Bill Text: CA SB32 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 249, Statutes of 2016. [SB32 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB32-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 32	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Allen,
  Beall,   Block,   De León,  
Hancock,   Hill,   Jackson,   Leno, 
 Liu,   McGuire,   Monning,   and Wolk
  ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Bloom,   Cristina Garcia,   Rendon,  
and Mark Stone   ) 

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 38550 and 38551 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 32, as amended, Pavley. California Global Warming Solutions Act
of 2006: emissions limit.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to adopt rules and
regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum,
technologically feasible, and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions
reductions.
   This bill would require the state board to approve a statewide
greenhouse gas  emission   emissions  limit
that is equivalent to 80% below the 1990 level to be achieved by
2050, as specified. The bill would authorize the state board to adopt
interim greenhouse gas emissions level targets to be achieved by
2030 and 2040. The bill also would state the intent of the
Legislature for the Legislature and appropriate agencies to adopt
complementary policies that ensure  the  long-term emissions
reductions advance specified criteria.
   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 38550 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   38550.  (a) By January 1, 2008, the state board shall, after one
or more public workshops, with public notice, and an opportunity for
all interested parties to comment, determine what the statewide
greenhouse gas emissions level was in 1990, and approve in a public
hearing, a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit that is
equivalent to that level, to be achieved by 2020. In order to ensure
the most accurate determination feasible, the state board shall
evaluate the best available scientific, technological, and economic
information on greenhouse gas emissions to determine the 1990 level
of greenhouse gas emissions.
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the state board shall
approve in a public hearing a statewide greenhouse gas emissions
limit that is equivalent to 80 percent below the 1990 level, as
determined pursuant to subdivision (a) or Section 39730, to be
achieved by 2050 based on the best available scientific,
technological, and economic assessments. The greenhouse gas emissions
limit shall include short-lived climate pollutants, as defined in
Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 39730) of Part 2 of Division 26.

   (2) The state board also may approve interim greenhouse gas
emissions level targets to be achieved by 2030 and 2040 consistent
with paragraph (1).
  SEC. 2.  Section 38551 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   38551.  (a) The statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit shall
remain in effect unless otherwise amended or repealed.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the 2050 statewide
greenhouse gas emissions limit established pursuant to Section 38550
continue in existence and be used to maintain and continue reductions
in emissions of greenhouse gases beyond 2050.
   (c) The state board shall make recommendations to the Governor and
the Legislature on how to continue reductions of greenhouse gas
emissions beyond 2050.
   (d) In implementing subdivision (b) of Section 38550, it is the
intent of the Legislature for the Legislature and appropriate
agencies to adopt complementary policies that ensure  the 
long-term emissions reductions adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 38550 advance all of the following:
   (1) Job growth and local economic benefits in California.
   (2) Public health benefits for California residents, particularly
in disadvantaged communities.
   (3) Innovation in technology and energy, water, and resource
management practices.
   (4) Regional and international collaboration to adopt similar
greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies.