Bill Text: CA AB80 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Coastal resources: ocean research: West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB80 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB80-Amended.html
Bill Title: Coastal resources: ocean research: West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB80 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB80-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 80
| Introduced by Assembly Member Addis (Coauthors: Assembly Members Pellerin and Zbur) (Coauthor: Senator Laird) |
December 15, 2022 |
An act to add Section 35623 to the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 80, as amended, Addis.
Coastal resources: ocean research: West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity.
Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to, among other things, establish policies to coordinate the collection, evaluation, and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies.
This bill would require the council, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to establish and oversee, in coordination with other unspecified state and federal agencies, a West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity for the purpose of ensuring that comprehensive baseline and ongoing monitoring of the California ocean ecosystem as well as targeted research are available and used to inform state
and federal decisions, as provided. The bill would require the entity to perform specified functions, including reviewing and incorporating existing research, monitoring, and data standardization. The bill would require the council to develop a steering committee to provide governance and oversight on the processes and procedures of the entity, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 35623 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:35623.
(a) The council, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, shall establish and oversee, in coordination with other state and federal agencies, a West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity for the purpose of ensuring that comprehensive baseline and ongoing monitoring of the California ocean ecosystem as well as targeted research are available and used to inform state and federal decisions about offshore wind development in federal waters and the management of any impacted marine resources.(b) The entity shall collaboratively support and recommend science and research pathways to ensure that decisions about offshore wind development and wildlife are made in an environmentally responsible manner that safeguards coastal and marine resources.
(c)The entity shall be supported by subcommittees of scientists and traditional knowledge holders and led by a steering committee composed of state and federal agencies, tribal groups, the offshore wind industry, and environmental nonprofit organizations.
(c) (1) The council shall
assemble representatives from relevant groups to develop a steering committee to provide governance and oversight on the processes and procedures of the West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity and to be the final decisionmaking body on process and procedural governance of the entity.
(2) The steering committee shall be composed of at least two representatives from each of the following: state agencies, federal agencies, California tribes including federally recognized tribes or California Native American tribes identified on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission, the offshore wind industry, and environmental nonprofit organizations.
(3) The steering committee and the entity shall be supported by subcommittees of scientists, traditional knowledge holders, and other stakeholders.
(d) The entity shall perform all of, but not be limited to, the following functions:
(1) Reviewing and incorporating existing research, monitoring, and data standardization.
(2) Ensuring appropriate data and standards are in place to support science priorities.
(3) Identifying research needs or data gaps and recommending how to coordinate and prioritize research to address these gaps.
(4) Identifying tools, methods, and technologies that may be used to support needed monitoring and research and recommending applications.
(5) Hosting a data portal and housing publicly available information
to support transparency in decisionmaking.
(6) Allocating funds to address science priorities.
(e) (1) Members of the steering committee, the West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity, and any subcommittee shall serve without compensation, except members who are participating on behalf of a Native American tribe, who shall receive compensation.
(2) Members of the West Coast Offshore Wind Science Entity shall receive reimbursement for travel, per diem, and other expenses.
