BILL NUMBER: AB 337	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to amend Section 13996.55 of the Government Code, relating
to economic development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 337, as amended, Allen. Economic development: international
trade and investment strategy.
   Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, no
later than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and
investment that includes, among other things, policy goals,
objectives, and recommendations for a comprehensive international
trade and investment program for the state, and an identified
organizational structure for the state administration of
international trade and investment policies, programs, and services,
as specified.
   This bill would  change that date to February 1, 2019, and
 additionally require the strategy to include an evaluation of
the ports of entry to the state and their capacity for handling
international trade, including industrial and postconsumer secondary
material, originating from or destined for other states.
   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 13996.55 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   13996.55.  (a) The Director of the Governor's Office of Business
and Economic Development shall provide to the Legislature, not later
than February 1,  2014  2019  , a strategy
for international trade and investment that, at a minimum, includes
all of the following:
   (1) Policy goals, objectives, and recommendations necessary to
implement a comprehensive international trade and investment program
for the State of California. This information shall be provided in a
fashion that clearly indicates priority within the overall strategy.
   (2) Measurable outcomes and timelines for the goals, objectives,
and actions for the international trade and investment program.
   (3) Identification of impediments for achieving goals and
objectives.
   (4) Identification of key stakeholder partnerships that will be
used in implementing the strategy.
   (5) Identification of options for funding recommended actions.
   (6) Identification of an international trade and investment
organizational structure for the state administration of
international trade and investment policies, programs, and services.
   (7) Evaluation of the ports of entry to the state and their
capacity for handling international trade, including industrial and
postconsumer secondary material, originated in or destined for other
states.
   (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.
   (c) The strategy shall be updated pursuant to the procedures of
this section at least once every five years.