Amended in Senate June 4, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1309

Introduced by begin delete Senator end delete begin insert Senators end insert Steinberg begin insert and Gaines end insert

February 21, 2014

An act begin delete to amend Section 10720 of the Elections Code, end delete relating to begin delete elections end delete begin insert battery manufacturing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1309, as amended, Steinberg. begin delete Senate vacancy. end delete begin insert Battery manufacturing: electric vehicles and stationary uses. end insert

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Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program that is administered by the State Air Resources Board for the purposes of funding projects related to, among other things, reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to the Air Quality Improvement Program, the state board has established the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to promote the production and use of zero-emission vehicles and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project to provide vouchers to help California fleets to purchase hybrid and zero-emission trucks and buses.

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This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expedite groundbreaking and construction in California of a large-scale battery factory to manufacture batteries for both electric-vehicle and stationary uses.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Existing law authorizes the Governor to appoint a person to fill a vacancy occurring during the term of a member of the United States Senate from California.

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This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.

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Vote:  begin delete majority end delete begin insert ²⁄₃ end insert . Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(1) California is the nation’s largest market for cars and
light-duty trucks. The transportation sector also is the biggest
contributor to California’s greenhouse gas emissions, accounting
for approximately 40 percent of those emissions.

(2) California is a world leader in combating climate change
and in adopting policies that promote innovative solutions to the
challenge while ensuring a strong economy. California is a leader
in electric vehicles, electric vehicle infrastructure, renewable
energy, and battery storage for renewables and electric vehicles.

(3) Zero-emission vehicles provide multiple benefits in addition
to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as reducing
conventional pollutants, operating quietly and cleanly, allowing
home refueling, and lowering operating and fuel costs. Executive
Order B-16-2012 establishes a goal of facilitating over 1.5 million
zero-emission vehicles in California by 2025.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation,
including, but not limited to, financial incentives and changes to
regulatory and environmental processes, to expedite
groundbreaking and construction in California of a large-scale
battery factory to manufacture batteries for both electric-vehicle
and stationary uses thus increasing the production of electric
vehicles and renewable energy consistent with California’s efforts
to fight climate change as well as creating economic opportunity
and thousands of jobs in California.

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This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to ensure that California can compete in terms of its
business climate with other states bidding to site major clean
energy facilities, it is necessary this act take effect immediately.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 10720 of the Elections Code is amended to
read:

10720.  

If a vacancy occurs in the representation of this state
in the Senate of the United States, the Governor may appoint and
commission an elector of this state who possesses the qualifications
for the office to fill the vacancy until his or her successor is elected
and qualifies and is admitted to his or her seat by the United States
Senate. However, whenever a vacancy occurs within a term fixed
by law to expire on the third day of January following the next
general election, the person so appointed shall hold office for the
remainder of the unexpired term unless the vacancy is filled at a
special election held prior to the general election, in which case
the person elected at the special election shall hold office for the
remainder of the unexpired term. An election to fill a vacancy in
the term of a United States Senator shall be held at the general
election next succeeding the occurrence of the vacancy or at a
special election.

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