BILL NUMBER: AB 156	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        JANUARY 20, 2015

   An act to amend Section 39713  of   of, and
to add Section 39713.5 to,  the Health and Safety Code, relating
to greenhouse gases.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 156, as amended, Perea. California Global Warming Solutions Act
of 2006: investment plan.
   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 state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse
gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas
emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020.  The act
authorizes the state board to include the 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 California
Environmental Protection Agency to identify disadvantaged communities
and 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 requires the 3-year
investment plan to allocate a minimum of 25% of the available moneys
in the fund to projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged
communities.  
   This bill would require the state board to establish a
comprehensive technical assistance program, upon the appropriation of
moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, for eligible
applicants, as specified, assisting disadvantaged communities. 
   This bill would  also  require the department to include
in the 3-year investment plan an allocation  to the state board
 to provide technical assistance to disadvantaged communities to
assist them in  proposing   developing project
proposals for  specified  projects for inclusion in the
3-year investment plan.   projects. 
   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 39713 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39713.  (a) The investment plan developed and submitted to the
Legislature, pursuant to Section 39716, shall allocate a minimum of
25 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects that
provide benefits to communities described in Section 39711.
   (b) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 10 percent of
the available moneys in the fund to projects located within
communities described in Section 39711.
   (c) The allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) may be, but need
not be, for projects included, in whole or in part, in the set of
projects supported by the allocation described in subdivision (a).
   (d) The investment plan shall allocate from the available moneys
in the fund technical assistance moneys  to the state board 
to assist the communities described in Section 39711 in 
proposing   developing project proposals for 
projects described in this section. That allocation of technical
assistance moneys shall not be used to satisfy the requirements of
subdivisions (a) and (b).
   SEC. 2.    Section 39713.5 is added to the  
Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   39713.5.  (a) Upon appropriation of moneys from the fund, the
state board shall establish a comprehensive technical assistance
program, consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 39713, for
eligible applicants assisting disadvantaged communities identified
pursuant to Section 39711. Eligible applicants include, but are not
limited to, regional agencies and nonprofit organizations
coordinating with local governments.
   (b) The program established pursuant to this section shall provide
assistance to eligible applicants with any of the following:
   (1) Identifying state agencies with appropriate grant programs.
   (2) Developing competitive project proposals to apply for moneys
available through state agencies or pursuant to this chapter.
   (3) Coordinating existing local programs to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions with new programs receiving moneys pursuant to this
chapter.
   (4) Conducting community outreach to residents of disadvantaged
communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 on consumer programs
receiving state or local moneys pursuant to this chapter or for
other programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The programs may
include, but are not limited to, programs that also improve air
quality, reduce residential and commercial water use, and increase
residential and commercial energy efficiency.