BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Mark Leno, Chair
Bill No: AB 1466
Author: Committee on Budget
As Amended: As proposed to be amended June 15, 2014
Consultant: Catherine Freeman
Fiscal: Yes
Hearing Date: June 15, 2014
Subject: Resources Omnibus Trailer Bill
Summary: This bill makes various changes to implement the
resources, environmental protection, energy, and
agriculture budget actions adopted as part of the 2014-15
budget package.
Background: As part of the 2014-15 budget package, AB 1466
makes various statutory changes to implement the budget
act.
Proposed Law: This bill includes the following key
changes.
1. Amendment for New Solar Homes Partnership. Includes
a technical amendment taken by committee on June 15,
2014 related to the financial components of the
California Solar Initiative, including the New Solar
Homes Partnership, and the Electric Program Investment
Charge. The amendment would require the Public
Utilities Commission to be notified by the Energy
Commission that other funding sources for the program
have been exhausted before requiring those electrical
corporations to continue administration of the program
until the monetary limit is reached.
2. Climate Resilience Account. Establishes the
Climate Resilience Account to provide additional
funding to specifically address the risk and impacts
of climate change, sea level rise, and associated
extreme events.
3. Climate Assessment. Allows the Environmental
License Plate Fund to be used for climate assessment.
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4. Drinking Water Reorganization. Provides the
necessary statutory authority to transfer the drinking
water program from the Department of Public Health to
the State Water Resources Control Board including
merging of loan programs.
5. Seismic Mapping. Allows the Strong-Motion
Instrumentation and Seismic Hazards Mapping Fund to
fund the Alquist-Priolo seismic mapping program and
increases the amount assessed on building permit fees
that provide revenues to the fund.
6. Oil Spill Response. Authorizes the Oil Spill
Prevention and Administration Fund to be used for
inland oil response, eliminates the fee sunset, and
expands the fee base to include all crude oil entering
the state.
7. Hydraulic Fracturing. Provides necessary statutory
cleanup related to hydraulic fracturing regulations at
the State Water Resources Control Board including
specifying that regulations finalized on or before
January 1, 2015, become effective July 1, 2015, and
makes technical changes to the authority of the board
related to area-specific ground water monitoring
programs.
8. Enforcement of Marijuana Cultivation. Allows the
Waste Discharge Permit Fund and Department of Fish and
Wildlife civil penalty revenues to be used to pay back
a loan from the Timber Regulation and Forest
Restoration Fund, which is to be used for the
enforcement of environmental damage from marijuana
activities over the next three years.
9. Recycling Audits. Allows for audits of beverage
manufacturers and distributors to be reviewed every
five years, rather than three years, allowed under
current statute.
10. Rubberized Tire Chip Seals. Clarifies that
rubberized chip seal projects are eligible for project
funding, in addition to currently allowed asphalt
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concrete, within the tire recycling programs.
11. Parks Revenue Generation and Capital Projects.
Extends the revenue generation program at the
Department of Parks and Recreation for five years and
re-establishes the Parks Project Revolving Fund to
allow capital outlay funds longer encumbrance periods
upon transfer to the fund. Clarifies that the State
Park Contingent Fund, used for private donations to
parks, is continued.
12. Fisheries Restoration Grants. Specifies that
existing restoration grants be prioritized to the
Fisheries Restoration Grant Program at the Department
of Fish and Wildlife and to grant programs
administered by state conservancies.
13. Coastal Permitting. Authorizes the California
Coastal Commission to impose an administrative civil
penalty, by majority vote and at a duly noticed public
hearing, on a person who intentionally and knowingly
violates the public access provisions of the
California Coastal Act.
14. Lumber Assessment. Codifies the Board of
Equalization retailer reimbursement regulations that
were approved on September 10, 2013.
15. Local Conservation Corps. Diversifies the Local
Conservation Corps funding under the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery, and creates a
separate statutory section to continue the program.
16. Environmental Justice Grants. Increases the cap on
environmental justice grants distributed by the
Secretary for Environmental Protection from $20,000 to
$50,000 and authorizes the award of up to $1.5 million
for this purpose.
17. Self-Generated Incentive Program. Extends the
sunset date for the program by five years and makes
various technical changes and program reforms to
specify eligibility for incentives under the program
limited to distributed energy resource technologies.
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Fiscal Effect: This bill should not result in any changes
to the budget act or related budget actions.
Support: Unknown
Opposed: Unknown
Comments: This bill provides the necessary statutory
references to enact the 2014-15 budget related to
resources, environmental protection, energy, and
agriculture.
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