Bill Text: CA AB278 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-25 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB278 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB278-Amended.html
Bill Title: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-25 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB278 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB278-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 278 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 11, 2013 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 17, 2013 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Quirk) FEBRUARY 11, 2013 An act to add Section 38566 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 278, as amended, Gatto. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, to be achieved by 2020, equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990. The state board is additionally required to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations. This bill would require the state board, in promulgating regulations or other policies for purposes of the carbon intensity of fuels, to consider specifiedfood-supplysustainability factors and the state of the fuel market and technologies . The bill would require the state board, no later than December 2014, to include mechanisms and policies that favor low-carbon fuels with thelowest possible negative effect on the food supply sustainabilityhighest possible sustainability based on specified factors, as specified,and togive preference toprovide incentives for sustainable fuels produced without food stock or displacement of food crops. 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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature adopted the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat the serious threat that those emissions pose to the economic well-being, air quality, public health, natural resources, and environment of the state. With a goal of reducing the carbon of the state's transportation fuels by 10 percent by 2020, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations can be an important element of this policy. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the implementation of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations and to ensure the State Air Resources Board maximizes the use of low-carbon, sustainable fuels with a focus on fuels produced without food stock.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 38566 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 38566. (a) When promulgating regulations or other policies on the carbon intensity of fuels, the state board shall do all of the following: (1) Consider all of the followingfood supplysustainability factors: (A) The full life-cycle carbon emissions from the production of a fuel. (B) The positive or negative effect of a fuel source on the global food supply, as determined by the state board, including, but not limited to, crop displacement, food prices, food shipping, and market conditions. (C) The direct and indirect land use changes resulting fromfoodfuel production. (2) Consider the state of the fuel market and technologies. (b) No later than December 2014, the state board shall include mechanisms and policies that favor low-carbon fuels with thelowest possible negative effect on the food supply sustainabilityhighest possible sustainability based on the factors listed in subdivision (a) and shallgive preference toprovide incentives for sustainable fuels produced without food stock or displacement of food crops.