BILL NUMBER: SB 170	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 10, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 16, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2011

   An act to add Sections 40004 and 40005 to the Health and Safety
Code, relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 170, as amended, Pavley. Air  pollution control
district:   districts:  adverse effects of air
pollution: intellectual property.
   Existing law authorizes local and regional districts to have the
primary responsibility for control of air pollution from all sources,
other than emissions from motor vehicles.
   This bill would authorize the districts to sponsor, coordinate,
and promote projects that will lead to the prevention, mitigation, or
cure of the adverse effects of air pollution, including the adverse
health effects of air pollution. The bill  , until January 1,
2018,  would authorize a district to negotiate what share, if
any, of the intellectual property, or benefits resulting from
intellectual property, developed from the use of district funds,
including funds discharged as grants, will accrue to that district.
The bill would require revenues generated from revenue sharing
agreements to be deposited into a special account and used for
specified purposes. Under certain circumstances, the bill would
prohibit a district from receiving a benefit pursuant to these
provisions in excess of the amount of the district's investment. If
the state or a subdivision of the state purchases or licenses a good,
service, or process for which a district accrues a benefit resulting
from the intellectual property interest, the bill would require the
district, upon the request of the Department of General Services, to
provide reimbursement to the General Fund for the amount of the
benefit accrued.  The bill would require a di   strict
that attempts to negotiate for benefits pursuant to these provisions
to report annually to the Legislature, as provided. 
   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 40004 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   40004.  A district may sponsor, coordinate, and promote projects
that will lead to the prevention, mitigation, or cure of the adverse
effects of air pollution, including the adverse health effects of air
pollution.
  SEC. 2.  Section 40005 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   40005.  (a) A district may negotiate what share, if any, of the
intellectual property, or benefits resulting from intellectual
property, developed from the use of district funds, including funds
discharged as grants, will accrue to that district.
   (b) A district may negotiate revenue sharing agreements with
recipients of district funds, including the collection of royalties.
Proceeds obtained by the district from these revenue sharing
agreements shall accrue to the district and be deposited into a
special account that may only be used, subject to the district's
ability to recover its expenses and its administrative costs, for
either of the following purposes:
   (1) To fund projects pursuant to Section 40004 that will lead to
the prevention, mitigation, or cure of the adverse effects of air
pollution, including the adverse health effects of air pollution.
   (2) To develop low-polluting fuels or technologies.
   (c) A district shall not receive a benefit pursuant to this
section in excess of the amount of the district's investment in the
development of a process, machine, or article of manufacture, if the
district adopts a rule or regulation that mandates the use of that
process, machine, or article of manufacture and that regulation or
rule was adopted after the development of the process, machine, or
article of manufacture.
   (d) If the state or a subdivision of the state purchases or
licenses a good, service, or process for which a district accrues a
benefit resulting from an intellectual property interest negotiated
pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), upon the request of the
Department of General Services, the district shall prepare
reimbursement to the General Fund for the amount of the benefit
accrued. 
   (e) (1) A district that attempts to negotiate for benefits
pursuant to this section shall report annually to the Legislature.
The report shall include all of the following:  
   (A) The number of district-funded projects and the number of
district-funded projects for which a benefit was negotiated,
regardless of the outcome of the negotiation.  
   (B) The outcome of all negotiations regarding intellectual
property pursuant to this section, including agreed terms for revenue
sharing.  
   (C) A list of all district-funded projects from previous years
that have resulted in a benefit pursuant to this section, if any, and
the total amount of that benefit to date.  
   (2) A district may include a report required by this section as
part of another report submitted to the Legislature by the district.
 
   (f) Subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of this section shall
become inoperative on January 1, 2018. An agreement made pursuant to
this section prior to January 1, 2018, shall remain in effect for the
duration of the agreement.