BILL NUMBER: AB 1285	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1285, as introduced, Fuentes. Community greenhouse gas emission
reduction program.
   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.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to create a community greenhouse gas emission reduction
program meeting specified requirements.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  In order to further the goals of existing state and
federal regulatory greenhouse gas emission reductions programs, it is
the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a
community greenhouse gas emission reduction program that would
facilitate, account for, and provide state oversight over local
government and nonprofit investments relating to greenhouse gases.
The community greenhouse gas emission reduction program would
accommodate broad participation, encourage the aggregation of
innovative renewable energy projects, and facilitate the awarding of
emission allowances to local entities.