SB 1464, as amended, De León. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
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, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Existing law requires the state board to consult with other states, the federal government, and other nations to identify the most effective strategies and methods to reduce greenhouse gases, manage greenhouse gas control programs, and facilitate the development of integrated and cost-effective regional, national, and international greenhouse gas reduction programs.
end deleteThis bill would require the state board to also consult with local agencies for these purposes.
end deleteExisting law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop and update, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law requires the investment plan to, among other things, identify priority programmatic investments of moneys that will facilitate the achievement of feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions toward achievement of greenhouse gas reduction goals and targets by sector.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require, in identifying priority programmatic investments, that the investment plan assess how proposed investments interact with current state regulations, policies, and programs, and evaluate if and how the proposed investments could be incorporated into existing programs. The bill would also require the investment plan to recommend metrics that would measure progress and benefits from the proposed programmatic investments.
end insertVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 39716 of the end insertbegin insertHealth and Safety Codeend insertbegin insert is
2amended to read:end insert
(a) The Department of Finance, on behalf of the
4Governor, and in consultation with the state board and any other
5relevant state entity, shall develop and submit to the Legislature
6at the time of the department’s adjustments to the proposed
72013-14 fiscal year budget pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section
813308 of the Government Code a three-year investment plan.
9Commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year budget and every three
10years thereafter, with the release of the Governor’s budget proposal,
11the Department of Finance shall include updates to the investment
12plan following the public process described in subdivisions (b)
13and (c). The investment plan, consistent with the requirements of
14Section 39712, shall do all of the following:
15(1) Identify the state’s
near-term and long-term greenhouse gas
16emissions reduction goals and targets by sector.
17(2) Analyze gaps, where applicable, in current state strategies
18to meeting the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals
19and targets by sector.
20(3) begin insert(A)end insertbegin insert end insert Identify priority programmatic investments of moneys
21that will facilitate the achievement of feasible and cost-effective
22greenhouse gas emissions reductions toward achievement of
P3 1greenhouse gas reduction goals and targets by sector, consistent
2with subdivision (c) of Section 39712.
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(B) In identifying priority programmatic investments, the
4investment plan shall do both of the following:
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(i) Assess how proposed investments interact with current state
6regulations, policies, and programs.
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(ii) Evaluate if and how those proposed investments could be
8incorporated into existing programs.
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(4) Recommend metrics that would measure progress and
10benefits from the proposed programmatic investments.
11(b) (1) The state board shall hold at least two public workshops
12in different regions of the state and one public hearing prior to the
13Department of Finance submitting the investment plan.
14(2) The state board shall, prior to the submission of each
15investment plan, consult with the Public Utilities Commission to
16ensure the investment plan is coordinated with, and does not
17conflict with or unduly overlap with, activities under the oversight
18or administration of the Public Utilities Commission undertaken
19pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 38570) of Division
2025.5 or other activities under the oversight or administration of
21the Public Utilities Commission that facilitate greenhouse gas
22emissions reductions consistent with this division. The investment
23plan shall include a description of the use of any moneys generated
24by the sale of allowances received at no
cost by the investor-owned
25utilities pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism.
26(c) The Climate Action Team, established under Executive
27Order S-3-05, shall provide information to the Department of
28Finance and the state board to assist in the development of each
29investment plan. The Climate Action Team shall participate in
30each public workshop held on an investment plan and provide
31testimony to the state board on each investment plan. For purposes
32of this section, the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development
33shall assist the Climate Action Team in its efforts.
Section 38564 of the Health and Safety Code is
35amended to read:
The state board shall consult with local agencies, other
37states, the federal government, and other nations to identify the
38most effective strategies and methods to reduce greenhouse gases,
39manage greenhouse gas control programs, and facilitate the
P4 1development of integrated and cost-effective regional, national,
2and international greenhouse gas reduction programs.
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