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          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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          |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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