Bill Text: CA AB2109 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2109 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Greenhouse gas emissions reduction: state agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - Died at Desk. [AB2109 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2109-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2109	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dahle

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 38592 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2109, as introduced, Dahle. Greenhouse gas emissions reduction:
state agencies.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020. The act requires state agencies
to consider and implement strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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 38592 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   38592.  (a) All state agencies shall consider and implement
strategies to reduce their  emissions of  greenhouse
 gas emissions.   gases. 
   (b) Nothing in this division shall relieve any person, entity, or
public agency of compliance with other applicable federal, state, or
local laws or regulations, including state air and water quality
requirements, and other requirements for protecting  the 
public health or the environment.