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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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