Bill Text: CA SB1415 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Bay Area Air Quality Management District: advisory council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 696, Statutes of 2014. [SB1415 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1415-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1415	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  696
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 1, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 14, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 29, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 40262 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1415, Hill. Bay Area Air Quality Management District: advisory
council.
   (1) 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. Existing law
establishes a district board to govern the district.
   Existing law also establishes the Bay Area Air Quality Management
Advisory Council, which consists of the chair of the district board
and 20 members appointed by the district board, as specified, for the
purposes of advising and consulting with the district board and air
pollution control officer in the implementation of their authority to
regulate air emissions.
   This bill, beginning July 1, 2015, would abolish the membership of
the council, would reconstitute the membership of the council to
include 7 appointed members, and would require the members to be
skilled and experienced in the fields of air pollution, climate
change, or the health impacts of air pollution and to include a
diversity of perspectives, expertise, and backgrounds. By adding to
the duties of the district, this bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.
   (2) 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 these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 40262 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   40262.  (a) (1) The council shall consist of the chair of the bay
district board, who shall serve as an ex officio member, and 20
members who preferably are skilled and experienced in the field of
air pollution, including at least three representatives of public
health agencies, at least four representatives of private
organizations active in conservation or protection of the environment
within the bay district, and at least one representative of colleges
or universities in the state and at least one representative of each
of the following groups within the bay district: regional park
district, park and recreation commissions or equivalent agencies of
any city, public mass transportation system, agriculture, industry,
community planning, transportation, registered professional
engineers, general contractors, architects, and organized labor.
   (2) To the extent that suitable persons cannot be found for each
of the specified categories specified in paragraph (1), council
members may be appointed from the general public.
   (b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2015, and, as
of January 1, 2016, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2016, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 40262 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   40262.  The council shall consist of the following:
   (a) The chair of the bay district board, who shall serve as an ex
officio member.
   (b) Seven members who shall be skilled and experienced in the
fields of air pollution, climate change, or the health impacts of air
pollution. Members shall be selected to include a diversity of
perspectives, expertise, and backgrounds.
   (c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2015.
  SEC. 3.  Notwithstanding Section 40263 of the Health and Safety
Code, the term appointments of the members of the Bay Area Air
Quality Management Advisory Council as it exists on June 30, 2015,
shall terminate as of July 1, 2015.
  SEC. 4.  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.