BILL NUMBER: AB 2653	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, Eggman, Cristina
Garcia, and Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 12893.5 to the Government Code, relating to
greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2653, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Fund: report.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes
the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
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 a market-based
compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Fund and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Existing law requires state agencies to submit annually to the
Secretary for Environmental Protection a specified report that
includes, among other things, a list of measures that have been
adopted and implemented by that state agency to meet greenhouse gas
emission reduction targets, as defined, and a status report on the
actual greenhouse gas emissions reduced as a result of those
measures.
   This bill would create additional requirements on state agencies
submitting that report, including, among other things, identifying
the types of business entities receiving moneys and the actions taken
to connect residents of disadvantaged communities, as defined, and
other target populations with the business, employment, and training
opportunities offered through activities funded with moneys from the
fund.
   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 12893.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12893.5.  Each state agency that expends moneys from the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8,
shall submit as part of the report card required pursuant to Section
12892 all of the following:
   (a) The number of business entities receiving financial assistance
or entering into contracts paid, in whole or in part, using moneys
from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
   (b) The amount of other public or private moneys leveraged when
business entities received the assistance described in subdivision
(a).
   (c) The geographic location, industry sector, gross revenue, and
number of employees of the business entities described in subdivision
(a).
   (d) The number of jobs created, including wage levels and
education and training requirements set, by the business entities
described in subdivision (a).
   (e) Actions taken to connect residents of disadvantaged
communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health
and Safety Code, and other target populations with the business,
employment, and training opportunities offered through activities
funded in whole or in part with moneys from the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund.