Bill Text: CA AB296 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Climate change: Climate Innovation Grant Program: voluntary tax contributions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-01-23 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB296 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB296-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 20, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 296 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Cooley (Principal coauthor: Senator Stern) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia) |
January 28, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(2)
SEC. 2.
Part 3.6.5 (commencing with Section 71140) is added to Division 34 of the Public Resources Code, to read:PART 3.6.5. Climate Innovation Act
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions
71140.
This part shall be known, and may by cited, as the Climate Innovation Act.71140.1.
For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:(a)“Commission” means the Climate Innovation Commission established pursuant to Section 71141.
(a)There is hereby established in the Natural Resources Agency the Climate Innovation Commission consisting of __ members, as follows:
(1)__ members shall be appointed by the Governor.
(2)__ members shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(3)__ members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(b)(1)The members shall serve __-year terms.
(2)If a vacancy occurs within a term, the appointing authority shall appoint a replacement within 30
days of the vacancy to serve the remainder of the term.
(3)If the term of a member expires, that member shall continue to serve until a replacement of the member is appointed.
(c)Members of the commission shall elect from its membership a chair and a vice chair of the commission.
The commission may seek private donations and publicly available moneys for purposes of the program.
CHAPTER 2. Climate Innovation Grant Program
71142.71141.
(a) There is hereby established the Climate Innovation Grant Program to be administered by the71142.1.71141.1.
(a) The71142.2.71141.2.
(a) The71142.3.71141.3.
The chair of the71141.4.
(a) The council may seek private donations and publicly available moneys for purposes of the program.CHAPTER 3. Climate Innovation Fund
71143.71142.
(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Climate Innovation Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated without regards to fiscal years to the(1)Up to __ percent of the moneys may be expended by the
commission to solicit donations or seek publicly available moneys for the program.
(2)Up to __ percent of the moneys may be expended by the commission for the administration of the program.