Bill Text: CA ABX117 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 17 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: state highway operation and protection program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - Died at Desk. [ABX117 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ABX117-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: ABX1 17	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Linder)

                        AUGUST 31, 2015

   An act to amend Section 39719 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 17, as introduced, Achadjian. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund:
state highway operation and protection program.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020. The act authorizes the state
board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms.
Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances
as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon
appropriation. Existing law continuously appropriates 60% of the
annual proceeds of the fund for transit, affordable housing,
sustainable communities, and high-speed rail purposes.
   This bill, beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, would
continuously appropriate 25% of the annual proceeds of the fund to
fund projects in the state highway operation and protection program.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. 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 that investments in
state highway maintenance and rehabilitation reduce congestion and
improve fuel efficiency, thereby achieving significant reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions.
  SEC. 2.  Section 39719 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   39719.  (a) The Legislature shall appropriate the annual proceeds
of the fund for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in
this state in accordance with the requirements of Section 39712.
   (b) To carry out a portion of the requirements of subdivision (a),
annual proceeds are continuously appropriated for the following:
   (1) Beginning in the 2015-16 fiscal year, and notwithstanding
Section 13340 of the Government Code, 35 percent of annual proceeds
are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for
transit, affordable housing, and sustainable communities programs as
following:
   (A) Ten percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Transportation Agency for the
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program created by Part 2
(commencing with Section 75220) of Division 44 of the Public
Resources Code.
   (B) Five percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Low Carbon Transit Operations
Program created by Part 3 (commencing with Section 75230) of Division
44 of the Public Resources Code.  Funds  
Moneys  shall be allocated by the Controller, according to
requirements of the program, and pursuant to the distribution formula
in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 99312 of, and Sections 99313
and 99314 of, the Public Utilities Code.
   (C) Twenty percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Strategic Growth Council for the
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program created by
Part 1 (commencing with Section 75200) of Division 44 of the Public
Resources Code. Of the amount appropriated in this subparagraph, no
less than 10 percent of the annual  proceeds,  
proceeds  shall be expended for affordable housing, consistent
with the provisions of that program.
   (2) Beginning in the 2015-16 fiscal year, notwithstanding Section
13340 of the Government Code, 25 percent of the annual proceeds of
the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the High-Speed Rail
Authority for the following components of the initial operating
segment and Phase I Blended System as described in the 2012 business
plan adopted pursuant to Section 185033 of the Public Utilities Code:

   (A) Acquisition and construction costs of the project.
   (B) Environmental review and design costs of the project.
   (C) Other capital costs of the project.
   (D) Repayment of any loans made to the authority to fund the
project. 
   (3) Beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, notwithstanding Section
13340 of the Government Code, 25 percent of the annual proceeds of
the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the State Highway
Account in the State Transportation Fund to fund projects in the
state highway operation and protection program, required by Section
14526.5 of the Government Code. 
   (c) In determining the amount of annual proceeds of the fund for
purposes of the calculation in subdivision (b), the funds subject to
Section 39719.1 shall not be included.