BILL NUMBER: AB 693	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  599
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 30, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huffman

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 181016 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 693, Huffman. Local government: Sonoma County Regional Climate
Protection Authority.
   (1) Existing law, until December 1, 2015, creates the Sonoma
County Regional Climate Protection Authority (authority). Existing
law provides for the authority to be governed by the same board as
that governing the Sonoma County Transportation Authority and imposes
certain duties on the authority. Existing law authorizes the
authority to perform coordination and implementation activities
within the boundaries of the County of Sonoma, in cooperation with
local agencies, as defined, that elect to participate, to assist
those agencies in meeting their greenhouse gas emissions reduction
goals. Existing law authorizes the authority to develop, coordinate,
and implement programs and policies to comply with the California
Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and other federal or state
mandates and programs designed to respond to greenhouse gas emissions
and climate change.
   This bill would instead make the above provisions inoperative on
December 1, 2019, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2020. By
extending the addition of new duties on local governments
participating in the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection
Authority, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as
to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Sonoma.
   (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 181016 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   181016.  This division shall become inoperative on December 1,
2019, and, as of January 1, 2020, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2020,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique greenhouse gas emission reduction goals of the
County of Sonoma.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.