BILL NUMBER: AB 2585	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2585, as introduced, Williams. California Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006: biomethane.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes
the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for
monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. Existing
law requires the state board to complete a comprehensive strategy to
reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, in
the state.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would encourage the production and use of biomethane
to meet the goals established in the act.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares that biomethane can
provide the lowest-carbon fuel of any kind while helping to meet the
state's goals relating to short-lived climate pollutants, landfill
diversion, and wildfire reduction.
  SEC. 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
that would encourage the production and use of biomethane to meet the
goals established in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and
Safety Code).