BILL NUMBER: SB 1443	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 38570 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1443, as introduced, Galgiani. California Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006: market-based compliance mechanisms.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020. The act authorizes the state
board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 38570 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   38570.  (a) The state board may include in the regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 38562 the use of market-based compliance
mechanisms to comply with the regulations.
   (b) Prior to the inclusion of  any   a 
market-based compliance mechanism in the regulations, to the extent
feasible and in furtherance of achieving the statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit, the state board shall do all of the following:
   (1) Consider the potential for direct, indirect, and cumulative
emission impacts from these mechanisms, including localized impacts
in communities that are already adversely impacted by air pollution.
   (2) Design  any   a  market-based
compliance mechanism to prevent  any   an 
increase in the emissions of toxic air contaminants or criteria air
pollutants.
   (3) Maximize additional environmental and economic benefits for
California, as appropriate.
   (c) The state board shall adopt regulations governing how
market-based compliance mechanisms may be used by regulated entities
subject to greenhouse gas emission limits and mandatory emission
reporting requirements to achieve compliance with their greenhouse
gas emissions limits.