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                                 UNFINISHED BUSINESS


          Bill No:  SB 83
          Author:   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review  
          Amended:  6/17/15  
          Vote:     21  

          SENATE FLOOR:  Not relevant

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Not available

           SUBJECT:   Public Resources


          SOURCE:    Author
          
          DIGEST:  This bill makes various changes to implement the  
          resources, environmental protection, energy, and agriculture  
          budget actions adopted as part of the 2015-16 Budget package.

          Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill and  
          insert the current language.

          ANALYSIS:   This bill includes the following key changes.


           1) Department of Toxic Substances Control Accountability.  
             Provides for the establishment of an independent review panel  
             to oversee the department's permitting and enforcement  
             backlog and to advise the department on performance measures.

           2) New Solar Homes Partnership Program. Allows the California  
             Public Utilities Commission to select the State Energy  
             Resources Conservation and Development Commission as the  
             continuing administrator of the New Solar Homes Partnership  
             Program and provides for a sunset of date of June 1, 2018.









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           3) California Science Center Phase III. Allows the California  
             Science Center to enter into agreements and leases with the  
             California Science Center Foundation, for the purpose of  
             further construction of the California Science Center Phase  
             III project.

           4) Mining Royalties. Requires all funds from mining activities  
             on federal lands to be deposited into a special account for  
             appropriation by the Legislature.

           5) Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount. Authorizes funds in  
             the subaccount to be available to the State Air Resources  
             Board, upon appropriation, for implementation and  
             administration of the enhanced fleet modernization program.

           6) Power Plant Citing Fees. Allows the State Energy Resources  
             Conservation and Development Commission to administer a fee  
             of $5,000 for existing certified projects that are amended,  
             plus the cost to reimburse the commission for review of a  
             permit up to $750,000, as adjusted for inflation.

           7) Payment In-Lieu of Taxes. For state lands acquired for  
             wildlife management, the state is authorized to pay counties  
             assessments levied upon the property in lieu of tax revenue  
             that would otherwise be received. Instead allows the  
             Department of Fish and Wildlife to make these payments, and  
             prohibits allocation of funds to a school district, community  
             college district, or county superintendent of schools.

           8) Drinking Water Fee Regulations. Makes various changes to  
             amend the drinking water fees fee schedules and authorizes  
             the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt fees by  
             emergency regulation.

           9) Public Well Logs. Allows well completion reports, filed with  
             the Department of Water Resources, to be made available to  
             governmental agencies and the public, upon request. Allows  
             for the department to charge a fee for provision of the  
             report.

           10)         Metal Recycling Enforcement. Allows the Department  
             of Toxic Substances Control to regulate and enforce actions  








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             related to metal recycling facilities.

           11)         External Scientific Review. Makes a technical  
             change to remove duplication of external scientific review of  
             public health goals at the Office of Environmental Health  
             Hazard Assessment.

           12)         Tijuana River. Establishes the Border Region Solid  
             Waste Working Group to develop and coordinate long-term  
             solutions to address and remediate problems associated with  
             waste tires and solid waste along the border in the Tijuana  
             River estuary. Provides for an appropriation of $300,000 from  
             the Waste Tire Reduction Fund to fund this working group.

           13)         Soccer Fields. Provides for $10 million  
             administered for certain Proposition 40 projects to be made  
             available for outdoor education programs. 

           14)         Department of Conservation Oversight and Auditing.  
             Provides for metrics, timelines, and accountability for the  
             Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administration, and for  
             the Underground Injection Program, as administered by the  
             Department of Conservation. 

           15)         Environmental License Plate Fund Reform. Requires  
             the Administration to establish a working group to discuss  
             the reform and modernization of the Environmental License  
             Plate Fund administration.

           16)         Technical Adjustment to Oil Gas and Geothermal  
             Administration Fund. Allows the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal  
             Administrative Fund to be allocated to the State Water  
             Resources Control Board for activities directly related to  
             the regulation of water quality relative to the Underground  
             Injection Program at the Department of Conservation.

           17)         Repatriation Oversight Commission. Shifts the  
             responsibility previously authorized for the Repatriation  
             Oversight Commission to the Native American Heritage  
             Commission.

           18)         Fireworks Management. Provides necessary authority  








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             to allow the State Fire Marshall to manage illegal and  
             dangerous fireworks seized, by contracting with a federally  
             permitted hauler for disposal, or for seized fireworks deemed  
             to not be hazardous waste, to store in a warehouse used for  
             fireworks storage, rather than dispose of them, until January  
             1, 2016.

           19)         Net Metering. Increases the amount of renewable  
             energy that may be generated on a military base under the net  
             energy metering category, to the lesser of the following: 12  
             megawatts or one megawatt greater than the base's historical  
             minimum load.

           20)         Parks Donations. For donations under $50,000,  
             removes the requirement for the Department of Finance to  
             review and approve these transactions.

          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    Yes         Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   Yes


          SUPPORT:   (Verified6/19/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified6/19/15)


          None received
           
           


          Prepared by: Catherine Freeman / B. & F.R. / (916) 651-4103
          6/19/15 9:20:07


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