BILL NUMBER: SB 758	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 25621) to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 758, as introduced, Block. Atmospheric Rivers Research and
Mitigation Fund.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to implement and administer various energy
research, demonstration, development, and conservation programs in
the state. Existing law also requires specified state agencies to
prepare and submit to the Secretary for Environmental Protection,
specified information relating to the state's greenhouse gas
emissions.
   This bill would establish the Atmospheric Rivers Research and
Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury for the purposes of funding
research, demonstration, and development of an atmospheric rivers
program to mitigate the effects of climate change associated with
atmospheric rivers.
   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.  Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 25621) is added to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 7.2.  ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS RESEARCH AND MITIGATION FUND


   25621.  There is hereby established in the State Treasury, the
Atmospheric Rivers Research and Mitigation Fund, for the purposes of
funding research, demonstration, and development of an atmospheric
rivers program to mitigate the effects of climate change associated
with atmospheric rivers.