BILL NUMBER: AB 1447	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        JANUARY 6, 2014

   An act to amend Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1447, as introduced, Waldron. California Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: traffic
synchronization.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, designates
the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The act authorizes the state board to include use of market-based
compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for
fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or
sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to
be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be
available upon appropriation. Existing law requires the Department of
Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant
state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for
the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing
law permits moneys from the fund be allocated for the purpose of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions in this state through specified
investments.
   This bill would additionally authorize moneys in the fund to be
used to fund traffic signal synchronization to the extent those
expenditures are consistent with the above-referenced purposes.
   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 39712 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39712.  (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys
shall be appropriated from the fund only in a manner consistent with
the requirements of this chapter and Article 9.7 (commencing with
Section 16428.8) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
   (2) The state shall not approve allocations for a measure or
program using moneys appropriated from the fund except after
determining, based on the available evidence, that the use of those
moneys furthers the regulatory purposes of Division 25.5 (commencing
with Section 38500) and is consistent with law. If any expenditure of
moneys from the fund for any measure or project is determined by a
court to be inconsistent with law, the allocations for the remaining
measures or projects shall be severable and shall not be affected.
   (b) Moneys shall be used to facilitate the achievement of
reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in this state consistent with
Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) and, where applicable
and to the extent feasible:
   (1) Maximize economic, environmental, and public health benefits
to the state.
   (2) Foster job creation by promoting in-state greenhouse gas
emissions reduction projects carried out by California workers and
businesses.
   (3) Complement efforts to improve air quality.
   (4) Direct investment toward the most disadvantaged communities
and households in the state.
   (5) Provide opportunities for businesses, public agencies,
nonprofits, and other community institutions to participate in and
benefit from statewide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
   (6) Lessen the impacts and effects of climate change on the state'
s communities, economy, and environment.
   (c) Moneys appropriated from the fund may be allocated, consistent
with subdivision (a), for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions in this state through investments that may include, but are
not limited to, any of the following:
   (1) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy
efficiency, clean and renewable energy generation, distributed
renewable energy generation, transmission and storage, and other
related actions, including, but not limited to, at public
universities, state and local public buildings, and industrial and
manufacturing facilities.
   (2) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the
development of state-of-the-art systems to move goods and freight,
advanced technology vehicles and vehicle infrastructure, advanced
biofuels, and low-carbon and efficient public transportation. 
   (3) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through traffic
signal synchronization, which decreases congestion and improves
traffic flow by minimizing stops, delays, fuel consumption, and air
polluting emissions.  
   (3) 
    (4)  Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
associated with water use and supply, land and natural resource
conservation and management, forestry, and sustainable agriculture.

   (4) 
    (5)  Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
strategic planning and development of sustainable infrastructure
projects, including, but not limited to, transportation and housing.

   (5) 
    (6)  Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
increased in-state diversion of municipal solid waste from disposal
through waste reduction, diversion, and reuse. 
   (6) 
    (7)  Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
investments in programs implemented by local and regional agencies,
local and regional collaboratives, and nonprofit organizations
coordinating with local governments. 
   (7) 
    (8)  Funding research, development, and deployment of
innovative technologies, measures, and practices related to programs
and projects funded pursuant to this chapter.