BILL NUMBER: AB 2653 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 27, 2016
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 amended, 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
and state entities submitting that report, including,
among other things, identifying the types
number of business entities entities, as
defined, receiving moneys and the actions and outcomes of
those actions taken to connect assist
residents of disadvantaged communities, as defined, and other
target populations populations, as specified,
with the business, employment, and training opportunities
offered through activities funded with moneys from the fund.
fund and with any other state funding source that is
related to climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and
greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:
(a) Since the enactment of the California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the
Health and Safety Code), the state has been committed to taking
actions to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a
catalyst for others to undertake their own emissions reduction
actions.
(b) The purpose of the state agency greenhouse gas reduction
report card, pursuant to Section 12892 of the Government Code, is to
ensure that state agencies consider and implement measures and
strategies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to establish the
routine, quantified, verified, consistent, and public reporting of
those measures along with their effectiveness in reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
(c) The Department of Finance's three-year investment plan for
moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, pursuant to
Section 39716 of the Health and Safety Code, is designed to identify
near-term and long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals by
sector, gaps in current state strategies, and priority programmatic
investments of moneys in the fund. Annually, the Department of
Finance reports on programs funded with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
moneys, pursuant to Section 39720 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) The state agency greenhouse gas reduction report card and the
record of proposed expenditures, pursuant to Section 16428.9 of the
Government Code, track state agency actions related to moneys
appropriated from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, as well as key
climate actions taken by state agencies using other funding. These
activities include the broadest range of climate mitigation and
reduction programs directed at small businesses and distressed
communities, including programs sponsored by the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Cool California,
the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and the State Air
Resources Board.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. Section 12893.5
is added to the Government Code, to read:
12893.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following
terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Business entity" means any firm operating in the state as a
nonprofit, sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability
company, or corporation.
(2) "Fund" means the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created
pursuant to Section 16428.8.
(b) Each state agency
agency and state entity that expends moneys from the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section
16428.8, fund shall submit as part of the report
card required pursuant to Section 12892 all of the following:
(a)
(1) 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.
fund.
(b)
(2) The amount of other public or private moneys
leveraged when business entities received the assistance described in
subdivision (a). paragraph (1), as reported
by the business entities.
(c)
(3) The geographic location, industry sector,
gross revenue, and number of employees of the business
entities described in subdivision (a).
paragraph (1).
(d)
(4) The number of jobs created, including wage
levels and education and training requirements set,
levels, by the business entities described in
subdivision (a). paragraph (1).
(e)
(5) (A) Actions and outcomes
from those actions taken to connect
assist 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.
fund or other state funding sources overseen by the
reporting state agency that are directly related to climate change
mitigation, climate change adaptation, and GHG emissions reductions,
as determined by the state agency.
(B) The secretary shall identify the other target populations
referenced in subparagraph (A).
(c) At the discretion of the secretary, the information required
pursuant to paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) may
be reported as part of the report card required pursuant to Section
12892 or as part of any report required pursuant to Section 39716 or
39720 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) This section shall apply to awards made by a state agency on
or after February 1, 2017.