BILL NUMBER: AB 1780	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Medina

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2016

   An act to amend Section 39719 of the Health and Safety Code, and
to add Section 2192.4 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
greenhouse gases, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1780, as introduced, Medina. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund:
Sustainable Trade Corridors Program.
   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 state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020. The act authorizes the state
board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms.
Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the state board 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 continuously
appropriates 60% of the annual proceeds of the fund for transit,
affordable housing, sustainable communities, and high-speed rail
purposes.
   This bill, beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, would
continuously appropriate 25% of the annual proceeds of the fund to
the California Transportation Commission for the Sustainable Trade
Corridors Program, which the bill would establish, thereby making an
appropriation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 39719 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39719.  (a) The Legislature shall appropriate the annual proceeds
of the fund for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in
this state in accordance with the requirements of Section 39712.
   (b) To carry out a portion of the requirements of subdivision (a),
annual proceeds are continuously appropriated for the following:
   (1) Beginning in the  2015-16   2016-17 
fiscal year, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government
Code,  35   60  percent of annual proceeds
are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for
transit, affordable housing, and sustainable communities programs as
 following:   follows: 
   (A) Ten percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Transportation Agency for the
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program created by Part 2
(commencing with Section 75220) of Division 44 of the Public
Resources Code.
   (B) Five percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Low Carbon Transit Operations
Program created by Part 3 (commencing with Section 75230) of Division
44 of the Public Resources Code.  Funds  
Moneys  shall be allocated by the Controller, according to
requirements of the program, and pursuant to the distribution formula
in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 99312 of, and Sections 99313
and 99314 of, the Public Utilities Code.
   (C) Twenty percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Strategic Growth Council for the
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program created by
Part 1 (commencing with Section 75200) of Division 44 of the Public
Resources Code. Of the amount appropriated in this subparagraph, no
less than 10 percent of the annual  proceeds,  
proceeds  shall be expended for affordable housing, consistent
with the provisions of that program. 
   (D) Twenty-five percent of the annual proceeds of the fund shall
be transferred to the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund, continued in
existence pursuant to Section 2192 of the Streets and Highways Code,
and is hereby continuously appropriated to the California
Transportation Commission for the Sustainable Trade Corridors Program
created by Section 2192.4 of the Streets and Highways Code. 
   (2) Beginning in the 2015-16 fiscal year, notwithstanding Section
13340 of the Government Code, 25 percent of the annual proceeds of
the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the High-Speed Rail
Authority for the following components of the initial operating
segment and Phase I Blended System as described in the 2012 business
plan adopted pursuant to Section 185033 of the Public Utilities Code:

   (A) Acquisition and construction costs of the project.
   (B) Environmental review and design costs of the project.
   (C) Other capital costs of the project.
   (D) Repayment of any loans made to the authority to fund the
project.
   (c) In determining the amount of annual proceeds of the fund for
purposes of the calculation in subdivision (b), the funds subject to
Section 39719.1 shall not be included.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2192.4 is added to the Streets and Highways Code,
to read:
   2192.4.  (a) The Sustainable Trade Corridors Program is hereby
established and shall be administered by the commission.
   (b) (1) Moneys appropriated to the commission for the program from
the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, pursuant to Section 39719 of the
Health and Safety Code, shall be allocated by the commission
consistent with the requirements of this chapter.
   (2) At least 10 percent of the moneys available for the program
shall be allocated for research and development projects that promote
sustainable trade corridors, consistent with the requirements of
Section 2192.2.
   (c) (1) Applications for grants under the program shall be
submitted to the commission for evaluation in accordance with
procedures and program guidelines approved by the commission.
   (2) The application shall define the project purpose, intended
scope, proposed cost, intended funding sources, and schedule for
project completion.
   (3) Eligible applicants may submit more than one application for
grants under the program pursuant to this section.