BILL NUMBER: ACR 14	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Niello
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Nielsen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members DeVore, Duvall, Gilmore, Hagman, and
Jeffries)
   (Coauthors: Senators Aanestad, Cox, Harman, and Runner)

                        JANUARY 27, 2009

   Relative to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 14, as introduced, Niello. California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006.
   This measure would call upon the State Air Resources Board, prior
to any regulatory action being taken consistent with the scoping plan
for the implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,
to perform an economic analysis that will give the State of
California a more complete and accurate picture of the costs and
benefits of the act's implementation. The measure would also call
upon the Governor to use the authority granted by the act to adjust
any applicable deadlines for regulations.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, The State Air Resources Board is developing a greenhouse
gas emission reduction program pursuant to the California Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (the act) to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions in the state to 1990 levels by the year 2020; and
   WHEREAS, The act requires the State Air Resources Board to design
emission reduction measures to meet statewide emissions limits for
greenhouse gases established pursuant to the act in a manner that
minimizes costs and maximizes benefits for California's economy; and
   WHEREAS, The State Air Resources Board has adopted a scoping plan
to lower the state's greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 2020 limit;
and
   WHEREAS, The scoping plan's primary purpose is to develop a set of
measures that will provide the maximum cost-effective and
technologically feasible greenhouse gas emission reductions; and
   WHEREAS, The State Air Resources Board is required by the act to
consider the economic impacts of the scoping plan through an economic
analysis; and
   WHEREAS, Given the current extraordinary circumstances with regard
to California's budget and the recessionary state of our economy, it
is more important than ever that we have an accurate economic
estimate of the impact of the actions proposed in the scoping plan
before proceeding with regulations to implement the act; and
   WHEREAS, As public servants, it is the duty of the State Air
Resources Board to ensure that California has a complete and accurate
picture of the full economic impact of any regulatory actions; and
   WHEREAS, The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst believes that the
scoping plan's overall emissions reductions and purported net
economic benefit are highly reliant on one measure; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislative Analyst believes that the plan's
evaluation of the costs and savings of some recommended measures are
inconsistent and incomplete; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislative Analyst believes the scoping plan's
macroeconomic modeling results show a slight net economic benefit to
the plan, but that the State Air Resources Board failed to
demonstrate the analytical rigor of its findings; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislative Analyst believes that economic analysis
played a limited role in development of the scoping plan; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislative Analyst believes the scoping plan fails
to lay out an "investment pathway"; and
   WHEREAS, The State Air Resources Board's peer review of the
scoping plan, commissioned by the State Air Resources Board, also
found that the State Air Resources Board was less than thorough or
analytical in its economic analysis of the scoping plan and found
that the board should have taken into account several factors that it
did not; and
   WHEREAS, The Governor has the ability under the authority granted
to him by the act in Section 38599 of the Health and Safety Code to
adjust the applicable deadlines for individual regulations when
extraordinary circumstances, catastrophic events, or threat of
significant economic harm exists; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature calls upon the State Air
Resources Board to, prior to any regulatory action being taken
consistent with the scoping plan for the implementation of the Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006, perform an economic analysis that
will give the State of California a more complete and accurate
picture of the costs and benefits of the act's implementation; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Governor of the State of California use the
authority granted by the act to adjust any applicable deadlines for
the adoption of regulations; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.