Bill Text: CA AB2050 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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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]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2050	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to  amend Section 38591 of, and to  add and repeal
 Sections   Section  38561.5  and
38561.7  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  panel.  
committee. 
   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,  2020,   2019,
 would require the state board to include specified elements
when updating the scoping plan. The bill would require the state
board, on or before January 1,  2020,   2019,
 to submit a report to the appropriate committees of the
Legislature on those specified elements of the updated scoping plan.

   This bill, until January 1, 2020, would establish the Scoping Plan
Advisory Panel, as specified. The bill would require the panel, on
or before January 1, 2019, to submit a report to the appropriate
committees of the Legislature evaluating and reporting key findings
and recommendations on the update of the scoping plan.  

   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 authorize 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.  
   (a) 
    (b)  California is responsible for  less than 2
  approximately 1  percent of the world's global
greenhouse gas emissions and, thus,  cannot mitigate the
effects of climate change with any meaningful solutions without the
participation of key states and nations   needs to
address the problem of climate change with a global perspective 
. 
   (c) A majority of greenhouse gas emissions will be coming from
developing countries over the next few decades. In order for
California to be a leader in fighting global climate change, the
state should be focusing on inventing and developing the technologies
necessary to replace fossil fuel as the primary fuel source in order
to allow the developing nations of the world to achieve low-carbon
economic growth.  
   (b) 
    (d)  It is in the best interest of the state to ensure
that the goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are flexible and
developed with the intent to produce adaptable policies and programs
that other states and nations could reasonably adopt. 
   (c) 
    (e)  Demonstrating effective climate change policy can
increase the likelihood that other states and nations 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, for purposes of the
update of the scoping plan pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section
38561, the state board shall include, but not be limited to, 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 technologies can be scaled to
the rest of the country and the world that ensure cost-effectiveness
and maintain local and systemwide reliability.
   (3) The establishment of consistent metrics to accurately quantify
greenhouse gas emissions from technologies that are designed to
reduce greenhouse gases and retrofits  to existing technologies
 that increase overall efficiency for the  purpose
  purposes  of reducing  a  
their  carbon footprint.
   (b) (1) On or before January 1,  2020,  
2019,  the state board shall submit to the appropriate
committees of the Legislature the elements of the update of the
scoping plan included pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (2) A report to be submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2020,   2019,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2020,   2019,  deletes or
extends that date. 
  SEC. 3.    Section 38561.7 is added to the Health
and Safety Code, to read:
   38561.7.  (a) (1) The Scoping Plan Advisory Panel shall be
appointed to advise the state board on the update of the scoping plan
completed pursuant to Section 38561.5.
   (2) The members of the panel shall be highly qualified and
professionally active or engaged in the economic development of the
technologies associated with the reduction and mitigation of
greenhouse gas emissions and shall be appointed as follows:
   (A) Five members shall be appointed by the Secretary for
Environmental Protection, all of whom shall be qualified as ____.
   (B) Two members shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules, both of whom shall be qualified as ____.
   (C) Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly,
both of whom shall be qualified as ____.
   (D) Members of the panel shall be appointed from a pool of
nominees submitted to each appointing body by the President of the
University of California. The pool shall include, at a minimum, three
nominees for each discipline represented on the panel.
   (3) (A) On or before January 1, 2019, the panel shall evaluate and
report key findings and recommendations to the appropriate
committees of the Legislature on the update of the scoping plan
completed pursuant to Section 38561.5 and subdivision (h) of Section
38561, including, but not limited to, both of the following:
   (i) Any continuation, modification, or suspension of any program
reasoned to be appropriate.
   (ii) An economic assessment that includes, but is not limited to,
a marginal cost curve analysis of each program contained in the
scoping plan to provide an assessment of cost-effectiveness.
   (B) A report to be submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (4) The panel may utilize special consultants or establish ad hoc
committees, which may include other scientists, to assist the panel
in performing its functions.
   (5) Any ad hoc committees or hearings conducted pursuant to
paragraph (4) shall be held at the Sacramento headquarters of the
California Environmental Protection Agency.
   (6) Members of the panel, and any ad hoc committee established by
the panel, shall submit annually a financial disclosure statement
that includes a listing of income received within the preceding three
years, including investments, grants, and consulting fees derived
from individuals or businesses that might be affected by regulatory
actions undertaken by the state board pursuant to this division. The
financial disclosure statements submitted pursuant to this
subdivision are public information. Members of the panel shall be
subject to the disqualification requirements of Section 87100 of the
Government Code.
   (7) Members of the panel shall receive one hundred dollars ($100)
per day for attending panel meetings and meetings of the state board,
or upon authorization of the chair of the state board while on
official business of the panel, and shall be reimbursed for actual
and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties.
   (8) The panel shall receive sufficient resources, including, but
not limited to, technical, administrative, and clerical support.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, 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  .  The
committee may also advise the state board on state, regional,
national, and international economic and technological developments
related to greenhouse gas emission reductions.  
   (2) The committee may also conduct an economic assessment that
includes, but is not limited to, a marginal cost analysis of various
strategies for reducing greenhouse gases.  
   (3) The membership of the committee shall consist of experts in
energy technology and economics.