Bill Text: CA AB2543 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Small Business Procurement and Contract Act: eligibility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-11 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. [AB2543 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2543-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 21, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2543

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Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula

February 13, 2024

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An act to amend add Section 39740.6 of 14836.1 to the Health and Safety Government Code, relating to air pollution. small business.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2543, as amended, Arambula. California Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resiliency Project Registry. Small Business Procurement and Contract Act: eligibility.

Existing law, the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act, requires state agencies to take certain actions in order to facilitate the participation of small businesses and microbusinesses in the provision of goods, information technology, and services to the state, and in the construction of state facilities. Existing law gives the Department of General Services sole responsibility for certifying and determining the eligibility of small businesses and microbusinesses under the act. Existing law requires the department to require an applicant or certified firm to submit a written declaration, under penalty of perjury, that information submitted to the department is true and correct, as specified.

Existing federal law provides that certain aliens are not eligible for any state or local public benefit, except as provided. Existing federal law authorizes a state to provide that an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States is eligible for a state or local public benefit for which the alien would otherwise be ineligible under these provisions only through the enactment of a state law after August 22, 1996, which affirmatively provides for that eligibility.

This bill would specify that the act is a state law that provides assistance and services for undocumented persons within the meaning of the federal law described above. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to establish and maintain the California Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resiliency Project Registry for the purposes of identifying and listing projects in the state that drive climate action on the state’s natural and working lands and are seeking funding from state agencies or private entities. If a state or private entity contacts the Natural Resources Agency and chooses to fund a project on the registry, existing law requires the agency to establish a mechanism for retiring the listing of a project from the registry once it is funded and tracking the outcome of the project to ensure it is completed.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the requirement that the agency establish a mechanism for retiring the listing of a project from the registry once it is funded.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NOYES  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 14836.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:

14836.1.

 The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is a state law that provides assistance and services for undocumented persons within the meaning of Section 1621(d) of Title 8 of the United States Code.

SEC. 2.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.

SECTION 1.Section 39740.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

39740.6.

If a state or private entity contacts the Natural Resources Agency and chooses to fund a project on the registry, the Natural Resources Agency shall establish a mechanism for retiring the listing of a project from the registry when it is funded, and for tracking the outcome of the project to ensure it is completed. The project proponent shall notify the Natural Resources Agency when the project is completed, and shall provide to the agency monitoring and reporting data for the duration of the contract terms of the project.