Bill Text: CA AB2653 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: report.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2653 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2653-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2653	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, Eggman, Cristina
Garcia, and Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 39720 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2653, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Fund: report.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes
the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based
compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for
fines and penalties, collected by the state board from a market-based
compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Fund and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Existing law requires the Department of Finance to annually submit a
report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on the status
of the projects funded with moneys from the fund.
   This bill would require the department to include additional
information in its annual report to the Legislature, including, among
other things, the greenhouse gas emissions reductions attributable
to each project and the geographic location, industry sector, and
number of employees of the business entities, as defined, receiving
moneys from the fund. The bill would require state agencies expending
moneys from the fund to condition the acceptance of those moneys on
the recipient providing information necessary to meet the reporting
requirements.
   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 39720 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39720.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code, the Department of Finance shall submit an annual report to the
appropriate committees of the Legislature on the status of projects
funded pursuant to this part and their outcomes.
   (b) (1) The report, at a minimum, shall include all of the
following:
   (A) The greenhouse gas emissions reductions attributable to each
project. 
   (B) The environmental and public health benefits, as applicable,
attributable to each project.  
   (B) 
    (C)  Actions and outcomes from those actions taken to
assist residents of disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant
to Section 39711, and other target populations with the business,
employment, and training opportunities offered through activities
funded in whole or in part with moneys from the fund. 
   (C) 
    (D)  The geographic location, industry sector, and
number of employees of the business entities receiving moneys from
the fund. 
   (D) 
    (E)  The number of jobs created, including wage levels,
by the business entities receiving moneys from the fund. Wage levels
shall be reported in ranges determined by the state board in
consultation with the California Environmental Protection Agency.

   (E) 
    (F)  The amount of other public or private moneys
leveraged with investments from the fund.
   (2) The California Workforce Development Board and the Governor's
Office of Business and Economic Development may identify the other
target populations referenced in subparagraph  (B) 
 (C)  of paragraph (1).
   (3) Subparagraphs  (C) and (D)   (D) and (E)
 of paragraph (1) shall apply only to investments made after
February 1, 2017.
   (c) State agencies expending moneys pursuant to this chapter shall
condition the acceptance of those moneys on the recipient providing
the information necessary to meet the reporting requirements of this
section. Program data received for the purposes of meeting the
requirements of this section shall be available to the public and may
be provided separately from the report.
   (d) A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (e) The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall post a link
to the report on the state's primary climate change and Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund Internet Web site, as determined by the secretary.

   (f) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

   (1) "Business entity" means any firm operating in the state as a
nonprofit, sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability
company, or corporation.
   (2) "Target populations" means communities and groups of
individuals that experience high levels of unemployment or poverty.