BILL NUMBER: AB 156 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 18, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 23, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 27, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 16, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Perea
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Rendon)
JANUARY 20, 2015
An act to amend Section 39713 of, and to add Section 39713.5 to,
the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 156, as amended, Perea. California Global Warming Solutions Act
of 2006: disadvantaged communities.
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 the 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 California Environmental Protection Agency to identify
disadvantaged communities and 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
requires the 3-year investment plan to allocate a minimum of 25% of
the available moneys in the fund to projects that provide benefits to
disadvantaged communities.
This bill would require the state board to prepare and post on its
Internet Web site a specified report on the projects funded to
benefit disadvantaged communities.
This bill would require the state board to establish a
comprehensive technical assistance program, upon the appropriation of
moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, for eligible
applicants, as specified, assisting disadvantaged
eligible communities, as defined.
This bill would also require the department to include in the
3-year investment plan an allocation to the state board for that
technical assistance program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
39713. (a) The investment plan developed and submitted to the
Legislature, pursuant to Section 39716, shall allocate a minimum of
25 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects that
provide benefits to communities described in Section 39711.
(b) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 10 percent of
the available moneys in the fund to projects located within
communities described in Section 39711.
(c) The allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) may be, but need
not be, for projects included, in whole or in part, in the set of
projects supported by the allocation described in subdivision (a).
(d) The state board shall prepare and post on its Internet Web
site a report on the projects funded pursuant to this section. The
report shall include all of the following:
(1) A general description of the project.
(2) The location where the project will be implemented.
(3) The estimated date of completion of each project.
(4) The amount awarded to each project.
(5) The status of any moneys in the fund that are not awarded
pursuant to this section and the reasons, if any, why those moneys
have not been awarded.
SEC. 2. Section 39713.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
39713.5. (a) For purposes of this section, "eligible
communities" means census tracts identified as disadvantaged pursuant
to Section 39711 or with median incomes at or below 80 percent of
the statewide median income.
(b) The investment plan developed and submitted to the
Legislature pursuant to Section 39716 shall allocate from the
available moneys in the fund technical assistance moneys to the state
board to implement this section. That allocation of technical
assistance moneys shall not be used to satisfy the requirements of
subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 39713.
(b)
(c) (1) Upon an appropriation of moneys from the fund,
the state board shall establish a comprehensive technical assistance
program for eligible applicants assisting disadvantaged
eligible communities that the state board
determines require technical assistance in accessing programs
using allocated moneys appropriated
from the fund.
(2) Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, regional
agencies and nonprofit organizations coordinating with local
governments.
(3) As used in this section, "disadvantaged communities" means
census tracts identified as disadvantaged pursuant to Section 39711
or with median incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide median
household income.
(4)
(3) (A) The state board, in consultation with the
California Environmental Protection Agency and agencies that
administer programs using moneys appropriated from the fund, shall
develop guidelines to implement this program consistent with this
section.
(B) The state board shall provide an opportunity for public
comment prior to finalizing the guidelines.
(c)
(d) The state board shall prioritize technical
assistance to for those communities
demonstrating the greatest need for increased capacity to access
programs using moneys appropriated from the fund.
(d)
(e) The program established pursuant to this section
shall provide assistance to eligible applicants with any of the
following:
(1) Identifying state agencies with appropriate grant programs.
(2) Developing competitive project proposals to apply for moneys
available through state agencies or pursuant to this chapter.
(3) Coordinating existing local programs to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions with new programs receiving moneys pursuant to this
chapter.
(4) Conducting community outreach to residents of
disadvantaged eligible communities that the
state board determines require technical assistance on consumer
programs receiving state or local moneys pursuant to this chapter or
for other programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(e)
(f) Technical assistance provided pursuant to this
section shall promote programs that reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases and demonstrate a direct, meaningful benefit to
disadvantaged eligible communities. Cobenefits
of these programs may include, but are not limited to, improved air
quality, improved water quality, improved public health, increased
access to employment in clean energy, increased access to affordable
housing and transit, reduced residential and commercial water use,
and increased residential and commercial energy efficiency.