BILL NUMBER: SB 20	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 43890) to Chapter
4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating
to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 20, as amended, Pavley. Low Carbon Fuels Council.
   Existing law establishes the California Alternative and Renewable
Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of
2007, which includes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle
Technology Program, administered by the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, and the Air Quality
Improvement Program, administered by the State Air Resources Board.
Existing law requires the emphasis of the Alternative and Renewable
Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to be to develop and deploy
technology and alternative and renewable fuels in the marketplace,
without adopting any one preferred fuel or technology. Existing law
requires the primary purpose of the Air Quality Improvement Program
to be the funding of projects to reduce criteria air pollutants, to
improve air quality, and to fund research to determine and improve
the air quality impacts of alternative transportation fuels and
vehicles, vessels, and equipment technologies.
   This bill would create the Low Carbon Fuels Council, as specified,
which, among other things, would coordinate state agencies'
activities that are related to the acceleration and development of
the instate production of low carbon  fuels.  
fuels and very low carbon transportation fuels. 
   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.  Article 7 (commencing with Section 43890) is added to
Chapter 4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to
read:

      Article 7.  Low Carbon Fuels Council


   43890.  For purposes of this  section, "council" 
 article: 
    (a)     "Council"  means the Low
Carbon Fuels Council, established pursuant to  this article.
  Section 43892.  
   (b) "Low carbon fuel" means a transportation fuel that will
contribute to the reduction in carbon intensity of California
transportation fuels and to the achievement of the state's greenhouse
gas reduction goals.  
   (c) "Very low carbon transportation fuel" has the same meaning as
defined in Section 43870. 
   43892.  (a) The Low Carbon Fuels Council is hereby established.
   (b) (1) The council shall consist of  five  
six  members as follows:
   (A) Chair of the state board.
   (B) Chair of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission. 
   (C) Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development.  
   (C) 
   (   D)  One member appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules. 
   (D) 
    (  E)  One member appointed by the Speaker of
the Assembly. 
   (E) 
    (   F)  One member appointed by the 
Governor.   Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Senate. 
   (2) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs  (C)
and  (D)  and (E)  of paragraph (1) shall have a
scientific, economic, or industry professional background in the
production of low carbon  fuels.   fuels and
very low carbon transportation fuels. 
   (3) The member appointed pursuant to subparagraph  (E)
  (F)  of paragraph (1) shall be  appointed
on the basis of his or her educational and professional
qualifications and general knowledge of and interest in the
production of low carbon fuels.   a representative of a
bona fide nonprofit environmental justice organization that advocates
for clean air and pollution reductions. 
   (4) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs  (C)
to (E),   (D) to (F),  inclusive, of paragraph (1)
shall serve for a term of four  years,   years
 and may be reappointed.
   (c) Except as provided in this subdivision, members of the council
shall serve without compensation. A member shall be reimbursed for
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or
her duties and shall be compensated one hundred dollars ($100) for
each day during which the member is engaged in the performance of his
or her official duties related to the council.
   43894.  The council's meetings shall be open to the public and
comply with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing
with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2
of the Government Code).
   43896.  (a) The council shall do all of the following:
   (1) Coordinate state agencies' activities that are related to the
acceleration and development of the instate production of low carbon
 fuels.   fuels and very low carbon
transportation fuels. 
   (2) Identify and  address   evaluate 
any gaps in existing programs, policies, or activities that may
impede the instate construction of new, or the expansion of existing,
low carbon fuel production  facilities.  
facilities or very low carbon transportation fuel production
facilities. 
   (3) Make recommendations to the Legislature for changes in the law
needed to achieve the goals of this subdivision.
   (b) The council may sponsor conferences, symposia, and other
public forums to seek a broad range of public advice.