BILL NUMBER: AB 1394 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to amend Sections 15002 and 15003 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code, relating to workforce investment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1394, as introduced, Bass. California Workforce Investment
Board: Green Collar Jobs Council.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
(CWIB), and requires the board to establish a committee known as the
Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC), comprised of specified members,
and requires the GCJC to perform certain functions and duties,
including the development of a strategic initiative, relating to the
training and development of a skilled workforce to meet the needs of
California's emerging green economy.
This bill would authorize the GCJC to accept any revenues, moneys,
grants, goods, or services from federal and state governmental
entities, local philanthropic organizations, and other sources, to be
used for purposes relating to the administration and implementation
of the strategic initiative. The bill would require the GCJC to
confer with appropriate state and local agencies to coordinate the
award of specified federal grant funds and green workforce training
funds received by the state, and to make a finding that a proposed
program or expenditure is consistent with the purposes of the
above-described initiative, prior to authorizing the expenditure of
funds made available to the state pursuant to The Federal American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
AB 1394, as introduced, Bass. California Workforce Investment
Board: Green Collar Jobs Council.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
(CWIB), and requires the board to establish a committee known as the
Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC), comprised of specified members,
and requires the GCJC to perform certain functions and duties,
including the development of a strategic initiative, relating to the
training and development of a skilled workforce to meet the needs of
California's emerging green economy.
This bill would authorize the GCJC to accept any revenues, moneys,
grants, goods, or services from federal and state governmental
entities, local philanthropic organizations, and other sources, to be
used for purposes relating to the administration and implementation
of the strategic initiative. The bill would require the GCJC to
confer with appropriate state and local agencies to coordinate the
award of specified federal grant funds and green workforce training
funds received by the state, and to make a finding that a proposed
program or expenditure is consistent with the purposes of the
above-described initiative, prior to authorizing the expenditure of
funds made available to the state pursuant to The Federal American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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. Section 15002 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
15002. (a) The California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) shall
establish a special committee known as the Green Collar Jobs Council
(GCJC), comprised of the appropriate representatives from the CWIB
existing membership, including the K-12 representative, the
California Community Colleges representative, the Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency representative, the Employment
Development Department representative, and other appropriate members.
The CWIB may call on other state agencies, other higher education
representatives, and industry representatives as well as
philanthropic, nongovernmental, and environmental groups as
appropriate and necessary to serve as consultants to the GCJC in the
development of this strategic initiative.
(b) As part of the strategic initiative the GCJC shall identify
and develop the framework, funding, strategies, programs, policies,
partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the growing need
for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs of
California's emerging green economy. The GCJC shall do all of the
following:
(1) Assist in identifying and linking green collar job
opportunities with workforce development training opportunities in
local workforce investment areas (LWIAs), encouraging regional
collaboration among LWIAs to meet regional economic demands.
(2) Develop public, private, philanthropic, and nongovernmental
partnerships to build and expand the state's workforce development
programs, network, and infrastructure.
(3) Provide policy guidance for job training programs in the clean
and green technology sectors to assist and prepare specific
populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans,
formerly incarcerated individuals, and others facing barriers to
employment.
(4) Develop, collect, interpret, and distribute statewide and
regional labor market data on California's new and emerging green
industries workforce needs, trends, and job growth.
(5) Identify funding resources and make recommendations on how to
expand and leverage these funds.
(6) Foster regional collaboratives in the green economic sector.
(c) The GCJC may accept any revenues, moneys, grants, goods, or
services from federal and state public entities, local philanthropic
organizations, and other sources, to be used for purposes relating to
the administration and implementation of the strategic initiative,
as described in Subdivision (b).
SEC. 2. Section 15003 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
15003. (a) On or before April 1, 2009, and
annually each April 1 yearly
thereafter, the CWIB shall report to the Legislature on the status of
GCJC activities and its development of a green workforce strategic
initiative.
(b) The GCJC shall also confer with the appropriate state and
local agencies to coordinate the award of grant funds and green
workforce training funds received by the state under the federal
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1).
(c) The GCJC shall make a finding that a proposed program or
expenditure to be funded pursuant to subdivision (b) is consistent
with the strategic initiative described in subdivision (a) and (b) of
Section 15002, prior to authorizing the expenditure of any funds
made available to the state pursuant to the federal American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1).
SECTION 1. Section 15002 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
15002. (a) The California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) shall
establish a special committee known as the Green Collar Jobs Council
(GCJC), comprised of the appropriate representatives from the CWIB
existing membership, including the K-12 representative, the
California Community Colleges representative, the Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency representative, the Employment
Development Department representative, and other appropriate members.
The CWIB may call on other state agencies, other higher education
representatives, and industry representatives as well as
philanthropic, nongovernmental, and environmental groups as
appropriate and necessary to serve as consultants to the GCJC in the
development of this strategic initiative.
(b) As part of the strategic initiative the GCJC shall identify
and develop the framework, funding, strategies, programs, policies,
partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the growing need
for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs of
California's emerging green economy. The GCJC shall do all of the
following:
(1) Assist in identifying and linking green collar job
opportunities with workforce development training opportunities in
local workforce investment areas (LWIAs), encouraging regional
collaboration among LWIAs to meet regional economic demands.
(2) Develop public, private, philanthropic, and nongovernmental
partnerships to build and expand the state's workforce development
programs, network, and infrastructure.
(3) Provide policy guidance for job training programs in the clean
and green technology sectors to assist and prepare specific
populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans,
formerly incarcerated individuals, and others facing barriers to
employment.
(4) Develop, collect, interpret, and distribute statewide and
regional labor market data on California's new and emerging green
industries workforce needs, trends, and job growth.
(5) Identify funding resources and make recommendations on how to
expand and leverage these funds.
(6) Foster regional collaboratives in the green economic sector.
(c) The GCJC may accept any revenues, moneys, grants, goods, or
services from federal and state public entities, local philanthropic
organizations, and other sources, to be used for purposes relating to
the administration and implementation of the strategic initiative,
as described in Subdivision (b).
SEC. 2. Section 15003 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
15003. (a) On or before April 1, 2009, and
annually each April 1 yearly
thereafter, the CWIB shall report to the Legislature on the status of
GCJC activities and its development of a green workforce strategic
initiative.
(b) The GCJC shall also confer with the appropriate state and
local agencies to coordinate the award of grant funds and green
workforce training funds received by the state under the federal
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1).
(c) The GCJC shall make a finding that a proposed program or
expenditure to be funded pursuant to subdivision (b) is consistent
with the strategic initiative described in subdivision (a) and (b) of
Section 15002, prior to authorizing the expenditure of any funds
made available to the state pursuant to the federal American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1).