Bill Text: CA SB20 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Low Carbon Fuels Council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB20 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB20-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 20	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 43890) to Chapter
4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating
to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 20, as amended, Pavley. Low Carbon Fuels Council.
   Existing law establishes the California Alternative and Renewable
Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of
2007, which includes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle
Technology Program, administered by the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, and the Air Quality
Improvement Program, administered by the State Air Resources Board.
Existing law requires the emphasis of the Alternative and Renewable
Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to be to develop and deploy
technology and alternative and renewable fuels in the marketplace,
without adopting any one preferred fuel or technology. Existing law
requires the primary purpose of the Air Quality Improvement Program
to be the funding of projects to reduce criteria air pollutants, to
improve air quality, and to fund research to determine and improve
the air quality impacts of alternative transportation fuels and
vehicles, vessels, and equipment technologies.
   This bill would create the Low Carbon Fuels Council, as specified,
which, among other things, would coordinate state agencies'
activities that are related to the acceleration and development of
the instate production of low carbon fuels and very low carbon
transportation fuels.
   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.  Article 7 (commencing with Section 43890) is added to
Chapter 4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to
read:

      Article 7.  Low Carbon Fuels Council


   43890.  For purposes of this article:
   (a) "Council" means the Low Carbon Fuels Council, established
pursuant to Section 43892.
   (b) "Low carbon fuel" means a transportation fuel that will
contribute to the reduction in  the  carbon intensity of
 California   California's  transportation
fuels and to the achievement of the state's greenhouse gas 
emissions  reduction goals.
   (c) "Very low carbon transportation fuel" has the same meaning as
defined in Section 43870.
   43892.  (a) The Low Carbon Fuels Council is hereby established.
   (b) (1) The council shall consist of six members as follows:
   (A) Chair of the state  board.   board or his
or her designee. 
   (B) Chair of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development  Commission.   Commission or his or
her designee. 
   (C) Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
 Development.   Development or his or her
designee. 
   (D) One member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (E) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (F) One member appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
   (2) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (D) and (E) of
paragraph (1) shall have a scientific, economic, or industry
professional background  with expertise  in the 
production   production, financing, distribution, or
market development  of low carbon fuels and very low carbon
transportation fuels.
   (3) The member appointed pursuant to subparagraph (F) of paragraph
(1) shall be a representative of a bona fide nonprofit environmental
justice organization that advocates for clean air and pollution
reductions.
   (4) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (D) to (F),
inclusive, of paragraph (1) shall serve for a term of four years and
may be reappointed. 
   (c) The Chair of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission or his or her designee shall serve as chair of
the council and shall provide all staff support required by the
council.  
   (c) 
    (d)  Except as provided in this subdivision, members of
the council shall serve without compensation. A member  appointed
pursuant to subparagraphs (D) to (F), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b)  shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties and shall
be compensated one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which
the member is engaged in the performance of his or her official
duties related to the council.
   43894.   (a)    The council's meetings shall be
open to the public and comply with 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). 
   (b) The council shall meet as frequently as the chair of the
council deems necessary, but not more than four times a year. 
   43896.  (a) The council shall do all of the following:
   (1) Coordinate state agencies' activities that are related to the
acceleration and development of the instate production of low carbon
fuels and very low carbon transportation fuels.
   (2) Identify and evaluate any gaps in existing programs, policies,
or activities that may impede the instate construction of new, or
the expansion of existing, low carbon fuel production facilities or
very low carbon transportation fuel production facilities.
   (3) Make recommendations to the Legislature for changes in the law
needed to achieve the goals of this subdivision.
   (b) The council may sponsor conferences, symposia, and other
public forums to seek a broad range of public advice.