Bill Text: CA AB416 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Air Resources Board: Local Emission Reduction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB416 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB416-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 416 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gordon
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
An act to add Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 39680) to Part
2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 416, as amended, Gordon. State Air Resources Board: Local
Emission Reduction Program.
Existing law 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 districts 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 create the Local Emission Reduction Program and
would require money to be available from the General Fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of providing grants
and other financial assistance to develop and implement greenhouse
gas emissions reduction projects in the state. The bill would require
the state board, in coordination with the Strategic Growth Council,
to administer the program, as specified. The bill would require
the implementation of the program to be contingent on the
appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, as specified.
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 reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is critical to
public health, safety, the economy, and the natural environment that
residents rely on.
(b) State investments in local and regional greenhouse gas
emission reduction projects in this state help local communities
thrive, support the state's emission-reduction and clean-energy
targets, lower the statewide unemployment rate, and spur new job
growth.
(c) Providing incentives to local governments to plan and
implement their own greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts will
assist the state to reach its emission-reduction targets faster and
more efficiently.
(d) Local greenhouse gas emission reduction initiatives best
recognize the particular reduction opportunities at the local level
and provide an opportunity to enhance the environment and economy of
local and regional places through multibenefit projects.
(e) Local governments are well suited to coordinate and aggregate
micro-, small-, community-, and regional-scale projects that will
help the state reach its environmental targets while providing
incentives to investments and job growth at the local level.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote investments in
local and regional greenhouse gas emission reduction projects.
SEC. 2. Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 39680) is added to
Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
CHAPTER 3.6. LOCAL EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM
39680. (a) The Local Emission Reduction Program is hereby
created.
(b) Moneys shall be available from the General Fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of carrying out this
chapter.
(c) (1) The state board, in coordination with other state
entities, as appropriate, shall establish the Local Emission
Reduction Program to provide local assistance grants and other
financial assistance to eligible recipients for the purposes of
developing and implementing greenhouse gas emissions reduction
projects in this state.
(2) The state board, in coordination with the Strategic Growth
Council, shall administer the Local Emission Reduction Program.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, "eligible recipient" means a
city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county,
metropolitan planning organization, regional climate authority,
special district, joint powers authority, air pollution control or
air quality management district, regional collaborative, or nonprofit
organization working in coordination with a local government.
(e) The state board shall develop standards and guidelines for the
distribution of funds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to
maximize the ability to achieve one or more of the following:
(1) Decrease air or water pollution.
(2) Reduce the consumption of natural resources or energy.
(3) Provide opportunities to achieve greenhouse gas emissions
reductions in ways that increase localized energy resources.
(4) Promote public-private partnerships to implement energy
efficiency and clean energy projects with financing incentives for
residential and commercial facilities.
(5) Increase the reliability of local water supplies.
(6) Increase solid waste diversion from landfills.
(7) Increase electric vehicle infrastructure.
(8) Achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions in ways that
reduce vehicle miles traveled.
(9) Prevent conversion of agricultural, forest, and open space
lands to uses that result in higher greenhouse gas emissions.
(f) In evaluating potential projects to be funded pursuant to this
chapter, the state board and the Strategic Growth Council shall give
priority to projects that demonstrate one or more of the following
characteristics:
(1) Regional implementation.
(2) The ability to leverage additional public and private funding.
(3) The potential for cobenefits or multibenefit attributes.
(4) The potential for the project or program to be replicated.
(5) Consideration of geographic and socioeconomic issues.
(g) The state board shall ensure that the Local Emission Reduction
Program provides opportunities for both small and large population
participants.
(h) The state board, in coordination with the Strategic Growth
Council, shall ensure funding is available pursuant to this chapter
for both of the following:
(1) The development and implementation of innovative projects that
create new systems or technologies.
(2) (A) The implementation of existing, proven greenhouse gas
emissions reducing or sequestering projects, including, but not
limited to, those projects and programs already adopted by local
agencies.
(B) Projects receiving funding pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall
receive funding on a competitive basis.
39681. The state board, in implementing a grant program pursuant
Section 39680, shall develop standards and guidelines to ensure
projects funded pursuant to this chapter maximize funds appropriated,
provide environmental and economic benefits, and do not conflict
with other areas of law.
39682. It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys shall be
appropriated for this chapter only in a manner consistent with the
requirements of this part, including Chapter 4.1 (commencing with
Section 39710), and Article 9.7 (commencing with Section 16428.8) of
Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
39683. The implementation of this chapter, including the
development of standards and guidelines by the state board pursuant
to this chapter and the provision of financial assistance to eligible
recipients pursuant to Section 39680, shall be contingent on the
appropriation of moneys by the Legislature for these purposes.
