BILL NUMBER: SB 1125	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Pavley and Lara
   (Coauthor: Senator Leno)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Lowenthal)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add  and repeal  Section 
39607.6 of   38551.5 to  the Health and Safety
Code, relating to greenhouse gases.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1125, as amended, Pavley.  Greenhouse gases: 
 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006:  emissions
reduction.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the
State Air Resources Board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit that is equivalent to the 1990 level to be achieved
by 2020. The act requires the state board to make recommendations to
the Governor and the Legislature on how to continue  the 
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.
   This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1,
2016, and in consultation with specified entities, to develop
 and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report
containing recommendations on a timetable of  reduction
targets  of   for  greenhouse gas emissions
and short-lived climate pollutants  with high global warming
potentials beyond 2020   , as defined, for 2030  .
 The bill would require the state board to report to the
Legislature on those targets. The bill  would repeal the
above provision   ,  on January 1, 2020  ,
would declare inoperative the requirement that the state board report
to the Legislature  .
   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  39607.6   38551.5 
is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
    39607.6.   38551.5.   (a) For 
the  purposes of this section, "short-lived climate
pollutant" means an agent that has a relatively short lifetime in the
atmosphere, from a few days to a few decades, and a warming
influence on the climate  with high global warming potentials
 .
   (b) On or before January 1, 2016, the state board  , 
 in consultation with the Climate Action Team, other relevant
state and local agencies, and interested stakeholders,  shall
 , in consultation with the Climate Action Team, other
relevant state and local agencies, and interested stakeholders, in an
open and public process, develop and submit to the Governor and
Legislature a report containing recommendations on a timetable of
reduction   develop, in an open and public process,
reduction  targets  of  for 
greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants with high
global warming potentials  beyond 2020   for
2030  .
   (c)  The   In developing targets pursuant to
subdivision (b), the  state board  , in developing the
timetable of reduction targets  shall consider 
emissions reduction trajectories that do   a level of
statewide reductions for 2030 that achieves  all of the
following:
   (1)  Mitigate   Promotes cooperation and
collaboration with other states, the federal government, and other
nations or jurisdictions to mitigate  medium- and long-term
risks of global climate change and associated adverse impacts on
health, safety, and welfare in  California   the
state in furtherance of Section 38564  .
   (2)  Advance California's   Advances the
state's  economic competitiveness by minimizing leakage and
stimulating innovation.
   (3) Significantly  mitigate   mitigates 
adverse public health impacts in disadvantaged communities through
reductions of short-lived climate pollutants,  or 
in concert with other regulations limiting the emissions of criteria
or toxic air pollutants  under this division 
pursuant to Division 26 (commencing with Section 39000)  .
   (d)  (1)    The  report to be submitted
  state board shall report  to the Legislature
 pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code   the targets
developed pursuant to this section  . 
   (e) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2020.  
   (2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
 
   (3) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to paragraph
(1) is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of
the Government Code.