AB 1447, as amended, Waldron. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: traffic synchronization.
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 act authorizes the state board to include use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law permits moneys from the fund be allocated for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in this state through specified investmentsbegin insert, including sustainable infrastructure projects, as specifiedend insert.
This bill wouldbegin delete additionally authorize moneys in the fund to be used to fund traffic signal synchronization to the extent those expenditures are consistent with the above-referenced purposesend deletebegin insert authorize sustainable infrastructure projects to include end insertbegin inserttraffic signal synchronization when the project is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and includes specific reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the projectend insertbegin insert’s
effectend 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 39712 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:
(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys
4shall be appropriated from the fund only in a manner consistent
5with the requirements of this chapter and Article 9.7 (commencing
6with Section 16428.8) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title
72 of the Government Code.
8(2) The state shall not approve allocations for a measure or
9program using moneys appropriated from the fund except after
10determining, based on the available evidence, that the use of those
11moneys furthers the regulatory purposes of Division 25.5
12(commencing with Section 38500) and is consistent with law. If
13any expenditure of moneys from the fund for any measure or
14project is determined by a
court to be inconsistent with law, the
15allocations for the remaining measures or projects shall be
16severable and shall not be affected.
17(b) Moneys shall be used to facilitate the achievement of
18reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in this state consistent
19with Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) and, where
20applicable and to the extent feasible:
21(1) Maximize economic, environmental, and public health
22benefits to the state.
23(2) Foster job creation by promoting in-state greenhouse gas
24emissions reduction projects carried out by California workers and
25businesses.
P3 1(3) Complement efforts to improve air quality.
2(4) Direct investment toward the most disadvantaged
3communities and households in the state.
4(5) Provide opportunities for businesses, public agencies,
5nonprofits, and other community institutions to participate in and
6benefit from statewide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
7(6) Lessen the impacts and effects of climate change on the
8state’s communities, economy, and environment.
9(c) Moneys appropriated from the fund may be allocated,
10consistent with subdivision (a), for the purpose of reducing
11greenhouse gas emissions in this state through investments that
12may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
13(1) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy
14efficiency, clean and renewable energy generation, distributed
15renewable energy generation, transmission and storage, and other
16related actions, including, but not limited to, at public universities,
17state and local public buildings, and industrial and manufacturing
18facilities.
19(2) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the
20development of state-of-the-art systems to move goods and freight,
21advanced technology vehicles and vehicle infrastructure, advanced
22biofuels, and low-carbon and efficient public transportation.
23(3) Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through traffic
24signal synchronization, which decreases congestion and improves
25traffic flow by minimizing stops, delays, fuel consumption, and
26
air-polluting emissions.
27(4)
end delete
28begin insert(3)end insert Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with
29water use and supply, land and natural resource conservation and
30management, forestry, and sustainable agriculture.
31(5)
end delete
32begin insert(4)end insert Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
33strategic planning and development of sustainable infrastructure
34projects,
including, but not limited to, transportation and housing.
35begin insert
Sustainable infrastructure projects may include traffic signal
36synchronization when the project is designed and implemented to
37achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and
38includes specific reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the
39projectend insertbegin insert’s effect.end insert
40(6)
end delete
P4 1begin insert(5)end insert Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
2increased in-state diversion of municipal solid waste from disposal
3through waste reduction, diversion, and reuse.
4(7)
end delete
5begin insert(6)end insert Funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
6investments in programs implemented by local and regional
7agencies, local and regional collaboratives, and nonprofit
8organizations coordinating with local governments.
9(8)
end delete
10begin insert(7)end insert Funding research, development, and deployment of
11innovative technologies, measures, and practices related to
12programs and projects funded pursuant to this chapter.
O
97