BILL NUMBER: AB 2696 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend Sections 15002 and 15003 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code, relating to workforce investment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2696, as amended, 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 CWIB to accept any revenues, moneys,
grants, goods, or services from federal and state entities,
philanthropic organizations, and other sources, to be used for
purposes relating to the administration and implementation of the
strategic initiative. The bill would require that all moneys
and revenues received pursuant to those provisions be deposited into
the Green Collar Jobs Account, which the bill would create in the
State Treasury. This bill would authorize the Employment Development
Department, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to expend those
moneys and revenues for purposes related to the administration and
implementation of the strategic initiative, and for the award of
workforce training grants implementing the strategic initiative.
The bill would require the GCJC to consult with appropriate
state and local agencies to identify opportunities to coordinate the
award of grant and green workforce training funds received by the
state under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 or any other funding sources. The bill would require the CWIB,
on or before April 1, 2011, and annually each April 1 thereafter, to
report to the Legislature on the status of GCJC activities, grants
awarded, and the development and implementation of a green workforce
strategic initiative.
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 GCJC may consult with other state agencies, other higher
education representatives, local workforce investment boards, and
industry representatives as well as philanthropic, nongovernmental,
and environmental groups, as appropriate, in the development of
this a strategic initiative.
(b) As part of the strategic initiative, the GCJC shall focus on
developing 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) Align workforce development activities with regional economic
recovery and growth strategies.
(3) Develop public, private, philanthropic, and nongovernmental
partnerships to build and expand the state's workforce development
programs, network, and infrastructure.
(4) Provide policy guidance for job training programs for the
clean and green technology sectors to help them prepare specific
populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans,
formerly incarcerated individuals, and others facing barriers to
employment.
(5) Develop, collect, interpret analyze
, and distribute statewide and regional labor market data on
California's new and emerging green industries workforce needs,
trends, and job growth.
(6) Collaborate with community colleges and other educational
institutions, registered apprenticeship programs, business and labor
organizations, and community-based and philanthropic organizations to
align workforce development services with strategies for regional
economic growth.
(7) Identify funding resources and make recommendations on how to
expand and leverage these funds.
(8) Foster regional collaboratives in the green economic sector.
(c) The CWIB may accept any revenues, moneys, grants, goods, or
services from federal and state entities, 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). The CWIB shall also ensure the
highest level of transparency and accountability and make information
available on the CWIB Internet Web site.
(d) All moneys and revenues received pursuant to subdivision (c)
shall be deposited into the Green Collar Jobs Account, which is
hereby created in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the
Legislature, the department may expand those moneys and revenues for
purposes related to the administration and implementation of the
strategic initiative, and for the award of workforce training grants
implementing the strategic initiative.
(e) Workforce training grants awarded pursuant to subdivision (d)
shall be awarded within 180 days of the date of receipt by the
department of any funding for that purpose.
SEC. 2. Section 15003 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
15003. (a) On or before April 1, 2011, and annually each April 1
yearly thereafter, the CWIB shall report to the
Legislature on the status of GCJC activities, grants awarded, and its
development and implementation of a green workforce strategic
initiative.
(b) The GCJC shall also consult with the appropriate state and
local agencies to identify opportunities to coordinate the award of
grant and green workforce training funds received by the state under
the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public
Law 111-5) or any other funding sources.