BILL NUMBER: AB 1973	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1973, as introduced, Campos. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund:
local educational agencies: energy efficiency projects.
   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 would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would appropriate an unspecified amount of money
from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to local educational agencies
for energy efficiency projects that utilize best practices and reduce
carbon emissions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would appropriate ____ dollars ($____) from the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to local educational agencies for
energy efficiency projects that utilize best practices and reduce
carbon emissions.