facilities permit or grant of interim status, including a standardized permit or grant of interim status or a postclosure permit.

(E) A variance.

(F) A waste classification determination.

(2) An (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an agreement required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide for at least 25 percent of the reimbursement to be made in advance of the processing of the application or the response to the request. The 25-percent advance payment shall be based upon the department’s total estimated costs of processing the application or response to the request.

(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with regard to an agreement entered into by a facility owned by a federal agency.

(3) An agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall, if applicable, include costs of reviewing and overseeing corrective action as set forth in subdivision (b).

(b) An applicant pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and the owner and the operator of the facility shall pay the department’s costs in reviewing and overseeing any corrective action program described in the application for a standardized permit pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 25201.6 or required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 25200.10, and in reviewing and overseeing any corrective action work undertaken at the facility pursuant to that corrective action program.

(c) (1) An applicant pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and the owner and the operator of the facility shall, pursuant to Section 21089 of the Public Resources Code, pay all costs incurred by the department for purposes of complying with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code), in conjunction with an application or request for any of the activities identified in subdivision (a), including any activities associated with correction action.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to projects that are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

(d) Any reimbursements Reimbursements received pursuant to this section shall be placed in the Hazardous Waste Control Account for appropriation in accordance with Section 25174.

(e) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any a variance granted pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 66263.40) of Chapter 13 of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(f) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Any A variance issued to a public agency to transport wastes for purposes of operating a household hazardous waste collection facility, facility or to transport waste from a household hazardous waste collection facility, which receives household hazardous waste or hazardous waste from conditionally exempted small quantity generators pursuant to Article 10.8 (commencing with Section 25218).

(2) A permanent household hazardous waste collection facility.

(3) Any A variance issued to a public agency to conduct a collection program for agricultural wastes.

(g) Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be administered and collected by the department.

(h) (1) The changes made in this section by the act that added this subdivision Chapter 340 of the Statutes of 2016 apply to applications and requests submitted to the department on and after April 1, 2016.

(2) If, on and after April 1, 2016, an applicant has submitted an application and paid a fee pursuant to subdivision (d), as that subdivision read on April 1, 2016, but before the act that added this subdivision took effect, the September 13, 2016, the department shall determine the difference between the amount paid by the applicant and the amount due pursuant to subdivision (a), and that applicant shall be liable for that amount.

(3)Acknowledging a limited period of retroactive application of the elimination of the flat fee option pursuant to this subdivision, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(A)The department expends a substantial amount of time and resources in processing permit applications and modifications.

(B)The former flat fee option paid by applicants was most often insufficient to cover actual costs to the department in reviewing and processing the applications and modifications.

(C)The applicant, being the primary beneficiary of the permit process, in fairness should pay the actual costs of the department in reviewing permit applications and modifications.

(D)The amendment to this section during the 2015–16 Regular Session eliminating the flat fee option and requiring applicants to enter into a written reimbursement agreement with the department is intended to apply to applications and modification requests filed on or after April 1, 2016, in order to remedy this financial inequity and to avoid an influx of the submission of applications to the department before amendment to this section goes into effect.

(3)Acknowledging a limited period of retroactive application of the elimination of the flat fee option pursuant to this subdivision, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(A)The department expends a substantial amount of time and resources in processing permit applications and modifications.

(B)The former flat fee option paid by applicants was most often insufficient to cover actual costs to the department in reviewing and processing the applications and modifications.

(C)The applicant, being the primary beneficiary of the permit process, in fairness should pay the actual costs of the department in reviewing permit applications and modifications.

(D)The amendment to this section during the 2015–16 Regular Session eliminating the flat fee option and requiring applicants to enter into a written reimbursement agreement with the department is intended to apply to applications and modification requests filed on or after April 1, 2016, in order to remedy this financial inequity and to avoid an influx of the submission of applications to the department before amendment to this section goes into effect.

SECTION 1.Section 22228 is added to the Education Code, to read:

22228.

(a)Commencing March 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the Legislature on the status of achieving appropriate objectives and initiatives, as defined by the board, regarding participation of emerging managers responsible for asset management within its portfolio of investments. The report shall be based on contracts that the system enters into on and after January 1, 2020.

(b)The report shall also identify and include all of the following:

(1)The name of each emerging manager providing investment portfolio or asset management services at the end of the prior fiscal year, including, but not limited to, fund of funds contracts, for all asset classes, as applicable.

(2)The amount managed by each emerging manager by asset class at the end of the prior fiscal year.

(c)The board shall define the term “emerging manager” for purposes of this section.

(d)The report required by this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(e)Nothing in this section shall require the board to take action unless the board determines in good faith that the action described in this section is consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the board as described in Section 17 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(f)This section shall not require the board to disclose information that is excepted from disclosure under Section 6254.26 of the Government Code.

SEC. 2.Section 20136 is added to the Government Code, to read:

20136.

(a)Commencing March 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the Legislature on the status of achieving appropriate objectives and initiatives, as defined by the board, regarding participation of emerging managers responsible for asset management within its portfolio of investments. The report shall apply to contracts the system enters into on and after January 1, 2020.

(b)The report shall also identify and include all of the following:

(1)The name of each emerging manager providing investment portfolio or asset management services at the end of the prior fiscal year, including, but not limited to, fund of fund contracts, for all asset classes, as applicable.

(2)The amount managed by each emerging manager by asset class at the end of the prior fiscal year.

(c)The board shall define the term “emerging manager” for purposes of this section.

(d)The report required by this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.

(e)Nothing in this section shall require the board to take action unless the board determines in good faith that the action described in this section is consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the board as described in Section 17 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(f)This section shall not require the board to disclose information that is excepted from disclosure under Section 6254.26.