BILL NUMBER: SB 189	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2015

   An act to add Section  12897   12893.5 
to the Government Code, relating to clean energy development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 189, as amended, Hueso. Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Economic
and Jobs Growth Blue Ribbon Committee.
   Existing law requires specified state agencies to prepare and
submit to the Secretary for Environmental Protection specified
information relating to the state agency's greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, including a list of measures adopted and implemented by
the agency to meet GHG emission reduction targets, as defined, and a
status report on GHG emissions reduced as a result of these measures.
Existing law further requires the California Environmental
Protection Agency to provide that information on its Internet Web
site in the form of a state agency GHG emission reduction report
card.
   This bill would create the Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Economic
and Jobs Growth Blue Ribbon  Committee,  
Committee in the California Environmental Protection Agency,
comprised of 7 members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the
Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, as provided. The bill
would prescribe the terms and qualifications of committee members and
would require the committee to advise state agencies on the most
effective ways to expend clean energy and GHG-related funds and
implement policies in order to maximize California's economic and
employment benefits, and to take specified actions in that regard.
The bill would also require the committee to provide an annual update
to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of
the Legislature on its  activities.  
activities, as provided.  The bill would require each state
agency responsible for implementing clean energy and low-carbon
polices and programs to submit an annual progress report to the
Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature describing how it implemented or responded to the advice,
guidance, and recommendations of the committee.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Numerous analyses have shown that California's world
leadership in clean energy and greenhouse gas emission reductions law
and policy  have   has  led to major
employment and economic benefits as well as to significant
environmental and public health benefits.
   (1) In December 2014, the Advanced Energy Economy Institute issued
a report entitled "California Advanced Energy Employment Survey,"
which showed that state advanced energy policies have created over
430,000 jobs, an increase of 5 percent over 2013.
   (2) That report further showed that California was number one in
installed solar capacity and solar jobs, number one in total advanced
energy investment, number one in electric vehicle sales, and number
two in energy efficiency.
   (b) In order to ensure that California's clean energy and climate
programs are optimized for maximum economic benefit and job creation,
the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public Utilities
Commission have all created advisory committees to help them better
understand the implications of their clean energy and climate
policies.
   (c) The purpose of this act is to create a single independent blue
ribbon committee to provide advice to these and other agencies on
the most effective ways to maximize California's economic benefits
and jobs growth via actions and investments in a cleaner, low-carbon
economy.
  SEC. 2.  Section  12897   12893.5  is
added to the Government Code, to read:
    12897.   12893.5.   (a) The Clean
Energy and Low-Carbon Economic and Jobs Growth Blue Ribbon Committee
is hereby created  in   the agency  .
   (b) (1) The committee shall consist of the following members:
   (A) Five members appointed by the Governor and subject to
confirmation by the Senate.
   (B) One member each appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and
the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (2)   Each member shall serve a term of four years.
   (3)   Committee members shall not receive per diem or
other similar compensation for serving as a committee member, but may
receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in connection
with the performance of their duties.
   (c) The committee shall consist solely of persons with expertise
in economic, financial, and policy aspects of clean energy economic
growth, job creation, workforce standards, and employment
opportunities for disadvantaged workers. At least two members of the
committee shall have experience working on economic projects in
disadvantaged communities.
   (d) The committee shall advise state agencies on the most
effective ways to expend clean energy and greenhouse gas-related
funds and to implement policies in order to maximize California's
economic and employment benefits. The committee shall also do all of
the following:
   (1) Develop guidance for tracking and reporting jobs outcomes for
state clean energy and low-carbon investments and use this
information to evaluate jobs outcomes.
   (2) In consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development
Agency, develop guidance to measure the quantity and quality of jobs
created by state investments in clean energy and low-carbon
investments, as well as guidance to measure the geographic and
demographic distribution of jobs.
   (3) Advise state agencies on the most effective ways to require
responsible contractor standards, as applicable, and minimum training
and skill certifications for workers to ensure high-quality work for
state clean energy and low-carbon investments, and the most
effective ways to connect disadvantaged communities and other target
populations to good quality jobs and career pathways created by those
investments.
   (4) In consultation with the California Workforce Investment
Board, advise state agencies on the most effective ways to align
state clean energy and low-carbon training funds with existing state
workforce development investments and strategies.
   (e) The committee shall provide an annual update to the Governor
and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature
on its activities.
   (f) (1) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources
Board, and any other state agency responsible for implementing clean
energy and low-carbon policies and programs shall submit an annual
progress report to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature describing how it implemented or
responded to the advice, guidance, and any recommendations provided
by the committee pursuant to the requirements of subdivision (d).

    (2) The annual progress report required by paragraph (1) may be
included in any other annual report the state agency is required to
provide to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature, if it is feasible for the agency to do
so.  
   (2) 
    (3)  This subdivision shall be inoperative on January 1,
2021, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.