Amended  IN  Senate  February 16, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill No. 30

Introduced by Senator Lara

December 05, 2016

An act to add Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to infrastructure.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 30, as amended, Lara. California-Mexico border: federally funded infrastructure.
Existing law establishes the border between the United States and Mexico, which includes the southern border of California.
This bill would require any federally funded infrastructure project along California’s southern border that exceeds a cost of $1 billion to first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election. The bill also would make related findings and declarations.
This bill would additionally prohibit the state, commencing January 1, 2018, from awarding or renewing a contract for goods or services with any person, as defined, that at the time of bid or proposal for a new contract or renewal of an existing contract is providing or has provided goods or services to the federal government for the construction of a federally funded infrastructure project along California’s southern border.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) is added to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
CHAPTER  15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border

8900.
 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.
(2) In 2015, the value of California’s exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the state’s total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.
(3) California’s border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including California’s official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.
(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.
(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.
(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along California’s southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to California’s precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.
(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along California’s southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.
(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.

8900.1.
 (a) The term “person,” as used in this section, means any individual, partnership, joint venture, or association or any other organization or any combination thereof, whether situated within or outside the state.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2018, the state shall not award or renew a contract for goods or services with any person that, at the time of bid or proposal for a new contract or renewal of an existing contract, is providing or has provided goods or services to the federal government for the construction of a federally funded infrastructure project along California’s southern border.