BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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(Without Reference to File)
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
1613 (Committee on Budget)
As Amended August 30, 2016
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
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Original Committee Reference: BUDGET
SUMMARY: Amends the 2016 Budget Act to appropriate $900 million
of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds consistent with the 2016 Cap
and Trade Plan.
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill,
and instead:
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1)Appropriate $900 million of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds for
a portfolio of programs:
a) $135 million for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital
program, helping fund essential local capital projects to
keep Californians moving by bus and commuter rail;
b) $10 million for the Active Transportation Program to
fund bicycle and pedestrian programs that make walking or
biking to school and work safer and easier;
c) $133 million for a reformed Clean Vehicle Rebate
Project, which help low and middle income families purchase
the newest, cleanest vehicles available;
d) $150 million for the Heavy Duty and Off-Road Investments
to help develop and pilot cleaner industrial vehicles,
buses, and port equipment with new low or zero emissions;
e) $80 million for the Enhanced Vehicle Fleet Modernization
program to provide low income families help in replacing
their existing polluting vehicle with a newer, cleaner
vehicle;
f) $140 million for the Transformative Climate Communities
program to allow for a community-wide approach for
disadvantaged communities specified in statute to implement
an integrated transportation, housing, and green space
development plan to reduce pollution and improve local
quality of life;
g) $5 million to reduce black carbon emissions by
supplementing successful local programs to reduce wood
smoke pollution through fireplace, stove, and heater
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replacement;
h) $40 million for waste diversion projects for organic
material which fund projects that have a double
environmental benefit of capture greenhouse gases while
also reducing methane emissions;
i) $7.5 million for the Healthy Soils program, to establish
innovative farming practices that capture carbon, reduce
water use and improve soil health;
j) $50 million for programs that help dairies reduce
emissions and pollution associated with animal manure;
aa) $7.5 million to continue the successful State Water
Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) which helps
replace older inefficient water irrigation and pumping
equipment with new state-of-the-art replacements that
pollute less and save water;
bb) $25 million for the Healthy Forest program, which
preserves existing forests by reducing the threat of
wildfires by reducing fuels, removing dead trees, and
providing long-term protection to forest land;
cc) $80 million for the Urban Greening program, to create
green spaces and parks in communities in California that
lack green space;
dd) $15 million to continue the successful Urban Forestry
program, which helps urban disadvantage communities plant
trees in their neighborhood;
ee) $20 million to help individuals in low-income
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communities reduce their energy use with weatherization and
energy efficiency improvements, including solar
installations; and
ff) $2 million to assist disadvantaged communities and local
governments with developing climate action plans.
2)Reappropriate previously appropriated funds for the Building
Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) program at the
Department of Housing and Community Development and Affordable
Housing and Sustainable Community program funds at the
Strategic Growth Council.
FISCAL EFFECT: This bill contains $900 million of Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, which would result in a
remaining fund balance for the fund of at least $462 million for
future appropriations.
COMMENTS: This bill amends the 2016 Budget Act, SB 826 (Leno),
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2016, to add appropriations related to
Cap and Trade. When the budget agreement was reached in June,
the decision regarding programmatic funding for Cap and Trade
programs was deferred. This bill reflects the result of a
subsequent agreement on spending a portion of available
Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds and thus adds these
appropriations into the 2016 Budget.
Analysis Prepared by:
Christian Griffith / BUDGET / 916-319-2099 FN:
0005034
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