Bill Text: CA SB1019 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2014. [SB1019 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1019	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to amend Section 71113 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to the environment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1019, as introduced, Leno. Environmental Justice: Working
Group.
   Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection,
on or before January 1, 2002, to convene a Working Group on
Environmental Justice, composed of various representatives, as
specified, to assist the California Environmental Protection Agency,
to develop, by July 1, 2002, an agencywide environmental justice
strategy, and requires the working group to examine existing data and
studies on environmental justice, make recommendations to various
entities, and hold public meetings, among other things.
   This bill would require the secretary to reconvene the working
group by January 1, 2016, to redevelop, by July 1, 2016, that
agencywide strategy and to review and update or revisit actions by
April 1, 2016, that were required to be undertaken by the original
working group.
   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 71113 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   71113.  (a) On or before January 1,  2002,  
2016,  the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall 
convene a   reconvene the  Working Group on
Environmental Justice  that is established pursuant to this
section  to assist the California Environmental Protection
Agency  in developing, on or before July 1, 2002,an 
 to redevelop, on or before July 1, 2016, an  agencywide
strategy for identifying and addressing any gaps in existing
programs, policies, or activities that may impede the achievement of
environmental justice.
   (b) The working group shall be composed of the Secretary for
Environmental Protection, the Chairs of the State Air Resources
 Board, the California Integrated Waste Management Board,
  Board  and the State Water Resources Control
Board, the Director of Toxic Substances Control, the Director of
Pesticide Regulation, the Director of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment,  and  the Director of Planning and
Research  , and the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery
 .
   (c) The working group shall  review the actions taken pursuant
to this subdivision before January 1, 2015, and  do all of the
following  with regard to updating or revisiting those actions
 on or before April 1,  2002:   2016: 

   (1) Examine existing data and studies on environmental justice,
and consult with state, federal, and local agencies and affected
communities.
   (2) Recommend criteria to the Secretary for Environmental
Protection for identifying and addressing any gaps in existing
programs, policies, or activities that may impede the achievement of
environmental justice.
   (3) Recommend procedures and provide guidance to the California
Environmental Protection Agency for the coordination and
implementation of intraagency environmental justice strategies.
   (4) Recommend procedures for collecting, maintaining, analyzing,
and coordinating information relating to an environmental justice
strategy.
   (5) Recommend procedures to ensure that public documents, notices,
and public hearings relating to human health or the environment are
concise, understandable, and readily accessible to the public. The
recommendation shall include guidance for determining when it is
appropriate for the California Environmental Protection Agency to
translate crucial public documents, notices, and hearings relating to
human health or the environment for limited-English-speaking
populations.
   (6) Hold public meetings to receive and respond to public comments
regarding recommendations required pursuant to this section, prior
to the finalization of the recommendations. The California
Environmental Protection Agency shall provide public notice of the
availability of draft recommendations at least one month prior to the
public meetings.
   (7) Make recommendations on other matters needed to assist the
agency in developing an intraagency environmental justice strategy.