Bill Text: CA AB836 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Wildfire Smoke Clean Air Centers for Vulnerable Populations Incentive Pilot Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 393, Statutes of 2019. [AB836 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB836-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  April 11, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 836

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Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra)
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Chiu)

February 20, 2019

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An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 40280) to Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 26 Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 39960) to Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. nonvehicular air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 836, as amended, Wicks. Bay Area Wildfire Smoke Clean Air Centers for Vulnerable Populations Incentive Program.

(1)Existing

Existing law generally 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 and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law establishes the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which is vested with the authority to regulate air emissions located in the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara and portions of the Counties of Solano and Sonoma.

This bill would establish the Bay Area Wildfire Smoke Clean Air Centers for Vulnerable Populations Incentive Program, to be administered by the district, state board, to provide funding through a grant program to retrofit ventilation systems to create a network of clean air centers within the boundaries of the district in order to mitigate the adverse public health impacts due to wildfires and other smoke events, as specified. The bill would specify that moneys for the program would be available upon appropriation. By adding to the duties of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(2)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

(3)The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YESNO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.Article 6 (commencing with Section 40280) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

6.Bay Area Clean Air Incentive Program

40280.

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 39960) is added to Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

CHAPTER  9.5 Wildfire Smoke Clean Air Centers for Vulnerable Populations Incentive Program

39960.

 (a) (1) The Bay Area Wildfire Smoke Clean Air Centers for Vulnerable Populations Incentive Program is hereby established to be administered by the bay district state board to provide funding through a grant program to retrofit ventilation systems to create a network of clean air centers within the boundaries of the bay district in order to mitigate the adverse public health impacts due to wildfires and other smoke events.

(2) Moneys for the program shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature.

(b) Qualified applicants shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Schools.

(2) Community centers.

(3) Senior centers.

(4) Sports centers.

(5) Libraries.

(c) The bay district state board shall develop guidelines for the program in consultation with the districts, cities, counties, public health agencies, school districts, and other stakeholders located within the boundaries of the bay district. stakeholders. The guidelines shall address all of the following:

(1) Location of the applicant.

(2) Size of the applicant’s facility.

(3) Facility ventilation characteristics that could provide healthier indoor air quality in the event of a localized smoke impact.

(d) The state board shall prioritize applications to the program where the project is located in an area with a high cumulative smoke exposure burden.

SEC. 2.

The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances that the Bay Area was significantly affected by smoke impacts during the wildfires of the last several years.

SEC. 3.

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.