Bill Text: CA SB605 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Short-lived climate pollutants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014. [SB605 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB605-Amended.html
Bill Title: Short-lived climate pollutants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014. [SB605 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB605-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 605 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 24, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 8, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 8, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lara
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to add Section 38561.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 605, as amended, Lara. California Global Warming Solutions Act
of 2006: scoping 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 would require the state board, when updating the scoping
plan, to include specified criteria. The bill would require the
state board to submit that specified criteria to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee for review and concurrence
, as specified. The bill would require the state board, if
it has completed an update of the scoping plan prior to January 1,
2014, to further update the scoping plan to meet the criteria and
provisions of this bill.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
SB 605, as amended, Lara. California Global Warming Solutions Act
of 2006: scoping 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 would require the state board, when updating the scoping
plan, to include specified criteria. The bill would require the
state board to submit that specified criteria to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee for review and concurrence
, as specified. The bill would require the state board, if
it has completed an update of the scoping plan prior to January 1,
2014, to further update the scoping plan to meet the criteria and
provisions of this bill.
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. Section 38561.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
38561.5. (a) When updating the scoping plan pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 38561, the state board shall do all of the
following:
(1) Prioritize and emphasize measures and actions resulting in
greenhouse gas emissions reductions that do both of the following:
(A) Create jobs within the state.
(B) Reduce copollutants in regions of the state most impacted by
toxic and criteria air pollutants.
(2) Prioritize and emphasize current regulations and actions, and
recommend additional measures and actions that can be implemented
beginning no later than December 31, 2015, to achieve the maximum,
technologically feasible, and cost-effective reductions in
short-lived climate pollutants with high global warming potentials.
(3) Limit the use of offsets, to the maximum extent feasible, to
those offsets originating and achieved within the state.
(4) Include a plan that achieves the greenhouse gas emissions
goals established pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 38550)
to be implemented in the event a market-based compliance
mechanism adopted by the state board, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard
regulations (Subarticle 7 (commencing with Section 95480) of Article
4 of Subchapter 10 of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of Title 17 of the
California Code of Regulations), or other any
regulatory measures implemented and adopted by the state board
pursuant to this division are not projected to result in the
greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to meet the greenhouse
emissions goals established pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with
Section 38550).
(5) Consider the use of special funds authorized to be expended
for the purposes of greenhouse gas emissions reductions, including,
but not limited to, funds derived from market-based compliance
mechanisms, the Electric Program Investment Charge Fund created by
Section 25711 of the Public Resources Code, and the Alternative and
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273
for emissions reductions from sources within the state in furtherance
of achieving and maintaining the greenhouse gas emissions goals
established pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 38550).
(b) The state board shall submit the criteria required pursuant to
subdivision (a) to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
for review and concurrence, in consultation with the appropriate
committees of the Legislature . If, after 30 days of
receipt, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has not made a
finding on the submitted elements, the updated scoping plan shall be
deemed concurred.
(c) If the scoping plan is updated prior to January 1, 2014,
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 38561, the state board shall
revise the scoping plan to incorporate the requirements detailed in
subdivision (a) and shall comply with subdivision (b).
(d) For purposes of this section, "offset" means a quantified unit
of greenhouse gas emission that is reduced, avoided, or permanently
sequestered in a sector not regulated by a market-based compliance
mechanism adopted by the state board.
SECTION 1. Section 38561.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
38561.5. (a) When updating the scoping plan pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 38561, the state board shall do all of the
following:
(1) Prioritize and emphasize measures and actions resulting in
greenhouse gas emissions reductions that do both of the following:
(A) Create jobs within the state.
(B) Reduce copollutants in regions of the state most impacted by
toxic and criteria air pollutants.
(2) Prioritize and emphasize current regulations and actions, and
recommend additional measures and actions that can be implemented
beginning no later than December 31, 2015, to achieve the maximum,
technologically feasible, and cost-effective reductions in
short-lived climate pollutants with high global warming potentials.
(3) Limit the use of offsets, to the maximum extent feasible, to
those offsets originating and achieved within the state.
(4) Include a plan that achieves the greenhouse gas emissions
goals established pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 38550)
to be implemented in the event a market-based compliance
mechanism adopted by the state board, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard
regulations (Subarticle 7 (commencing with Section 95480) of Article
4 of Subchapter 10 of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of Title 17 of the
California Code of Regulations), or other any
regulatory measures implemented and adopted by the state board
pursuant to this division are not projected to result in the
greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to meet the greenhouse
emissions goals established pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with
Section 38550).
(5) Consider the use of special funds authorized to be expended
for the purposes of greenhouse gas emissions reductions, including,
but not limited to, funds derived from market-based compliance
mechanisms, the Electric Program Investment Charge Fund created by
Section 25711 of the Public Resources Code, and the Alternative and
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273
for emissions reductions from sources within the state in furtherance
of achieving and maintaining the greenhouse gas emissions goals
established pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 38550).
(b) The state board shall submit the criteria required pursuant to
subdivision (a) to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
for review and concurrence, in consultation with the appropriate
committees of the Legislature . If, after 30 days of
receipt, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has not made a
finding on the submitted elements, the updated scoping plan shall be
deemed concurred.
(c) If the scoping plan is updated prior to January 1, 2014,
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 38561, the state board shall
revise the scoping plan to incorporate the requirements detailed in
subdivision (a) and shall comply with subdivision (b).
(d) For purposes of this section, "offset" means a quantified unit
of greenhouse gas emission that is reduced, avoided, or permanently
sequestered in a sector not regulated by a market-based compliance
mechanism adopted by the state board.
