Amended in Assembly March 28, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1555


Introduced by Assembly Member Gomez

January 4, 2016


An act relating to greenhousebegin delete gases.end deletebegin insert gases, and making an appropriation therefor.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1555, as amended, Gomez. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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.

This bill wouldbegin delete state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that wouldend delete appropriatebegin delete $1,700,000,000end deletebegin insert $800,000,000end insert from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for thebegin delete 2015-16end deletebegin insert 2016-17end insert fiscal yearbegin delete that would be allocated to different entitiesend deletebegin insert to various state agenciesend insert inbegin insert specifiedend insert amountsbegin delete to be determined in the future legislationend delete forbegin insert variousend insert purposesbegin delete includingend deletebegin insert including, among other things,end insert low carbon transportation and infrastructure, clean energy communities,begin delete and community climate improvements,end delete wetland and watershed restoration, and carbon sequestration.begin insert The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to reserve $150,000,000 from the fund to fund future legislative priorities.end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

begin deleteIt is the intent of the Legislature to enact future
2legislation that would appropriate one billion seven hundred million
3dollars ($1,700,000,000) end delete
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertFor the 2016-17 fiscal year, eight
4hundred million dollars ($800,000,000) end insert
from the Greenhouse Gas
5Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the
6Government Code,begin delete to be allocated, in amounts to be determined
7in that future legislationend delete
begin insert is hereby appropriatedend insert as follows:

begin delete

8(a) For

end delete

9begin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertTo the State Air Resources Board forend insert low carbon
10transportation and infrastructure, as follows:

begin delete

11(1)

end delete

12begin insert(A)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____) to the California Air
13Resources Boardend delete
begin insert two hundred ninety million dollars
14($290,000,000)end insert
for low carbon transportation and infrastructure
15programs.

begin delete

16(2)

end delete

17begin insert(B)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert ten million dollars
18($10,000,000)end insert
forbegin delete Active Transportationend deletebegin insert active transportationend insert and
19transit pass investments.

begin delete

20(b)

end delete

21begin insert(2)end insert For clean energy communities, as follows:

begin delete

22(1)

end delete

23begin insert(A)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert one hundred million
24dollars ($100,000,000)end insert
to thebegin delete Community Serviceend delete Departmentbegin insert of
25Community Services and Developmentend insert
and the California
26Conservation Corps for weatherization and low-income solar
27rooftop programs, with at least ____ dollars ($____) of those
28moneys for integrated solarization and weatherization programs
29or projects in disadvantaged communities.

begin delete

30(2)

end delete

31begin insert(B)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert one hundred million
32dollars ($100,000,000)end insert
to thebegin delete Californiaend deletebegin insert Stateend insert Energybegin insert Resources
P3    1Conservation and Developmentend insert
Commission and the Department
2of Water Resources forbegin insert equipment and otherend insert replacement programs,
3including turf and toilet replacement.

begin delete

4(3)

end delete

5begin insert(C)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert ten million dollars
6($10,000,000)end insert
to the Department of Water Resources for energy
7efficient ground water pump replacement grant programs.

begin delete

8(4) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) to develop low-carbon
9microgrids for public buildings and universities.

end delete
begin delete

10(5)

end delete

11begin insert(D)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert five million dollars
12($5,000,000)end insert
to the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the
13amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert fifteen million dollars
14($15,000,000)end insert
tobegin delete CalRecycle,end deletebegin insert the Department of Resources
15Recycling and Recovery,end insert
to provide incentive programs for waste
16diversion, biogas development, and compost programs, including
17grants to agriculture and urban waste organic diversion facilities.

begin delete

18(6)

end delete

19begin insert(E)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert ten million dollars
20($10,000,000)end insert
to the Department of Food and Agriculture for
21on-farm energy and water efficiency programs.

begin delete

22(c) For community climate improvements, wetland and
23watershed restoration, and carbon sequestration, as follows:

end delete
begin delete

24(1)

end delete

25begin insert(3)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert one hundred million
26dollars ($100,000,000)end insert
to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for
27wetland development, rehabilitation, and enhancement.

begin delete

28(2) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) to the Wildlife
29Conservation Board for allocation to state and regional
30conservancies for watershed restoration.

end delete
begin insert

31
(4) The amount of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) to
32the California Coastal Conservancy for wetland and watershed
33restoration, and carbon sequestration.

end insert
begin delete

34(3)

end delete

35begin insert(5)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert fifteen millions dollars
36($15,000,000)end insert
to the Natural Resources Agency for riparian and
37revegetation programs.

begin delete

38(4)

end delete

39begin insert(6)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert twenty-five million
40dollars ($25,000,000) to the Natural Resources Agencyend insert
for
P4    1local-climate-beneficial projects for urban greening, urban
2canopies, urban brownfield conversion, and other related projects.

begin delete

3(5)

end delete

4begin insert(7)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert ten million dollars
5($10,000,000) to the Natural Resources Agencyend insert
for agricultural
6and rangeland carbon sequestration programs.

begin delete

7(6)

end delete

8begin insert(8)end insert The amount ofbegin delete ____ dollars ($____)end deletebegin insert twenty-five million
9dollars ($25,000,000)end insert
to the Department of Forestry and Fire
10Protection for urban forestry.

begin delete

11(d) For opportunity investments in amounts to be determined.

end delete
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12
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to set aside and reserve one
13hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) to fund future
14legislative priorities.

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