BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 83| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. SB 83 Page 2 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 SB 83 Page 3 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 SB 83 Page 4 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 **** END **** SB 83 Page 5