Bill Text: CA AB2050 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2050 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2050-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2050 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 10, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Quirk
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano and Williams)
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to amend Section 38591 of, and to add
and repeal Section 38561.5 of, of the
Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2050, as amended, Quirk. California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006: scoping plan: advisory committee.
plan.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes
the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for
monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act
requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit, as defined, to be achieved by 2020, equivalent to
the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990. The act
requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for
achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The act requires the scoping
plan to be updated at least once every 5 years.
This bill, until January 1, 2019, bill
would require , for purposes of advising the update of the
next scoping plan, the state board to include
develop specified elements when
updating the scoping plan. information by January 1,
2016. The bill would require the state board, on or before
January 1, 2019, 2016, to submit a
report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on
those the specified elements of the
updated scoping plan. information. The bill would
provide that the specified information is intended to assist in
establishing state policy and does not change any statute,
regulation, or regulatory decision.
Existing law requires the state board to appoint an Economic and
Technology Advancement Advisory Committee to advise the state board
on activities that will facilitate investment in and implementation
of technological research and development opportunities, as
specified. Existing law also authorizes the committee to advise the
state board on economic and technological developments relating to
greenhouse gas emission reductions.
This bill would require the committee to consist of between 5 and
10 members who are experts in energy technology and economics. The
bill would delete the authorization for the committee to advise the
state board on developments relating to greenhouse gas emission
reductions and would instead require the committee to conduct an
economic assessment that includes a marginal cost analysis of various
strategies for reducing greenhouse gases.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) Climate change is a global emissions problem.
(b) California is responsible for approximately 1 percent of the
world's global greenhouse gas emissions and, thus, needs to address
the problem of climate change with a global perspective.
(c) Significant technological advances and major policy
initiatives that can be deployed at scale in developed and developing
counties countries will be necessary
to transition away from fossil fuel as the primary fuel source to
allow the developed and developing nations
countries of the world to achieve low-carbon economic growth.
(d) It is in the best interest of the state to ensure that
greenhouse gas reduction goals are achievable by strategies that
other states and nations countries
could reasonably adopt.
(e) Demonstrating effective climate change policy can increase the
likelihood that other states and nations
countries will follow California's lead, which is necessary for
the state to have a significant effect on the global climate change
problem.
SEC. 2. Section 38561.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
38561.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2019,
2016, for purposes of advising the update of
the next scoping plan pursuant to subdivision (h) of
Section 38561, the state board shall include, but not be
limited to, develop all of the following:
(1) A proposal for further reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
2050, including intermediate goals.
(2) An evaluation of the emissions-reduction goals proposed
pursuant to paragraph (1) based on what policies and technologies can
be scaled to the rest of the country and the world that
ensure cost-effectiveness and maintain local and systemwide
reliability of the electrical grid. world.
(3) An economic assessment using the best available economic
models and data of the various greenhouse gas emissions-reduction
strategies required to achieve the goals proposed pursuant to
paragraph (1). The economic assessment may include a marginal cost
analysis.
(4) An analysis of the benefits to the health, safety, and welfare
of state residents, worker safety, the state's environment and
quality of life, and any other benefits associated with the various
greenhouse gas emissions-reduction strategies to achieve the goals
proposed pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3)
(5) The establishment of consistent metrics to
accurately quantify reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
emissions, quantify public health benefits, and
measure the cost-effectiveness of various policies and technologies.
(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2019,
2016, the state board shall submit to the appropriate
committees of the Legislature the elements of the update of
the scoping plan included information developed
pursuant to subdivision (a).
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to this paragraph
subdivision shall be submitted in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) The information developed pursuant to subdivision (a) is
intended to assist in establishing state policy and does not change
any statute, regulation, or regulatory decision.
(c)
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2019, 2016, and as of that
date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2019, 2016, deletes
or extends that date.
SEC. 3. Section 38591 of the Health and Safety
Code is amended to read:
38591. (a) The state board, by July 1, 2007, shall convene an
environmental justice advisory committee, of at least three members,
to advise it in developing the scoping plan pursuant to Section 38561
and any other pertinent matter in implementing this division. The
advisory committee shall be comprised of representatives from
communities in the state with the most significant exposure to air
pollution, including, but not limited to, communities with minority
populations or low-income populations, or both.
(b) The state board shall appoint the advisory committee members
from nominations received from environmental justice organizations
and community groups.
(c) The state board shall provide reasonable per diem for
attendance at advisory committee meetings by advisory committee
members from nonprofit organizations.
(d) (1) The state board shall appoint an Economic and Technology
Advancement Advisory Committee, of at least five members but not to
exceed 10 members, to advise the state board on activities that will
facilitate investment in and implementation of technological research
and development opportunities, including, but not limited to,
identifying new technologies, research, demonstration projects,
funding opportunities, developing state, national, and international
partnerships and technology transfer opportunities, and identifying
and assessing research and advanced technology investment and
incentive opportunities that will assist in the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions on a global basis.
(2) The committee shall also conduct an economic assessment that
includes, but is not limited to, a marginal cost analysis of the
various strategies for reducing greenhouse gases.
(3) The membership of the committee shall consist of experts in
energy technology and economics.
