BILL NUMBER: AB 310	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2009

   An act relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 310, as introduced, Price. Employment: California Green
Workforce Partnership Demonstration Program.
   Existing law declares that it is the policy and responsibility of
the state to foster and promote growth in employment, productivity,
income, and purchasing power.
   This bill would declare the Legislature's intent to establish a
3-year pilot program, known as the California Green Workforce
Partnership Demonstration Program, to develop workers for employment
in green industries and environmentally sustainable business
activities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a
three-year pilot program, known as the California Green Workforce
Partnership Demonstration Program, to develop workers for employment
in green industries and in environmentally sustainable business
activities.
   (b) The program shall invest program resources for the following
purposes:
   (1) To conduct green-focused labor market and economic research.
   (2) To develop workers for green industries by providing them with
the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for environmentally
sustainable workplace activities, clean technology innovation, and
deployment of clean and renewable energy technologies in businesses,
industries, and communities in this state.
   (c) The program may provide, procure, fund, or arrange for
workforce investment strategies in environmentally sustainable
industries.
   (d) The program shall establish criteria to measure progress in
achieving objectives, and this criteria shall be used to evaluate
other programs having similar objectives.