Bill Text: CA SB154 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: California Environmental Quality Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB154 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB154-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 154 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff FEBRUARY 2, 2015 An act to amend Section 21061 of the Public Resources Code, relating to the environment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 154, as introduced, Huff. California Environmental Quality Act. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report, as defined, on a project that may have a significant effect on the environment, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the definition of "environmental impact report." Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 21061 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 21061. (a) "Environmental impact report" means a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in Sections 21100 and21100.1; provided that21100.1. The information or datawhichthat is relevant tosuch athe statement and is a matter of publicrecordrecord, or is generally available to the public need not be repeated in its entirety insuchthe statement, but may be specifically cited as the source for conclusions statedtherein; and provided further that suchin the statement. The information or data shall be briefly described, that itsin the statement. The relationship between the information or data to the environmental impact report shall be indicated, and that thein the statement. The sourcethereofof the information and data shall be reasonably available for inspection at a public place or public building. An environmental impact report also includes any commentswhichthat are obtained pursuant to Section 21104 or 21153, orwhichthat are required to be obtained pursuant to this division.An(b) An environmental impact report is an informational documentwhichthat , when its preparation is required by this division, shall be considered by every public agency prior to its approval or disapproval of a project. The purpose of an environmental impact report is to provide public agencies and the public in general with detailed information about the effectwhichthat a proposed project is likely to have on the environment; to list ways in which the significant effects ofsuch athe proposed project might beminimized;minimized and to indicate alternatives tosuch athe proposed project.In(c) In order to facilitate the use of environmental impact reports, public agencies shall require thatsuchthe reports contain an index or table of contents and a summary. Failure to includesuchthe index, table of contents, or summary shall not constitute a cause of action pursuant to Section 21167.