AB 337, as amended, Allen. Economic development: international trade and investment strategy.
Existing law requires the Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, no later than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and investment that includes, among other things, policy goals, objectives, and recommendations for a comprehensive international trade and investment program for the state, and an identified organizational structure for the state administration of international trade and investment policies, programs, and services, as specified.
This bill would change that date to February 1, 2019, and additionally require the strategy tobegin delete include an evaluation of the ports of entry to the state and their capacity for handling international trade, including
industrial and postconsumer secondary material, originating from or destined for other states.end deletebegin insert be based on current and emerging market conditions and the needs of investors, businesses, and workers to be competitive in global markets, as specified.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13996.55 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) The Director of the Governor’s Office of
4Business and Economic Development shall provide to the
5Legislature, not later than February 1, 2019, a strategy for
6international trade and investment that, at a minimum, includes
7all of the following:
8(1) Policy goals, objectives, and recommendations necessary
9to implement a comprehensive international trade and investment
10program for thebegin delete State of California.end deletebegin insert state.end insert This information shall
11be provided in a fashion that clearly indicates priority within the
12overall
strategy.
13(2) Measurable outcomes and timelines for the goals, objectives,
14and actions for the international trade and investment program.
15(3) Identification of impediments for achieving goals and
16objectives.
17(4) Identification of key stakeholder partnerships that will be
18used in implementing the strategy.
19(5) Identification of options for funding recommended actions.
20(6) Identification of an international trade and investment
21organizational structure for the state administration of international
22trade and investment policies, programs, and services.
23(7) Evaluation of the ports of entry to the state and their capacity
24for handling international trade, including industrial and
25postconsumer secondary material, originated in or destined for
26other states.
27(b) The strategy shall be based on current and emerging market
28conditions and the needs of investors, businesses, and workers to
29be competitive in global markets. In identifying and evaluating
30these needs and conditions, the Governor’s Office of Business and
31Economic Development shall evaluate current workforce, capital,
32marketing, infrastructure, research and development, and other
33needs of small and large firms, including, but not limited to,
P3 1highways, airports, and rail that link businesses with the state’s
2ports of entry and foreign and domestic markets. This analysis
3shall, to the greatest extent possible, be based on existing studies
4and reports, including, but not limited to, the Goods Movement
5Action Plan, the California Strategic Workforce Development
6Plan, the California Export of Recycled Materials Report, the
7California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan, and the Environmental
8Goals and Policy Report.
9(b)
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10begin insert(c)end insert The strategy shall be submitted to the Chief Clerk of the
11Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate. A copy of the strategy
12shall be provided to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President
13pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of the Assembly
14Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy
15and the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic
16Development, or the successor committees with jurisdiction over
17international trade and economic development programs.
18(c)
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19begin insert(d)end insert The strategy shall be updated pursuant to the procedures of
20this section at least once every five years.
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