Bill Text: CA SB1279 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Transportation Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 215, Statutes of 2016. [SB1279 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1279-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1279	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 4, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 30, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 14525.3 to the Government Code, relating to
transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1279, as amended, Hancock. California Transportation
Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment.
   Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission,
with various duties and responsibilities relative to the programming
and allocation of funds for transportation capital projects.
   This bill  would   would, except as
specified,  prohibit the commission from programming or
allocating any state funds for any  newly proposed  project
at a port facility that is located at, or adjacent to, a
disadvantaged community and that  exports or proposes to
export coal from the state.   proposes to allow or
facilitate the handling, storage, or transportation of coal in bulk.

   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.    (a)     The
Legislature finds and declares that, to avoid the impacts of
localized airborne particulate matter associated with the
transportation of coal and the increased emissions of greenhouse
gases associated with the use of c   oal, the State of
California should make all reasonable and legal efforts to avoid the
investment of state moneys in coal-supporting transportation
projects.  
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of
California cease all investments in transportation infrastructure
projects that store, transfer, or transport significant amounts of
coal in bulk. While it is not the intent of the Legislature to
disrupt existing, regular, and lawful interstate and international
commerce involving operations that may transport coal at present, it
is the intent of the Legislature to avoid making new investments in
coal-supporting projects. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 14525.3
is added to the Government Code, to read:
   14525.3.   (a)    To the extent consistent with
federal law, the commission shall not program or allocate any state
funds, including proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds,
under its jurisdiction for any project  proposed on or after
January 1, 2017,  at a port facility that is located in, or
adjacent to, one or more disadvantaged communities identified
pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of
Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code and that  exports
or proposes to export coal from the state.   proposes to
allow or facilitate the handling, storage, or transportation of coal
in bulk.  
   (b) The commission shall evaluate each project before it for
consistency with this section and determine whether or not the
project as proposed will increase the state's overall capacity to
facilitate the transportation of coal.  
   (c) This section does not apply to a project or infrastructure
already permitted in operation as of January 1, 2016.  
   (d) This section does not apply to a project designed for safety,
rehabiliation, modernization, maintenance, or repair of an existing
operation or facility.