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

California Assembly Bill 2653 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

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

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2653	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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  add Section 12893.5 to the Government Code,
   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 state agencies to submit annually to
the Secretary for Environmental Protection a specified report that
includes, among other things, a list of measures that have been
adopted and implemented by that state agency to meet greenhouse gas
emission reduction targets, as defined, and a status report on the
actual greenhouse gas emissions reduced as a result of those
measures.   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 create additional requirements on state agencies
and state entities submitting that report, including, among other
things, identifying the number of business entities, as defined,
receiving moneys and the actions and outcomes of those actions taken
to assist residents of disadvantaged communities, as defined, and
other target populations, as specified, with the business,
employment, and training opportunities offered through activities
funded with moneys from the fund and with any other state funding
source that is related to climate change mitigation, climate change
adaptation, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.  
   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. 
   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  a 
 an annual  report  on or before March 1, 2014, and
annually thereafter,  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) 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) The geographic location, industry sector, and number of
employees of the business entities receiving moneys from the fund.
 
   (D) The number of jobs created, including wage levels, by the
business entities receiving moneys from the fund.  
   (E) The amount of other public or private moneys leveraged with
investments from the fund.  
   (2) The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall identify the
other target populations referenced in subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(1).  
   (3) Subparagraphs (C) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1) shall
apply only to investments made after February 1, 2017.  

   (b) 
    (c)  A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code. 
   (d) For purposes of this section, "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.  
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:
   (a) Since the enactment of the California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the
Health and Safety Code), the state has been committed to taking
actions to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a
catalyst for others to undertake their own emissions reduction
actions.
   (b) The purpose of the state agency greenhouse gas reduction
report card, pursuant to Section 12892 of the Government Code, is to
ensure that state agencies consider and implement measures and
strategies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to establish the
routine, quantified, verified, consistent, and public reporting of
those measures along with their effectiveness in reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
   (c) The Department of Finance's three-year investment plan for
moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, pursuant to
Section 39716 of the Health and Safety Code, is designed to identify
near-term and long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals by
sector, gaps in current state strategies, and priority programmatic
investments of moneys in the fund. Annually, the Department of
Finance reports on programs funded with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
moneys, pursuant to Section 39720 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (d) The state agency greenhouse gas reduction report card and the
record of proposed expenditures, pursuant to Section 16428.9 of the
Government Code, track state agency actions related to moneys
appropriated from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, as well as key
climate actions taken by state agencies using other funding. These
activities include the broadest range of climate mitigation and
reduction programs directed at small businesses and distressed
communities, including programs sponsored by the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Cool California,
the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and the State Air
Resources Board.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 12893.5 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   12893.5.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings:
   (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) "Fund" means the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created
pursuant to Section 16428.8.
   (b) Each state agency and state entity that expends moneys from
the fund shall submit as part of the report card required pursuant to
Section 12892 all of the following:
   (1) The number of business entities receiving financial assistance
or entering into contracts paid, in whole or in part, using moneys
from the fund.
   (2) The amount of other public or private moneys leveraged when
business entities received the assistance described in paragraph (1),
as reported by the business entities.
   (3) The geographic location, industry sector, and number of
employees of the business entities described in paragraph (1).
   (4) The number of jobs created, including wage levels, by the
business entities described in paragraph (1).
   (5) (A) Actions and outcomes from those actions taken to assist
residents of disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to
Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code, 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 or other state funding sources overseen by the
reporting state agency that are directly related to climate change
mitigation, climate change adaptation, and GHG emissions reductions,
as determined by the state agency.
   (B)
    The secretary shall identify the other target populations
referenced in subparagraph (A).
   (c) At the discretion of the secretary, the information required
pursuant to paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) may
be reported as part of the report card required pursuant to Section
12892 or as part of any report required pursuant to Section 39716 or
39720 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (d) This section shall apply to awards made by a state agency on
or after February 1, 2017.