SB 1125, as amended, Pavley. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions reduction.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit that is equivalent to the 1990 level to be achieved by 2020. The act requires the state board to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on how to continue the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.
This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2016, and in consultation with specified entities, to develop quantitative, advisory reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, for 2030 in order to inform future legislative action. The bill would require the state board to report to the Legislature on those targets. The bill, on January 1, 2020, would declare inoperative the requirement that the state board report to the Legislature.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 38551.5 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code, to read:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
4have the following meanings:
5(1) “Open and public process” means one or more public
6meetings noticed pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act
7(Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part
81 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
9(2) “Short-lived climate pollutant” means an agent that has a
10relatively short lifetime in the atmosphere, from a few days to a
11few decades, and a warming influence on the climate with high
12global warming potentials.
13(b) On or before
January 1, 2016, the state board, in consultation
14with the Climate Action Team, other relevant state and local
15agencies, and interested stakeholders, shall develop, in an open
16and public process, quantitative, advisory reduction targets for
17greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants with
18high global warming potentials for 2030 in order to inform future
19legislative action.
20(c) In developing targets pursuant to subdivision (b), the state
21board shall use the best available climate science, including, but
22not limited to, the climate science surrounding short-lived climate
23pollutants, and shall consider a level of statewide reductions for
242030 that significantly mitigates adverse public health impacts in
25disadvantaged communities through reductions of short-lived
26climate pollutants, in concert with other regulations limiting
the
27emissions of criteria or toxic air pollutants pursuant to Division
2826 (commencing with Section 39000).
29(d) (1) The state board shall report to the Legislature the targets
30developed pursuant to this section.
31(2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
32submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
33Code.
P3 1(3) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to
2paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section
310231.5 of the Government Code.
4(e) This section does not affect the authority of a state agency
5to adopt and implement
rules and regulations that result in the
6reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or short-lived climate
7pollutants to the extent authorized or required by law.
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