BILL NUMBER: AB 337	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 14, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Fox   and Medina   ) 

                        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. 
 be based on current and emerging market conditions and the needs
of investors, businesses, and workers to be competitive in global
markets, as specified. 
   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, 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.   state. 
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 based on current and emerging market
conditions and the needs of investors, businesses, and workers to be
competitive in global markets. In identifying and evaluating these
needs and conditions, the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development shall evaluate current workforce, capital, marketing,
infrastructure, research and development, and other needs of small
and large firms, including, but not limited to, highways, airports,
and rail that link businesses with the state's ports of entry and
foreign and domestic markets. This analysis shall, to the greatest
extent possible, be based on existing studies and reports, including,
but not limited to, the Goods Movement Action Plan, the California
Strategic Workforce Development Plan, the California Export of
Recycled Materials Report, the California Five-Year Infrastructure
Plan, and the Environmental Goals and Policy Report.  
   (b) 
    (c)  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) 
    (d)  The strategy shall be updated pursuant to the
procedures of this section at least once every five years.