Bill Text: CA SB1125 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions reduction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB1125 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1125	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Pavley and Lara
   (Coauthor: Senator Leno)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Lowenthal)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add Section 38551.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1125, as amended, Pavley. California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006: emissions reduction.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the
State Air Resources Board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit that is equivalent to the 1990 level to be achieved
by 2020. The act requires the state board to make recommendations to
the Governor and the Legislature on how to continue the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.
   This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1,
2016, and in consultation with specified entities, to develop 
quantitative, advisory  reduction targets for greenhouse gas
emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, for 2030
 in order to inform future legislative   action  .
The bill would require the state board to report to the Legislature
on those targets. The bill, on January 1, 2020, would declare
inoperative the requirement that the state board report to the
Legislature.
   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.  Section 38551.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   38551.5.  (a) For purposes of this section,  "short-lived
  the following terms have the following meanings: 

   (1) "Open and public process" means one or more public meetings
noticed pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code). 
    (2)     "Short-lived  climate
pollutant" means an agent that has a relatively short lifetime in the
atmosphere, from a few days to a few decades, and a warming
influence on the climate with high global warming potentials.
   (b) On or before January 1, 2016, the state board, in consultation
with the Climate Action Team, other relevant state and local
agencies, and interested stakeholders, shall develop, in an open and
public process,  quantitative, advisory  reduction targets
for greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants with
high global warming potentials for 2030  in order to inform
future legislative action  .
   (c) In developing targets pursuant to subdivision (b), the state
board shall  use the best available climate science, including,
but not limited to, the climate science surrounding short-lived
climate pollutants, and shall  consider a level of statewide
reductions for 2030 that  achieves all of the following:
 
   (1) Promotes cooperation and collaboration with other states, the
federal government, and other nations or jurisdictions to mitigate
medium- and long-term risks of global climate change and associated
adverse impacts on health, safety, and welfare in the state in
furtherance of Section 38564.  
   (2) Advances the state's economic competitiveness by minimizing
leakage and stimulating innovation. 
    (3)     Significantly
  significantly  mitigates adverse public health
impacts in disadvantaged communities through reductions of
short-lived climate pollutants, in concert with other regulations
limiting the emissions of criteria or toxic air pollutants pursuant
to Division 26 (commencing with Section 39000).
   (d) (1) The state board shall report to the Legislature the
targets developed pursuant to this section.
   (2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (3) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to paragraph
(1) is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of
the Government Code.