BILL NUMBER: SB 1383 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 12, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lara
(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Hancock, and Hill)
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to add Section 39731 39730.5
to the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1383, as amended, Lara. Short-lived climate pollutants.
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 state board is also
required to complete a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of
short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, in the state.
This bill would require the state board
board, no later than January 1, 2018, to approve and
implement begin implementing that comprehensive
strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants to
achieve a reduction in methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by
40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030,
as specified.
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) Short-lived climate pollutants, such as black carbon,
fluorinated gases, and methane, are powerful climate forces that have
a dramatic and detrimental effect on air quality, public health, and
climate change.
(b) These pollutants create a warming influence on the climate
that is many times more potent than that of carbon dioxide.
(c) These toxic air contaminants also are a significant
environmental risk factor for premature death.
(d) Reducing these emissions can have an immediate beneficial
impact on climate change and on public health.
(e) To the extent possible, efforts to reduce emissions of
short-lived climate pollutants should focus on areas of the state
that are disproportionally affected by poor air quality.
SEC. 2. Section 39731 39730.5 is
added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
39731. 39730.5. (a) No later than
January 1, 2018, the state board shall approve and implement
begin implementing the comprehensive
short-lived climate pollutant strategy developed pursuant to Section
39730 to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by
40 percent, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40 percent, and anthropogenic
black carbon by 50 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state
board consider, when Prior to approving
and implementing the short-lived climate pollutant
strategy pursuant to subdivision (a), the state board shall do
all of the following:
(1) Coordinating Coordinate with
other state and local agencies and districts to develop measures
identified as part of the strategy.
(2) Providing Provide a forum for
public engagement by holding at least three public hearings in
geographically diverse locations throughout the state.
(3) Evaluating Evaluate the
best-available scientific, technological, and economic information to
ensure that the strategy is cost effective and technologically
feasible.
(4) Considering the impact of the strategy on all of the
following:
(4) Incorporate and prioritize, as appropriate, measures and
actions that provide the following cobenefits:
(A) Job growth and local economic benefits in the state.
(B) Public health benefits for residents, particularly in
disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711.
(C) Potential for new innovation in technology, energy, and
resource management practices.
(c) The state board shall publicly notice the strategy described
in subdivision (a) and post a copy of that strategy on the state
board's Internet Web site at least one month prior to the state board
approving it pursuant to subdivision (a).