Bill Text: CA SB592 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Trade promotion of California ports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-08-30 - Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. [SB592 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB592-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 592	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 13, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2013

INTRODUCED BY    Senators   Price 
   and Lieu   Senator 
 Lieu 
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Corbett
  ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Fong   and Medina   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 13996.85) to
Part 4.7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to
trade promotion, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 592, as amended,  Price  Lieu. Trade promotion
of California ports.
   Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, not
later than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and
investment that, at a minimum, includes specified information, goals,
objectives, and actions related to the promotion of trade.
   This bill would require the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, not
later than  April   December  1, 2014, a
strategy for promoting trade for California  ports
 airports, land ports, and seaports  that, at a minimum,
includes specified information, objectives, goals, and
recommendations. The bill would require that the strategy be
submitted to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly and the Secretary of the
Senate, with copies provided to the Speaker of the Assembly, the
President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of specified
legislative committees. The bill would also require the Director of
the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to convene
 , no later than February 1, 2014,  a statewide business
partnership for promotion of trade for California ports and to
explore greater utilization of California ports, which would be
required to advise the director on establishing that trade strategy,
 no later than February 1, 2014,  as prescribed.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 13996.85) is added
to Part 4.7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to
read:
      CHAPTER 2.6.  TRADE PROMOTION OF CALIFORNIA PORTS


   13996.85.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) International trade, which accounts for nearly 25 percent of
the state's economy, relies on land ports of entry and the largest
seaport facilities in the United States to maintain California's
status as a major gateway for products entering and leaving the
United States. This includes many goods moving through California
ports, such as industrial, technology, and postconsumer secondary
material originating in, or destined for other states.
   (b) According to the California Marine and Intermodal
Transportation System Advisory Council, more than 40 percent of the
total containerized cargo entering the United States arrived at
California ports, and almost 30 percent of the nation's exports
flowed through ports in the Golden State. Port activities employ more
than 500,000 people in California and generate an estimated seven
billion dollars ($7,000,000,000) in state and local taxes annually.
Nationwide, more than 2,000,000 jobs are linked to California's
public ports.
   (c) The state has a compelling interest in the success of its
ports because of the significant economic benefit to the state in
terms of jobs, personal income, business revenue, and taxes. Ports
are the vital interface between water and land transportation for
trade with the Pacific Rim countries and other trade.
   (d) It is expected that, by 2014, Panama will have completed the
expansion of the Panama Canal, which may have a significant impact on
the flow of goods into the ports of California in coming years.
   (e) There is the potential for California ports to lose as much as
25 percent of their cargo business, by some estimates, after the
Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2014, siphoning off millions
of dollars from local economies and over 100,000 jobs.
   (f) Due to the impending Panama Canal expansion and its potential
impact on local economies and jobs, it is clear that the risk of
crisis for our ports should be given high priority in developing a
strategy for international trade and investment.
   13996.86.  (a) The Director of the Governor's Office of Business
and Economic Development shall provide to the Legislature, not later
than  April   December  1, 2014, a strategy
for promoting trade for California  ports  
  airports, land ports, and seaports  that, at a
minimum, includes all of the following:
   (1) Policy goals, objectives, and recommendations necessary to
implement a comprehensive plan for promoting greater use of
California ports. This information shall be provided in a fashion
that clearly indicates priorities within the overall strategy.
   (2) Measurable outcomes anticipated and timelines for the goals,
objectives, and actions to be taken for promoting greater use of
California ports.
   (3) Identification of impediments to achieving goals and
objectives.
   (4) Identification of key stakeholder partnerships that will be
used in implementing the strategy.
   (5) Identification of funding options for implementing recommended
actions.
   (b) The strategy shall be submitted to the Chief Clerk of the
Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate. A copy of the strategy
shall be provided to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro
Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of the Assembly Committee on
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy and the Senate Committee
on Business, Professions and Economic Development, or the successor
committees with jurisdiction over international trade and economic
development programs.
   13996.87.  The Director of the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development shall convene  , no later than February 1,
2014,  a statewide business partnership for promotion of trade
for California ports and to explore greater utilization of California
ports,  no later than February 1, 2014,  as
follows:
   (a) The business partnership shall include, but is not limited to,
representatives from ports of entry, ocean carriers, marine terminal
operators, warehouse operators, railroads, trucking companies, labor
representatives, and foreign trade zones, representatives of
environmental groups, and shippers, specifically including
agricultural exporters, manufacturers, postconsumer secondary
material handlers, and retailers.
   (b) The business partnership shall advise the Director of the
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development on
establishing the strategy for promoting trade for California ports
while increasing the use of California ports of entry, and ways to
increase the opportunity for growth and trade activity.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to ensure that California has identified the impact that
the Panama Canal expansion may have on California ports and
trade-related jobs, infrastructure, and activity prior to the 2014
opening of a new shipping lane through the canal, and the state is
able to efficiently promote trade for California ports on a timely
basis, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.