Bill Text: CA AB2453 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Air pollution: schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 714, Statutes of 2018. [AB2453 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2453-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2453

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Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

February 14, 2018

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An act relating to air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2453, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Air pollution: schools.

Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that enacts the School Climate and Pollution Resilience Act of 2018 that, among other things, would direct school districts to work with air districts to develop and implement comprehensive plans for updating school infrastructure to limit pupil air pollution exposure.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that enacts the School Climate and Pollution Resilience Act of 2018 to do all of the following:

(a) Directs school districts to develop and implement a plan for updating school infrastructure to mitigate the negative impacts of air quality and reduce diesel emissions on school campuses in disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Directs school districts to compile a list of existing schools in disadvantaged communities that are situated within 1,000 feet of freeways and other major contributors to air pollution in the community, such as oil refineries and heavy industry.

(c) Directs school districts to work with air pollution control and air quality management districts to develop and implement comprehensive plans for updating school infrastructure to limit pupil air pollution exposure, with interventions including, but not limited to, funding for campus vegetated buffer planting, HVAC air filtration system updates, and schoolbus electrification.

(d) Allocates, beginning in the 2018–19 fiscal year, 10 percent of the moneys collected annually pursuant to Proposition 39, approved by the voters at November 6, 2012, statewide general election, toward air pollution mitigation efforts on school campuses in disadvantaged communities.