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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                          AB 135 (Hagman)
          
          Hearing Date: 08/22/2011        Amended: 08/15/2011
          Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    Policy Vote: EQ 4-3
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 135 requires at least one member of the Air 
          Resources Board to be a current or former owner of a small 
          business.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2011-12      2012-13       2013-14     Fund
           
          Implementation         Minor and absorbable costs       Special 
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          * Air Pollution Control Fund.
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          STAFF COMMENTS: 
          
          The Air Resources Board has eleven members, appointed by the 
          Governor and approved by the Senate. The Chair of the Air 
          Resources Board is a full time position, while the remaining 
          members are part-time members. Current law specifies required 
          backgrounds for members of the Board. For example, one member 
          must have training in automotive engineering, one member must be 
          a physician or have expertise in public health, two members 
          represent the general public, and five members represent the 
          various regional air pollution control districts.

          AB 135 requires that at least one member of the Board be a 
          current small business owner or have been an owner of a small 
          business within the last five years. (This does not replace any 
          of the existing prerequisites for membership. In other words, at 
          least one of the members of the Board, who fulfills the existing 
          prerequisites, must also be a small business owner.)

          The provisions of AB 135 will sunset on January 1, 2017.

          AB 135 has double-jointing language with AB 146 (Dickinson), 








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          which increases the membership of the Air Resources Board to 13 
          members, to avoid chaptering issues.

          The Air Resources Board indicates that any costs associated with 
          the bill will be minor and absorbable.

          This bill is substantially similar to AB 2328 (Niello, 2010). 
          That bill failed passage in this committee.