Bill Text: CA AB416 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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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]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 416	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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.  California  
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
  General Fund  , upon appropriation by the
Legislature, for purposes of providing grants  and other
financial assistance  to develop and implement greenhouse gas
 emission   emissions  reduction projects
in the state. The bill would require the state board  , in
coordination with the Strategic Growth Council,  to 
award moneys under the program to eligible recipients, as specified,
and would permit the state board to give consideration to the ability
of a project to, among other things, create local job training and
job creation benefits and provide opportunities to achieve greenhouse
gas emission reduction in ways that increase localized energy
resources   administer the progra   m, 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
 California  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)  Incentivizing   Providing  
incentives t  o  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   well
suited  to coordinate and aggregate micro-, small-, community-,
and regional-scale projects that will help the state reach its
environmental targets while  incentivizing  
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
  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  emission
  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   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  and  
or  air quality management district, regional collaborative, or
nonprofit organization working in coordination with a local
government.
   (e) The state board shall  award local assistance grants
on a competitive basis based on the potential for greenhouse gas
emission reductions, including sequestration, projects that
demonstrate innovation and that result in replicable models with
consideration of geographic and socioeconomic context. Consideration
may also be given to the ability of a project or projects to do any
  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) Create local job training and job creation benefits. 

   (2) 
    (1)  Decrease air or water pollution. 
   (3) 
    (2)  Reduce the consumption of natural resources or
energy. 
   (4) 
    (3)  Provide opportunities to achieve greenhouse gas
 emission   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.  
   (7) 
    (8)  Achieve greenhouse gas  emission 
 emissions  reductions in ways that reduce vehicle miles
traveled. 
   (8) 
    (9)  Prevent  conservation  
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. 

   (f) 
    (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  coordination with other state
agencies, as appropriate   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.