BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 110 Hearing Date: June 18,
2015
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |January 9, 2015 Introduced |
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|Urgency: |Yes |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Catherine Freeman |
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Subject: Resources Budget Act of 2015.
Summary: This bill makes various changes to implement the resources,
environmental protection, energy, and agriculture budget actions
adopted as part of the 2015-16 budget package.
Background: As part of the 2015-16 budget package, AB 110 makes various
statutory changes to implement the budget act.
Proposed
Law: This bill includes the following key changes.
1. Department of Toxic Substances Control Accountability.
Provides for the establishment of an independent review
panel to oversee the department's permitting and
enforcement backlog and to advise the department on
performance measures.
2. New Solar Homes Partnership Program . Allows the
California Public Utilities Commission to select the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission as
the continuing administrator of the New Solar Homes
Partnership Program and provides for a sunset of date of
June 1, 2018.
3. California Science Center Phase III. Allows the
California Science Center to enter into agreements and
leases with the California Science Center Foundation, for
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the purpose of further construction of the California
Science Center Phase III project.
4. Mining Royalties. Requires all funds from mining
activities on federal lands to be deposited into a special
account for appropriation by the Legislature.
5. Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount. Authorizes
funds in the subaccount to be available to the State Air
Resources Board, upon appropriation, for implementation and
administration of the enhanced fleet modernization program.
6. Power Plant Citing Fees. Allows the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission to
administer a fee of $5,000 for existing certified projects
that are amended, plus the cost to reimburse the commission
for review of a permit up to $750,000, as adjusted for
inflation.
7. Payment In-Lieu of Taxes. For state lands acquired for
wildlife management, the state is authorized to pay
counties assessments levied upon the property in lieu of
tax revenue that would otherwise be received. This allows
the Department of Fish and Wildlife to make these payments,
and prohibits allocation of funds to a school district,
community college district, or county superintendent of
schools.
8. Drinking Water Fee Regulations. Makes various changes to
amend the drinking water fees fee schedules and authorizes
the State Water Board to adopt fees by emergency
regulation.
9. Public Well Logs. Allows well completion reports, filed
with the Department of Water Resources, to be made
available to governmental agencies and the public, upon
request. Allows for the department to charge a fee for
provision of the report.
10. Metal Recycling Enforcement. Allows the Department of
Toxic Substances Control to regulate and enforce actions
related to metal recycling facilities.
11. External Scientific Review. Makes a technical change to
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remove duplication of external scientific review of public
health goals at the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment.
12. Tijuana River. Establishes the Border Region Solid Waste
Working Group to develop and coordinate long-term solutions
to address and remediate problems associated with waste
tires and solid waste along the border in the Tijuana River
estuary. Provides for an appropriation of $300,000 from the
Waste Tire Reduction Fund to fund this working group.
13. Soccer Fields. Provides for $10 million administered for
certain Proposition 40 projects to be made available for
outdoor education programs.
14. Department of Conservation Oversight and Auditing.
Provides for metrics, timelines, and accountability for the
Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administration, and
for the Underground Injection Program, as administered by
the Department of Conservation.
15. Environmental License Plate Fund Reform. Requires the
Administration to establish a working group to discuss the
reform and modernization of the Environmental License Plate
Fund administration.
16. Technical Adjustment to Oil Gas and Geothermal
Administration Fund. Allows the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Administrative Fund to be allocated to the State Water
Resources Control Board for activities directly related to
the regulation of water quality relative to the Underground
Injection Program at the Department of Conservation.
17. Repatriation Oversight Commission. Shifts the
responsibility previously authorized for the Repatriation
Oversight Commission to the Native American Heritage
Commission.
18. Fireworks Management. Provides necessary authority to
allow the State Fire Marshall to manage illegal and
dangerous fireworks seized, by contracting with a federally
permitted hauler for disposal, or for seized fireworks
deemed to not be hazardous waste, to store in a warehouse
used for fireworks storage, rather than dispose of them,
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until January 1, 2016.
19. Net Metering. Increases the amount of renewable energy
that may be generated on a military base under the net
energy metering category, to the lesser of the following:
twelve megawatts or one megawatt greater than the base's
historical minimum load.
20. Parks Donations. For donations under $50,000, removes
the requirement for the Department of Finance to review and
approve these transactions.
Fiscal
Effect: This bill should not result in any changes to the budget act
or related budget actions.
Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
Comments: This bill provides the necessary statutory references to enact
the 2015-16 budget related to resources, environmental
protection, energy, and agriculture.
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