BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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(Without Reference to File)
SENATE THIRD READING
SB
83 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
As Amended June 17, 2015
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE: Vote not relevant
SUMMARY: This is the Omnibus Resources Trailer Bill for
2015-16. It contains necessary changes related to the Budget
Act of 2015. This bill makes various statutory changes to
implement the 2015-16 budget. Specifically, this bill:
1)Department of Toxic Substances Control Accountability.
Provides for the establishment of an independent review panel
to make recommendations regarding improvements to the
department's permitting, enforcement, public outreach and
fiscal management. Also establishes an assistant director for
environmental justice to serve as an ombudsperson for
disadvantaged communities.
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
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Program and provides for a sunset of date of June 1, 2018.
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 (PILT). 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. Makes PILT payments
discretionary and precludes counties from spending these
payments on school districts since Proposition 98 (1988)
already backfills this portion of lost tax revenue.
8)Drinking Water Fee Regulations. Makes various changes to
amend the drinking water fees fee schedules and authorizes the
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State Water 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 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 (2002) 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.
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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 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: twelve
megawatts or one megawatt greater than the base's historical
minimum load. Includes language to ensure a fair and
competitive bidding process for solar installations on
military homes and facilities.
20)Gifts and Donations. Authorizes the Department of Parks and
Recreation to accept gifts and donations with cash values
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under $50,000 without Department of Finance (DOF) approval.
COMMENT: None.
Analysis Prepared by: Gabrielle Meindl / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099 FN: 0001021