BILL NUMBER: AB 337	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  776
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2014
	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, 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 be based on current and emerging
market conditions and the needs of investors, businesses, and
workers to be competitive in global markets and to include a
framework that enables the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development to evaluate the current needs of small and large firms,
as specified. This bill would authorize the strategy, to the extent
relevant and feasible, to be based on existing studies and reports.


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. 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.
   (b) (1) 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 addition to the policy goals,
objectives, and recommendations required pursuant to subdivision (a),
the strategy shall include a framework that enables the Governor's
Office of Business and Economic Development to evaluate on an ongoing
basis, as appropriate, current workforce, 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.
   (2) The strategy may, to the extent relevant and feasible, 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.
   (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.
   (d) The strategy shall be updated pursuant to the procedures of
this section at least once every five years.