Bill Text: CA SB506 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Economic development: military and aerospace.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB506 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB506-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 506	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 38561 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 506, as introduced, Fuller. California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006: scoping plan.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes
the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for
monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act
requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit, as defined, to be achieved by 2020, equivalent to
the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990. The act also
requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for
achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The act requires the state
board, in developing the scoping plan, to take into account the
relative contribution of each source or source category to statewide
greenhouse gas emissions and the potential for adverse effects on
small businesses.
   This bill would additionally require the state board, in
developing the scoping plan, to take into account the environmental
benefits of renewable electrical generation facilities.
   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 38561 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   38561.  (a)  (1)    On or before January 1,
2009, the state board shall prepare and approve a scoping plan, as
that term is understood by the state board, for achieving the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions from sources or categories of sources of greenhouse
gases by 2020 under this division.  The 
    (2)     The  state board shall consult
with all state agencies with jurisdiction over sources of greenhouse
gases, including the Public Utilities Commission and the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, on all
elements of its plan that pertain to  energy related
  energy-related  matters including, but not
limited to, electrical generation, load based-standards or
requirements, the provision of reliable and affordable electrical
service, petroleum refining, and statewide fuel supplies to ensure
the greenhouse gas emissions reduction activities to be adopted and
implemented by the state board are complementary, nonduplicative, and
can be implemented in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
   (b) The plan shall identify and make recommendations on direct
 emission   emissions  reduction measures,
alternative compliance mechanisms, market-based compliance
mechanisms, and potential monetary and nonmonetary incentives for
sources and categories of sources that the state board finds are
necessary or desirable to facilitate the achievement of the maximum
feasible and cost-effective reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by
2020.
   (c) In making the determinations required by subdivision (b), the
state board shall consider all relevant information pertaining to
greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs in other states,
localities, and nations, including the northeastern states of the
United States, Canada, and the European Union.
   (d) The state board shall evaluate the total potential costs and
total potential economic and noneconomic benefits of the plan for
reducing greenhouse gases to California's economy, environment, and
public health, using the best available economic models, emission
estimation techniques, and other scientific methods.
   (e) In developing its plan, the state board shall take into
account the relative contribution of each source or source category
to statewide greenhouse gas emissions,  including the
environmental benefits of renewable electrical generation facilities,
 and the potential for adverse effects on small businesses, and
shall recommend a de minimis threshold of greenhouse gas emissions
below which  emission   emissions 
reduction requirements will not apply.
   (f) In developing its plan, the state board shall identify
opportunities for  emission reductions  
emissions reduction  measures from all verifiable and
enforceable voluntary actions, including, but not limited to, carbon
sequestration projects and best management practices.
   (g) The state board shall conduct a series of public workshops to
give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the plan. The
state board shall conduct a portion of these workshops in regions of
the state that have the most significant exposure to air pollutants,
including, but not limited to, communities with minority populations,
communities with low-income populations, or both.
   (h) The state board shall update its plan for achieving the
maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions of
greenhouse gas emissions at least once every five years.