Senate Bill No. 1415

Introduced by Senator Hill

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 40262 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1415, as introduced, Hill. Bay Area Air Quality Management District: advisory council.

(1) Existing law establishes the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which is vested with the authority to regulate air emissions located in the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara and portions of the Counties of Solano and Sonoma. Existing law establishes a district board to govern the district.

Existing law also establishes the Bay Area Air Quality Management Council, which consists of 20 members appointed by the district board, as specified, for the purposes of advising and consulting with the district board and air pollution control officer in the implementation of their authority to regulate air emissions.

This bill additionally would require the council to include members who are skilled and experienced in the fields of air pollution, climate change, or the health impacts of air pollution. By adding to the duties of the district, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 40262 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

40262.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The council shall consist of the begin delete chairman end delete begin insert following: end insert

begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Chair end insert of the bay district board, who shall serve as an ex
officio begin delete member, and 20 members end delete begin insert member. end insert

begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Twenty members end insert who begin delete preferably are end delete begin insert shall be end insert skilled and
experienced in the begin delete field end delete begin insert fields end insert of air pollution, begin delete including at end delete begin insert climate
change, or the health impacts of air pollution. The 20 members
may include any of the following: end insert

begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert At end insert least three representatives of public health begin delete agencies, at end delete
begin insert agencies. end insert

begin insert (B) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert At end insert least four representatives of private organizations active
in conservation or protection of the environment within the bay
begin delete district, and at end delete begin insert district. end insert

begin insert (C) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert At end insert least one representative of colleges or universities in the
begin delete state and at end delete begin insert state. end insert

begin insert (D) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert At end insert least one representative of each of the following groups
within the bay district: begin delete regional end delete

begin insert (i) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Regional end insert park begin delete district, park end delete begin insert district. end insert

begin insert (ii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Park end insert and recreation commissions or equivalent agencies of
any begin delete city, public end delete begin insert city. end insert

begin insert (iii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Public end insert mass transportation begin delete system, agriculture, industry,
community planning, transportation, registered professional
engineers, general contractors, architects, and organized labor. end delete
begin insert system. end insert

begin insert (iv) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Agriculture. end insert

begin insert (v) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Industry. end insert

begin insert (vi) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Community end insert begin insert planning. end insert

begin insert (vii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Transportation. end insert

begin insert (viii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Registered end insert begin insert professional engineers. end insert

begin insert (ix) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert General end insert begin insert contractors. end insert

begin insert (x) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Architects. end insert

begin insert (xi) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Organized end insert begin insert labor. end insert

begin delete

To

end delete

begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert To end insert the extent that suitable persons cannot be found for each
of the specified categories, council members may be appointed
from the general public.

SEC. 2.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.